Unknown Surprising Facts about the INTERNET.
                     Unknown 
Surprising Facts 
about the 
INTERNET
THE INTERNET IS OLDER THAN YOU THINK
• The idea of the internet can be traced back to the 1900's with scientists, 
engineers and others plotting the flow of information via technology. 
• It wasn't until the 1960's that J.C.R. Licklider from MIT thought of the 
"Intergalactic Network" for computers.
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REMEMBER THE WORLD WIDE WEB?
• In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web. If you don't remember 
the term World Wide Web, it's now what is commonly referred to as The Web. 
• Berners-Lee coded the first web page in 1990 and the rest is history. Sites like 
Facebook and Google would not exist today without the ability to code in 
content.
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HACKING IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH
• According to the Sophos Labs 2019 Threat Report, 30,000 web sites are hacked 
daily. Hacking has taken many shapes over the years. 
• Today, hacking can be associated with fake news and even incriminating digital 
paper trails. Hackers keep getting better with new technological advances.
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THE NAME WI-FI WAS CREATED BY A 
MARKETING COMPANY
• Around 1999, the brand-consulting firm Interbrand created the name Wi-Fi 
after being commissioned by the Wi-FI Alliance to market the then-innovative 
service. 
• The term Wi-Fi doesn't have any actual meaning. Its origins are also kind of 
unknown. 
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WE'RE SPENDING MORE TIME ONLINE EVERY 
YEAR
• According to Kleiner Perkins 2019 Internet Trends Report, adults spend 5.9 
hours a day actively online. 
• To combat this growing issue, most phone retailers and laptops are adding in 
limits to the amount of usage per day.
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GOOGLE IS THE MOST VISITED SITE ON THE 
INTERNET
• With more than a billion websites to choose from, Google is king. According to 
the traffic ranking site Alexa, Google.com is the most visited site in the world. 
• Youtube.com ranks second and the Chinese language search engine Baidu.com 
is third.
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THE FIRST EMAIL WAS SENT IN THE 1960'S
• A very basic form of email was created in the 1960's. They used the ARPANET 
system that allowed a rudimentary form of file sharing among connected 
computers. 
• It wasn't until the late 90's that web-based email became popular with 
systems like AOL.
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THE CITY WITH THE FASTEST INTERNET IS 
MINNEAPOLIS
• In the United States, Minneapolis ranks first with the fastest internet speed 
(measure in megabits per second). Saint Paul ranks second and Atlanta third.
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THE DARK WEB IS REAL
• Rumors about the dark web are actually true. Acting as a small part of the 
deep web, the dark web is commonly associated with illegal activities. It's 
mostly unmonitored and unencrypted.
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THE MOST POPULAR THING TO DO ONLINE IS 
TO SEND EMAILS
• According to Statista, 90.8% of people use the internet to send and receive 
emails. Coming close behind is texting or instant messaging with 90.2% and 
using social media ranks third with 74.4%.
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