The first emoticon
The first emoticon is commonly credited to Kevin Mackenzie in 1979, but was a rather simple -) and didn’t really look like a face. 3 years later, 🙂 was proposed by Scott Fahlman and has become the norm. Fact source...
Internet trolls
Psychologists examined Internet trolls and found that they are “narcissistic, psychopathic, and sadistic”. Fact source...
WiFi
The “Fi” in “WiFi” doesn’t mean anything. The creators just called it that because it rhymed with “HiFi”. Fact source...
Internet restart
Seven people have keys with the power to restart the World Wide Web in the event of a catastrophic event. Fact source...