You can’t argue with the relentless march of technology but you can marvel at some of the absurdities from the past few decades. Here we round up a bunch of facts and anecdotes that sound so ridiculous, you’ll question their authenticity.
- Changing fonts can save printer ink
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2. Email existed before the world wide web
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3. The QWERTY layout keyboard was designed to slow you down
4. 92% of The world’s currency is digital
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5. Domain name registrations were free till 1995
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6. In 1956, 5Megabytes (5MB) of data weighed a ton
7. The X-Y position indicator for displays - a.k.a The Mouse
![Photo: Microsoft.com](https://i1.wp.com/www.kbtexperts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/computer-mouse.jpg?resize=540%2C310)
8. Russia built a computer that ran on water in 1936
9. Wikipedia needs an army of anti-vandal bots
10. A 15-year old with a PC hacked NASA in 1999
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