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Friday, 26 June 2026
18 facts about Internet
18 facts about Internet
A global network of unlimited possibilities
The internet is now more than 30 years old. During this time, it has developed in a direction unimaginable to those who witnessed its creation. Initia ...

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Antonov An-225 Mriya
The aircraft will be rebuilt. The new machine will incorporate in its design elements of the copy destroyed by the Russian military.
The reconstruction was announced by the general director of the Antonov concern, Yevhen Havrylov.The ...
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Three Gorges Dam
Its construction lasted from 1994 to 2006.
It was officially opened in 2008 but achieved full functionality in 2012.
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Internet
YouTube is the undisputed leader in video streaming.
Second place goes to Netflix, which has 12 times fewer users. Third place goes to Vimeo.
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
The An-225 Mirya has been used commercially by Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines since 2001.
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Steel
Carbon is what gives steel its hardness and strength. It makes up to 2.14% of an alloy. 
Steel becomes harder but less plastic as more carbon is added.
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Internet
Every minute more than 500 minutes of video content is added to YouTube’s resources.
The variety of materials is huge, which allows everyone to find something for themselves.According t ...
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Kerosene lamp
The Piarist Fathers' hospital in Lviv helped Łukasiewicz popularize his invention.
On July 31, 1853, in Lviv, doctor Zaorski, a surgeon, operated on his patient Władysław Holecki. The operation occurred at night in a room lit by one of Ignacy Łukasiewicz's first kerosene lamps.
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
In 2006, it was decided to complete the second aircraft, but to date, it has not been put into service.
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Three Gorges Dam
Its primary purpose was flood control.
The Yangtze River's occasional flooding caused both mild and major devastation in the basin area. Th ...
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Internet
The first registered Internet domain was symbolics.com.
It was registered on 15th March 1985. Today it serves as a commemorative site for the event.
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24 facts about Antonov An-225 Mriya
24 facts about Antonov An-225 Mriya
Like a phoenix from ashes
It is the heaviest though not the largest of the aircraft constructed to date. Although it was created in the communist realities of the USSR, and its ...
14 facts about steel
14 facts about steel
Just a bit of carbon changes everything
Steel is a highly versatile and durable material used in a wide range of industries, including construction, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing. ...
12 facts about Three Gorges Dam
12 facts about Three Gorges Dam
The biggest hydroelectric power plant on Earth
The Three Gorges Dam is most certainly one of the biggest undertakings in human history. Constructed on the Yangtze River in China, it is the largest ...
13 facts about Kerosene lamp
13 facts about Kerosene lamp
A Polish invention
The kerosene lamp was the invention of a brilliant pharmacist, a Pole, Ignacy Lukasiewicz. As an employee of a pharmacy selling kerosene for medical p ...