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Wednesday, 16 September 2026
18 facts about Internet
18 facts about Internet
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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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Three Gorges Dam
It is the largest hydropower station in the world.
It generates 100 billion kWh of electricity a year. In 2020, the dam generated 11,8 TWh, setting a world record previously held by the Itaipu Dam in South America.
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam causes a delay in the rotation of Earth.
The momentum is lost due to an enormous amount of water being forced through the dam. According to NASA estimates, the dam delays the rotation by 0,06 microseconds.
Internet
The Internet, as we know it today, often referred to as the World Wide Web, is nothing more than a system of hypertext documents presented to the user via a web browser.
Almost every page on the Internet is based on the HTML meta-language (some on XHTML) enriched with style sheets to help give it the right look.
Kerosene lamp
Naphtha, one of the lighter (0.78-0.81 g/cm3) fractions of petroleum, is almost as old as medicine.
Its use is first reported as early as the ninth century by the Persian physician, alchemist, and phi ...
Internet
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson to… himself.
He doesn’t remember its exact content but said it was something like “QWERTYUIOP.”
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The wingspan of the An-225 is 88.4 meters and the length of the fuselage is 84 meters. The aircraft’s height is 10.10 meters.
The lifting area of this giant is 905 square meters.
Three Gorges Dam
The idea of building a dam on the Yangtze River arose in 1918.
Sun Yat-sen, the first provisional president of the Republic of China, theorized about constructing ...
Antonov An-225 Mriya
During a flight held on 22nd March 1989, An-225 Mriya set 106 world records.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
Loading of the aircraft is possible only after lifting the nose of the fuselage. The cargo hold has a capacity of 1300 cubic meters and the maximum cargo weight is 250 tons.
Unlike the An-124, the Mryia has two vertical stabilizers on the tail, allowing it to transport extremely heavy loads that would negatively affect the aerodynamics of a classic “single” tail.
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.