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More than 90% of the world's currency exists only digitally — not as physical cash.
The first iPhone had no copy and paste functionality — it wasn't added until the 3.0 software update in 2009.
Bluetooth is named after Harald Bluetooth, a 10th-century Danish king — the logo combines his initials in runic letters.
Netflix was founded as a DVD mail rental service — it didn't launch streaming until 2007.
The first hard drive, released in 1956, weighed over a ton and stored only 5 megabytes.
The GIF format is older than the World Wide Web — it was invented in 1987.
The world's first programmable computer, the Colossus, was built secretly in Britain during World War II to decode Nazi messages.
The first video game ever sold commercially was Computer Space in 1971, before Pong.
QWERTY keyboard layout was designed in 1873 partly to separate commonly used letter pairs and reduce mechanical jamming.
Wikipedia has over 65 million articles across all languages — English alone has over 6 million.
The first webcam was invented to check if a coffee pot in a Cambridge lab was full without walking downstairs.
The Eiffel Tower grows about 6 inches taller in summer due to thermal expansion of the iron.
The printing press was invented around 1440 by Gutenberg — within 50 years, over 20 million books had been printed.
YouTube was originally a dating site before pivoting to general video sharing in 2005.
The '@' symbol was chosen for email addresses because it was the least-used character on keyboards at the time.
Email is older than the World Wide Web — Ray Tomlinson sent the first email in 1971.
The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com in 1985.
More photos are taken every two minutes today than were taken in the entire 1800s.
The Internet weighs approximately 50 grams — the mass of the electrons in motion that carry its data at any given moment.
The first computer virus was created in 1983 as an experiment — it spread via floppy disks and was called 'Elk Cloner.'
The first text message ever sent read 'Merry Christmas' and was sent on December 3, 1992.
The first computer bug was an actual bug — a moth found trapped in a Harvard Mark II relay in 1947.
The Eiffel Tower grows about 6 inches taller in summer due to thermal expansion of metal.
The fax machine was invented before the telephone.
Approximately 80% of information stored on computers is in English.
The internet weighs approximately 50 grams — the weight of the electrons in motion.
About 3.5 billion Google searches happen every day.
The first computer mouse was made of wood.
YouTube was originally designed as a video dating site.
The Voyager probes run on software that can be patched from Earth, over 14 billion miles away.
A single Google search uses enough energy to power a 60-watt lightbulb for 17 seconds.
GPS is so precise that it must account for Einstein's theory of relativity to remain accurate.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 — originally as a playing card company.
The first domain name ever registered was symbolics.com, in 1985.
The term 'bug' in software was popularized by Grace Hopper, a pioneering computer scientist.
The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed partly to slow typists down and prevent typewriter jams.
The original iPhone had less processing power than a modern dishwasher.
Email was invented before the World Wide Web.
About 90% of all the data in the world was created in the last two years.
The first website ever created is still online at info.cern.ch.
The first computer bug was an actual insect — a moth found in a Harvard Mark II computer in 1947.
You exist during the only time in history with modern technology.
The internet connects billions of people instantly.
Most humans alive today have access to technologies unknown 100 years ago.
People often hear their phone vibrate when it didn't.
About 90% of startups fail.
The average person spends about 2 weeks of their life waiting at red lights.
The average person checks their phone over 100 times per day.
The Apollo guidance computer had less power than a modern calculator.
There are classified inventions that have never been revealed publicly.