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The Internet Weighs About 50 Grams
All the electrons moving through the internet at any moment weigh roughly 50 grams — about the weight of a strawberry. The data itself is massless.
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The First Computer Bug Was a Real Bug
In 1947, Grace Hopper's team found a moth stuck in a relay of the Harvard Mark II. They taped it into the logbook with the note "First actual case of bug being found."
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The First Website Is Still Online
Tim Berners-Lee's first website — info.cern.ch — went live on 6 August 1991 and is still accessible today.
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