1. The technology behind the Internet began back in the 1960′s at MIT. The first message ever to be transmitted was LOG.. why? The user had attempted to type LOGIN, but the network crashed after the enormous load of data of the letter G. It was to be a while before Facebook would be developed…
2. The Internet began as a single page at the URL http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which contained information about this new-fangled “WorldWideWeb” project, and how you too could make a hypertext page full of wonderful hyperlinks. Sadly, the original page was never saved, but you can view it after 2 years of revisions here.
3. The first emoticon is commonly credited to Kevin Mackenzie in 1979, but was a rather simple -) and didn’t really look like a face.
4. 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
5. A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.
6. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
7. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.
8. A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
9. A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.
10. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
2. The Internet began as a single page at the URL http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which contained information about this new-fangled “WorldWideWeb” project, and how you too could make a hypertext page full of wonderful hyperlinks. Sadly, the original page was never saved, but you can view it after 2 years of revisions here.
3. The first emoticon is commonly credited to Kevin Mackenzie in 1979, but was a rather simple -) and didn’t really look like a face.
4. 99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun.
5. A 10-gallon hat barely holds 6 pints.
6. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
7. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.
8. A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
9. A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.
10. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.