5 Things You Didn't Know About the Internet

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The Internet owes its' existence to the pinnacle of 1950's technological advancement, Sputnik. The ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network - the internets' great-grandfather, was born in 1969 as a response to the Russian's 1957 launch of the first man-made satellite.

2.
The first piece of commercial spam was sent by a US law firm in 1994. The message was titled 'Green Card Lottery - Final One?'

3.
David Bowie was the first musician to offer an album for commercial download with 'Hours' in 1999.

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As recently as 2002, UK citizens were confused by British Telecom's first major advertising campaign for broadband internet as they didn't realise they needed a computer.

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The web recieves an estimated 100 billion clicks per day, contains 55 trillion links and is thought to have the same processing power as the human brain.