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Saturday, 4 April 2026
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 machine’s international air code is UR-82060 and the call sign is ADB350F.
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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 ...
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
Luggage racks are being designed that will be hooked up in place of the Buran shuttle’s hitches.
They will be used for transporting goods that will not fit in the cargo hold of the An-225.
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Three Gorges Dam
The cost of the construction is estimated at $37 billion.
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Internet
The popularity of online e-commerce is growing every year.
In 2020, 96 percent of Americans made at least one purchase online.
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Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam can store 39 trillion cubic meters of water.
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Steel
Production of steel dates back to 1800 BC.
So far, the oldest excavation site where steel production was carried out is located in Anatolia in present-day Turkey.
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Internet
As of June 2021, the resources of the global Internet amounted to 1.86 billion pages.
Globally registered domains are now nearly 370 million.
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Internet
Almost 300 million new users join social media every year.
This means that every minute more than 550 people create an account on a social network.
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Kerosene lamp
Oil lamps have been displaced by electricity.
However, they are still widely used in areas without electric lighting. The cost and danger of kerosene lighting are an ongoing problems in many countries.
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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
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
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
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 ...