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Monday, 14 September 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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Kerosene lamp
The situation changed when a Jew came to Łukasiewicz's pharmacy and offered to sell him a bottle of oil coming from the area of Borysław, where peasants collected it from hollows and ponds.
The peasants used it to treat fasciolosis (a parasitic disease caused by the liver fluke - Fasciola ...
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.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
Mriya was flown on 21st December 1988.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
On 14th April 2020, cargoes of medical supplies for COVID-19 were delivered to Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland, by this aircraft.
The An-225 transported a cargo of 1000 cubic meters, the largest to date, with which another record was set for this aircraft.
Kerosene lamp
A kerosene lamp is a lighting device that uses kerosene as fuel.
It was invented as a result of work on distilling petroleum.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
Only one flying example of the aircraft was built.
The second planned An-225 was only partially built, with an unfinished skeleton and plating.
Kerosene lamp
After an unsuccessful first attempt to use kerosene in a structurally unsuitable oil lamp, Łukasiewicz and the tinsmith Bratkowski constructed a prototype kerosene lamp.
This lamp was massive, consisting of a cylindrical tin tank for kerosene. It served as a protection ...
Kerosene lamp
However, Łukasiewicz did not stop his distillation attempts and finally found the proper fraction, collected at the temperature of 250-350 °C (482 - 662 °F), devoid of light petrols and heavy hydrocarbons.
The resulting kerosene burned very well, so Łukasiewicz decided to use it for lighting rooms.
Three Gorges Dam
Its construction lasted from 1994 to 2006.
It was officially opened in 2008 but achieved full functionality in 2012.
Internet
The history of the Internet dates back to the late 1960s.
 The design of a global network of interconnected computers was developed by J. Licklider in 1960; t ...