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Saturday, 28 February 2026

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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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.

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Antonov An-225 Mriya

The aircraft has a cruising speed of 800 km/h, a minimum speed of 250 km/h, and a maximum speed of 850 km/h.

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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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Steel

Modern steelmaking began in 1855.

The father of the process was Sir Henry Bessemer, an English inventor. His method was widely used fo ...

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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

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.

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Steel

The first building constructed primarily of steel was the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, USA, completed in 1885.

The building was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney. It had 10 stories and a height of 42 ...

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Steel

Mangalloy is an alloy steel containing 11 to 15% manganese.

Manganese is added to steel to make it tougher, stronger and more resistant to wear and abrasion. It ...

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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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Kerosene lamp

The first kerosene lamp was constructed in 1853 by a Pole, Ignacy Lukasiewicz.

Lukasiewicz was a pharmacist who worked in the Lviv pharmacy "Under the Gold Star," owned by Piotr Mikolasch, a well-known Lviv businessman and pharmacist.

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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 ...