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Friday, 1 May 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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Internet
The author of the first website was Tim Berners-Lee, who published it in December 1990.
After all these years, it is still available and can be visited here.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
In 2009, the aircraft carried a 16x4-meter generator for a power plant from Germany to Armenia.
It was the largest object ever transported by aircraft.
Steel
Steel is primarily made up of iron (98%) and carbon (2%). 
Other additives such as manganese, nickel, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum or tungsten give the alloy specific properties.
Kerosene lamp
The first attempt to use kerosene for lighting ended almost tragically. Łukasiewicz used an oil lamp that was not adapted to the new fuel, and the lamp exploded.
Miraculously the apothecary avoided severe burns. Łukasiewicz turned to a Lviv tinsmith Adam Bratkow ...
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The range of a fully fueled aircraft is 15.400 kilometers with an empty payload.
Mriya’s range with a load of 200 tons drops to 4000 kilometers.
Internet
The first message sent using ARPANET was “LOG.”
It is not known what the final message was to be because the system crashed after sending the G character.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
An-225 consumes about 18 tons of fuel during an hour of flight.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The aircraft was designed for a 23-person crew.
Kerosene lamp
In the first half of the 19th century, intensive attempts were made to obtain more efficient and cheaper fuel than the various types of oil and their mixtures used to date.
To this end, research was conducted on crude oil, from which kerosene was obtained by distillation. ...
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 ...