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Saturday, 20 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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Three Gorges Dam
The construction led to the destabilization of a unique ecosystem in the region.
Many species of flora and fauna face extinction because of landslides triggered by the erosion of the reservoir. Moreover, the dam generated a microclimate, with increased growth of algae.
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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.
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
The An-225 has 32 wheels in a three-wheel arrangement.
The main landing gear consists of 7 two-wheel sets on each side while the front landing gear consist ...
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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.
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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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Antonov An-225 Mriya
On 14th April 2020, cargoes of medical supplies for COVID-19 were delivered to Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland, by this aircraft.
The An-225 transported a cargo of 1000 cubic meters, the largest to date, with which another record was set for this aircraft.
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Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam can store 39 trillion cubic meters of water.
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Steel
The first all-steel bridge is the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, USA.
Construction began in 1867 and was completed in 1874 at a cost of about $10 million. It is a combine ...
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Internet
The first network–ARPANET was launched on 29th October 1969 at the University of California.
The first connection realized with the prototype of today’s network was between the University of Ca ...
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
An-225 consumes about 18 tons of fuel during an hour of flight.
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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 ...