Things you Didn’t Know About the Internet

Most of us use the Internet each and every day, whether for work, various hobbies, or just for fun. While we know how to use the Internet, and the types of things we can do with them, there are plenty of things that we don’t know. Today, we’re going to be talking about some of the lesser known Internet facts that might interest you. If you like any of our facts, or can think of any of your own that might interest our readers, then why not get in touch and let us know what they are? Enjoy!

Things you Didn’t Know About the Internet

• As of today (May 15th, 2016), the Internet is nine thousand and forty nine days old.
• On the ascent up Mount Everest, there is high-speed Internet access available. Why wait to update your Instagram with your summit shot?
• 15% of adult Americans have never used the Internet, likewise, 9 million British adults have never used the Internet. Old habits die hard, eh?
•  Are you a “troll”? If so, psychologists have found you may well be narcissistic, sadistic, and psychopathic. Well then…
• The first email message was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson (to himself!). A few years later in 1978, the first spam email was sent by Gary Thuerk, who was selling computers.
• The first webcam ever created was made in Cambridge, to keep an eye on a coffee pot. Coffee waits for no man!
• Collectively, we now spend more web-time on our mobile devices than traditional desktop, or laptop, computers.
• If you wanted to burn the entire contents of the Internet onto a disk, you’d need more than one billion DVDs.
• At the end of 1993, there were less then seven hundred websites on the web. We’ve grown quite a lot in the last twenty three years.
• Before the Internet and its endless abbreviations (lookin’ at you, BAE), LOL used to mean “lots of love”.
• Over half of the uploading and downloading now done on the Internet is considered to be “file sharing”, which is illegal. This has become a massive problem for the United States since the Internet became popular and widely used.
• Approximately 20 million people are tweeting each and every day.

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