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| Highest Number of Twitter Followers: Lady Gaga |
Sorry,
Biebs – Gaga gotcha. Say what you will but the Queen of Pop Charts is
also Numero Uno in Twitterverse with 26,823,122 followers (as of July
2012) to Justin Bieber's paltry 24,687,443. Rounding out the top 5 are
Katy Perry (22,869,592), Rhianna (22,232,112), and Britney Spears
(22,232,112). Number 6? President Barack Obama (17,381,203) who is the
only other male in the Top Ten.
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| Most watched video on YouTube: Justin Bieber |
Call
it Revenge of the Bieber. While Justin may only be Number Two in the
Twitterverse, Biebs is top of the pops here on YouTube with 755,479,979
views of hit his Baby as of 7/6/2012.
Speaking
of babies, what is the most popular NON-MUSIC video of all time?
Charlie Bit My Finger – Again! With 464,588,601 views – proving there's
nothing like the power of a good sequel.
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| Oldest site on Internet: Symbolics.com | |
On
March 15, 1985, Symbolics Computer Corporation made history by
registering the first domain name. That year, there were just five
websites in existence. Fast forward to today, where there are over 192
million domains registered and more than 2.1 billion users worldwide,
mostly based in Asia. Symbolics.com was bought in 2009 and now hosts a
bunch of useless-but-interesting Internet facts (including some of the
ones I just mentioned).
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| Longest Domain Name: Llanfairpwllgw- yngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-Llantysiliogogogoch.com |
Speaking
of domain names, one of the silliest Internet Records is for the
longest one.
Technically, a domain name can have up to 63 characters
(not including sub-domains or suffixes). Sure, there are loads of stupid
ones – technically the “longest” domain name on record is http://www.funzug.com/index.php/informative-zone/incredible-internet-world-records.html
- followed closely by
http://www.funzug.com/index.php/informative-zone/incredible-internet-world-records.html
- a free email service for annoying people. But in our book (and in
Guinness') the winner is
Llanfairpwllgw-yngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-Llantysiliogogogoch.com which
is the website of an actual single-word town in Wales. Try saying (or
typing) that ten times fast!
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| Highest Webcam on Earth: Mount Everest |
In
this world of ubiquitous surveillance, it is now even harder to avoid
the camera's probing eye. Even Sherpas are now being watched, as the
Italian Scientific Committee has placed a webcam at an altitude of 5643
meters atop a peak overlooking Mt. Everest, the highest spot on Earth.
Rumor has it that if you tune in during off hours, you may see some hot
Yeti-on-Yeti action.
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| Country With Fastest Internet: South Korea |
This
country really is wired. By 2006, 96% of South Korean cellphone users
had Internet access and today's users connect at a blazing fast 17.5
Mbps. In a distant second place is Japan with 9.1, tied with Hong Kong;
the Netherlands and Latvia are each a notch below that. Where is the
United States? A distant 13th place with 5.8 Mbps. The fastest US City
is Boston with 8.4 Mbps. How is the Internet doing as a whole? A mere
2.3 Mbps on average worldwide, a drop of 14 percent from 2011 – DAMN YOU
WILL AND KATE!!!
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| Most Expensive Domain Name: Insure.com |
If
you think Sex sells, think again. It's INSURANCE that's the big
cash-grabber. In 2006, it earned the top spot by commanding $16 million
dollars, topping Sex.com's $14 million sale in Oct. 2010.
Fund.com
and Porn.com are next in line, no-brainers of course. But the luckiest
in the bunch? The Farm Bureau, who sold FB.com to Facebook for $8.5
million.
