Email Predates the World Wide Web

Fact: Email was invented before the World Wide Web.

Detail: Email, as a method of digital communication, was developed in the early 1970s by Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with introducing the use of the "@" symbol to separate the user’s name from their computer’s name. The World Wide Web, however, was not invented until 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee. 

This means people were sending emails long before the internet as we know it today existed, highlighting email's foundational role in the digital age.