I would imagine it was harder to get information on topics as you would’ve had to buy/borrow encyclopedias to do.

Were there proprietary predecessor websites?

Tell me about the dark ages!

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    I think Wikipedia without media files and only text and formatting can fit on a lot a single USB drive

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      A big one. Right now wikipedia weights around 100 GB.