1. How did Amazon get its start?

Hard as it may be to believe, Amazon began by selling nothing but printed books. These days it moves far more e-books than traditional paper editions.

2. How many users does Facebook have?

Launched by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, the world's largest social network now counts more than 1 billion users. Were Facebook a nation, its population would rank third on the planet, trailing only China and India.

3. Which came first: email or the World Wide Web?

Email existed long before the World Wide Web arrived. The earliest known email system, then called AUTODIN, dates to 1962. Raymond Tomlinson is credited as the inventor of the modern email we use today.

4. What share of internet users speak English?

There are more than 2 billion internet users today, and fewer than 500 million of them speak English.

5. When did domain registration start costing money?

Registering a domain cost nothing until September 14, 1995. Today it ranks among the largest industries in online retail.

6. Which web browser first became popular?

Mosaic, released in 1993, was the first widely popular web browser. It stopped working four years later, yet it played a major role in bringing the World Wide Web to the masses.

7. Did radio and television gain popularity as quickly as the internet?

Radio took 38 years and television took 13 years to reach 50 million users. The internet hit that milestone in just four years.

8. How much power does Google consume?

Google consumes more electricity than some major countries. Its latest estimate puts demand at 15 billion kWh a year, though the upside is that solar panels generate most of that power.

9. Which two video games were copyrighted first?

In the US market, those were Asteroids and Lunar in 1980. We suggest muting your audio before watching the video below.

10. Which country has the highest share of internet users?

You might guess it's one of the Scandinavian nations, and you'd be right. More than 75% of people in Sweden use the internet.