Back in 1992, some folks at CERN decided to put scanned photos of “the CERN girls” in some sort of “information system” the guys had just invented and were calling the “World Wide Web”.

When they posted this image online they couldn’t have imagined that pictures of women – in far lesser clothes eventually – would be an incredibly powerful and possibly the biggest driver of the internet for the next decade!

Contestant on who wants to be a millionaire phones a friend who is using internet to get the answer right for the contestant.I can’t believe how much this video has been discussed. Just to be clear, there is obviously no rule against this. When Primetime Millionaire originally aired (’99-’02) Broadband Internet was still not that popular and there was no wikipedia or answers.com.