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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 aircraft will be rebuilt. The new machine will incorporate in its design elements of the copy destroyed by the Russian military.

The reconstruction was announced by the general director of the Antonov concern, Yevhen Havrylov.The ...

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Steel

Carbon is what gives steel its hardness and strength. It makes up to 2.14% of an alloy.

Steel becomes harder but less plastic as more carbon is added.

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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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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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Steel

More than 1.9 billion tons of steel are produced annually.

This means that approximately 5.2 million metric tons of steel are produced every day.

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Antonov An-225 Mriya

In 2006, it was decided to complete the second aircraft, but to date, it has not been put into service.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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Antonov An-225 Mriya

During a flight held on 22nd March 1989, An-225 Mriya set 106 world records.

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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 ...