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Saturday, 15 August 2026
18 facts about Internet
18 facts about Internet
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
Loading of the aircraft is possible only after lifting the nose of the fuselage. The cargo hold has a capacity of 1300 cubic meters and the maximum cargo weight is 250 tons.
Unlike the An-124, the Mryia has two vertical stabilizers on the tail, allowing it to transport extremely heavy loads that would negatively affect the aerodynamics of a classic “single” tail.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The machine’s international air code is UR-82060 and the call sign is ADB350F.
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.
Steel
China is the world's largest producer of steel. The country accounts for 57% of the world's production.
The European Union is the second largest producer and India is the third largest producer. Other major global steel producers are: Japan, USA, Russia, South Korea and Turkey.
Internet
The leading social network is Facebook with 2.7 billion active users.
In second place is YouTube (2 billion) followed by Instagram (1.15 billion), LinkedIn (766 million), TikTok (689 million), Twitter (330 million), and Snapchat (294 million).
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The aircraft weighs 285 tons and is the heaviest aircraft ever constructed.
The maximum takeoff weight of the An-225 is 640 tons.
Internet
The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson to… himself.
He doesn’t remember its exact content but said it was something like “QWERTYUIOP.”
Kerosene lamp
The Piarist Fathers' hospital in Lviv helped Łukasiewicz popularize his invention.
On July 31, 1853, in Lviv, doctor Zaorski, a surgeon, operated on his patient Władysław Holecki. The operation occurred at night in a room lit by one of Ignacy Łukasiewicz's first kerosene lamps.
Steel
Modern steelmaking began in 1855.
The father of the process was Sir Henry Bessemer, an English inventor. His method was widely used fo ...
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.