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Tuesday, 17 February 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
Tungsten steel contains 2% to 18% of this element. It is extremely resistant to heat, corrosion and wear.
Tungsten is one of the oldest elements used in steel alloys. It is used in many industries that rely ...
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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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Kerosene lamp
The kerosene lamp was more efficient than candles and cheaper to operate than oil and gas lighting.
The first kerosene lamps were lit in Lviv as early as March 1853, and they came into general use in 1860-1865.
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Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is made of steel and concrete.
Over 510,000 tons of steel were used in the construction of the dam. It is 2,335 meters long, with a maximum height of 185 meters.
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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.
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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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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 ...
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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 Internet is used by more than 4,9 billion people, which makes up almost 64 percent of all humanity.
Between 2000 and 2020, the number of Internet users increased by 1266 percent.
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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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24 facts about Antonov An-225 Mriya
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
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
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
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 ...