Computers

1. The computer was invented in 1943 by Alan Turing. It's first task was to deliver high grade pornography to our brave boys battling fritz over seas.

2. Unlike today where a computer could fit in the ear of a small dog, early computers were the size of a 4 bedroom house, with a mouse the size of a Volvo. 

3. Edgar T Fartcrack of Austin Texas was the first man to legally marry a computer, when he wed his Commodore C-16 in August 1989. They celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary later this year.

4. The world of Science Fiction would have us believe computers are all evil, like in the Matrix or Lawnmower Man but some are really good like Ziggy in Quantum Leap or Holly from Red Dwarf.

5. Computers are made from screens and keyboards and are powered by electricity. But really computers run on a complicated maths called algorithms.  

6. Computers are only for nerds and geeks, or are they? The human brain is a sort of meat computer and we all have one.

7. IBM spent billions of dollars developing Deep Blue to beat chess champ Garry Kasperov, but they failed epically when they neglected to give the computer arms to move the pieces.

8. Computers are incredibly common in today's world, from offices to home offices they're everywhere. Scientists at NASA are now even attempting to send a computer in to space.  

9. Computers have been banned in North Korea ever since 1992 when then Leader Kim Jong Il got so infuriated with Mortal Kombat he forbid their use under penalty of death.

10. Computicians from MIT predict that in 20 years people will fuse with computers, but it will be really cool like a terminator not creepy like Stephen Hawkins.