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Sunday, 5 July 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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Steel
Stainless steel contains a minimum of 11% chromium. It is characterized by superior biological cleanability.
Such alloy is perfect for food or pharmaceutical purposes. It is worth mentioning that stainless ste ...
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
A kerosene lamp is a lighting device that uses kerosene as fuel.
It was invented as a result of work on distilling petroleum.
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.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The design basis for the An-225 was the An-124 Ruslan aircraft.
The design work was carried out by the Antonov Design Bureau. The aircraft was constructed at the O.K Antonov plant in Kyiv.
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
The aircraft was destroyed by Russian aggressors in February 2022.
The An-225 was held in a hangar at Hostomel Airport near Kyiv. In an official message to the press o ...
Internet
The first image on the Internet is a work of art made in Photoshop and exported to .gif format.
It depicts four women, members of the Geneva CERN lab’s comedy troupe Les Horrible Cernettes. As with the first website, it was posted by Tim Berners-Lee.
Three Gorges Dam
The cost of the construction is estimated at $37 billion.
Three Gorges Dam
Its primary purpose was flood control.
The Yangtze River's occasional flooding caused both mild and major devastation in the basin area. Th ...