1. The internet was created in 1969 by the U.S. Department of Defense.
2. The first message ever sent over the internet was "LO".
3. The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
4. The first website went live on August 6, 1991.
5. The term "surfing the internet" was coined by librarian Jean Armour Polly.
6. The first webcam was used to monitor a coffee pot at Cambridge University.
7. The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson.
8. The first domain name ever registered was symbolics.com.
9. The world's largest data center is in Nevada, covering 7.2 million square feet.
10. Google's first name was "Backrub."
11. The first YouTube video was uploaded in 2005.
12. The first tweet was sent by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, in 2006.
13. The first emoticon, :-) was used by computer scientist Scott Fahlman in 1982.
14. The first podcast was created by Dave Winer and Adam Curry in 2004.
15. The term "blog" was derived from "weblog" in 1997.
16. Amazon started as an online bookstore in 1994.
17. eBay was originally called AuctionWeb.
18. The most expensive domain name ever sold was cars.com, for $872 million.
19. The most visited website in the world is Google.
20. The second most visited website is YouTube.
21. The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on Google search results costs the company an estimated $110 million a year.
22. The average internet user spends about 6 hours and 42 minutes online each day.
23. China has the highest number of internet users in the world.
24. The fastest internet speed recorded is 178 terabits per second.
25. The "www" in a web address stands for World Wide Web.
26. The first online purchase was a Sting CD, sold on NetMarket in 1994.
27. The first widely used browser was Netscape Navigator.
28. The term "netiquette" was coined in 1983.
29. The first photo ever uploaded to the internet was of a band called Les Horribles Cernettes.
30. The first widely popular web browser was Internet Explorer.
31. The first website to use animated GIFs was the Space Jam website.
32. The internet uses enough electricity to power all of China.
33. The majority of internet traffic is not generated by humans, but by bots.
34. The "404" error message originated from an apartment number at CERN.
35. The first recorded cyberattack was in 1988 by a computer worm.
36. The first computer virus was called "Creeper" and was created in 1971.
37. The first Wi-Fi enabled device was a soda machine at Carnegie Mellon University.
38. The most commonly used password is "123456."
39. The word "internet" is a contraction of "interconnected networks."
40. Facebook has over 2.8 billion monthly active users.
41. Google processes over 3.5 billion searches per day.
42. The term "viral" in the context of internet content comes from the way viruses spread.
43. The first banner ad was for AT&T and appeared on HotWired in 1994.
44. The "hash" symbol (#) is called an "octothorpe."
45. The "three Ws" in a web address are known as the subdomain.
46. The first internet domain extension was .com, followed by .org, .net, and .gov.
47. The first internet service provider (ISP) was CompuServe.
48. The first web browser capable of displaying images was Mosaic.
49. The "dot" in email addresses is called a "period."
50. The "@" symbol in email addresses is called the "at sign."
51. The first online dating service was Match.com, launched in 1995.
52. The first YouTube video to reach one million views was a Nike commercial in 2005.
53. The most viewed YouTube video is "Baby Shark Dance" with over 10 billion views.
54. The first internet search engine was called Archie.
55. The first image ever shared on the internet was of a girl group called "Les Horribles Cernettes."
56. The first podcast was called "Daily Source Code" by Adam Curry and Dave Winer.
57. The first internet meme was "Dancing Baby," also known as "Baby Cha-Cha-Cha."
58. The term "social media" was first used in 2004.
59. The first video uploaded to YouTube was titled "Me at the zoo."
60. The first e-commerce transaction was a drug deal in the early 1970s.
61. The concept of a computer "cookie" was introduced by Netscape in 1994.
62. The first emoticon was used in an email by Kevin McKenzie in 1979.
63. The term "spam" for unwanted email comes from a Monty Python skit.
64. The first mobile phone call was made by Martin Cooper in 1973.
65. The "cloud" in cloud computing refers to the internet.
66. The first popular social networking site was Friendster.
67. The first browser to support images was Mosaic.
68. The first recorded instance of online harassment was in 1978.
69. The first website to support a secure connection (https) was in 1994.
70. The concept of "crowdsourcing" was popularized by Jeff Howe in 2006.
71. The first internet worm spread through ARPANET in 1988.
72. The first computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964.
73. The "404 Not Found" error message was first used by Tim Berners-Lee.
74. The first internet worm was called the Morris Worm, created in 1988.
75. The first internet search engine to index full web pages was WebCrawler.
76. The first instant messaging service was AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).
77. The first website to support a secure connection was NetMarket.
78. The first domain name dispute was in 1994, involving mtv.com.
79. The term "blog" was coined by Jorn Barger in 1997.
80. The first recorded case of cyberbullying was in 1999.
81. The first online forum was created by CompuServe in 1979.
82. The first website to use the term "weblog" was Robot Wisdom.
83. The first internet domain extension for educational institutions was .edu.
84. The first online multiplayer game was MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) in 1978.
85. The first internet relay chat (IRC) network was created in 1988.
86. The first internet message board was called "Usenet" in 1979.
87. The first online newspaper was the Electronic Telegraph in 1994.
88. The first web-based email service was Hotmail, launched in 1996.
89. The first internet scam was the "Nigerian Prince" email, dating back to the 1990s.
90. The first internet video streaming service was Netflix
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