top 10 interesting facts about internet

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  1. The internet was first created in the 1960s by the United States Department of Defense as a way to connect government computers.

  2. The first message ever sent over the internet was sent in 1969 by computer scientist Vint Cerf, it read "lo".

  3. The first email was sent in 1971 by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson.

  4. The first website, called "info.cern.ch," was created in 1991 and is still available today.

  5. The first search engine, called Archie, was created in 1990 and was used to search for files on FTP servers.

  6. The first online chat service, called Talkomatic, was created in 1973 and was used by students at the University of Illinois.

  7. The first online shopping website, called "Internet Shopping Network," was created in 1984 and sold only software.

  8. The first social networking site, called "Six Degrees," was created in 1997 and allowed users to upload a profile and connect with friends.

  9. The first video ever uploaded to YouTube was called "Me at the zoo" and was uploaded by Jawed Karim in 2005.

  10. The first online encyclopedia, called "Wikipedia," was created in 2001 and has over 55 million articles in English.

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