
15 Ambitious Facts About Amazon
In August 2013, Amazon services went offline for about 40 minutes. It's estimated this cost the company $4.8 million in losses.
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In August 2013, Amazon services went offline for about 40 minutes. It's estimated this cost the company $4.8 million in losses.
The ChatGPT parent company, OpenAI, has received funding from several high-profile investors, including Microsoft and Elon Musk.
A 404 error is a standard HTTP error message code that means the page you were trying to reach doesn't exist.
The word "hashtag" wasn't added to the Oxford Dictionary until June 2014!
Did you know that the most popular subreddit is /r/announcements, with over 100 million subscribers?
Did you know that Wikipedia is the fifth largest website on the internet? The website receives over 6 billion monthly visitors.
The most expensive item ever bought on eBay was a super yacht for $170 million by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Did you know that Twitter first introduced the hashtag in 2007, despite launching the platform a year earlier?
The first world leader to create a YouTube channel was the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who made his account in 2007.
The most used hashtags on Instagram are #love, #instagood, #me, #cute and #follow.
Stephen Hawking inspired John O’Sullivan to accidentally give us all Wi-Fi.
Wix is one of the largest website builder platforms after WordPress. And you can even create a logo without leaving the Wix site.