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Tuesday, 16 June 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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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.”
Internet
Every minute more than 500 minutes of video content is added to YouTube’s resources.
The variety of materials is huge, which allows everyone to find something for themselves.According t ...
Kerosene lamp
The first attempt to use kerosene for lighting ended almost tragically. Łukasiewicz used an oil lamp that was not adapted to the new fuel, and the lamp exploded.
Miraculously the apothecary avoided severe burns. Łukasiewicz turned to a Lviv tinsmith Adam Bratkow ...
Internet
The popularity of online e-commerce is growing every year.
In 2020, 96 percent of Americans made at least one purchase online.
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 ...
Kerosene lamp
Naphtha, one of the lighter (0.78-0.81 g/cm3) fractions of petroleum, is almost as old as medicine.
Its use is first reported as early as the ninth century by the Persian physician, alchemist, and phi ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Antonov An-225 Mriya
Only one flying example of the aircraft was built.
The second planned An-225 was only partially built, with an unfinished skeleton and plating.