Here are some strange facts about websites history and interesting facts about the history of first online happenings:

1. The First Website Ever Created

• The first website, created by Tim Berners-Lee, was launched on August 6, 1991. It was hosted on Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer at CERN, and it provided information about the World Wide Web project. The site is still accessible today: The first website.

2. The First Search Engine

• Before Google, the first search engine was actually called “Archie,” created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal. However, it was more of a file search engine for FTP sites rather than a web search engine.

3. The First E-Commerce Transaction

• The first e-commerce transaction was conducted in 1994. A CD of Sting’s “Ten Summoner’s Tales” was sold through a website called NetMarket, marking the beginning of online shopping.

4. The Origin of the Word “Spam”

• The term “spam” for unsolicited emails and messages comes from a Monty Python sketch. In the sketch, a group of Vikings sing a song about spam (the canned meat), which drowns out other conversation. This repetitive and annoying nature was likened to unwanted emails.

5. The Birth of the Blog

• The term “weblog” was coined by Jorn Barger in 1997. It was later shortened to “blog” by Peter Merholz in 1999, who jokingly broke the word into the phrase “we blog” in the sidebar of his blog.

6. The First Domain Name Ever Registered

• The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985. It belonged to Symbolics, a Massachusetts-based computer manufacturer.

7. Yahoo’s Humble Beginnings

• Yahoo! started out as a simple directory of websites called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web.” It was created by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994.

8. Google’s First Storage

• When Larry Page and Sergey Brin were building Google, they used ten 4GB hard drives housed in a custom-made Lego casing to store their first data.

9. The First Image Uploaded to the Web

• The first image ever uploaded to the web was of a parody band called Les Horribles Cernettes, made up of CERN employees. It was uploaded by Tim Berners-Lee himself.

10. The Rise of Social Media

• The first recognizable social media site was Six Degrees, created in 1997. It allowed users to create profiles and friend each other. It was based on the “six degrees of separation” concept.

11. The First YouTube Video

• The first video ever uploaded to YouTube was titled “Me at the zoo.” It was uploaded on April 23, 2005, by co-founder Jawed Karim and features him at the San Diego Zoo.

12. Amazon’s Original Focus

• When Amazon launched in 1995, it only sold books. Today, it’s the world’s largest online retailer, selling virtually everything.

13. The Infamous Dancing Baby

• One of the first viral phenomena on the internet was the “Dancing Baby,” also known as “Baby Cha-Cha-Cha,” which emerged in 1996. It was a 3D-rendered animation of a baby dancing and was widely shared via email and on websites.

14. The Dot-Com Bubble

• During the late 1990s, there was a massive speculative bubble in the stocks of internet-based companies, known as the dot-com bubble. It peaked in March 2000 and burst shortly thereafter, leading to significant financial losses.

15. The Longest Domain Name

• The longest domain name ever registered is a Welsh town’s name: llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com. It’s 63 characters long and matches the full name of the town.

These strange and fascinating facts highlight how the internet and websites have evolved over the years, shaping the digital landscape we know today.