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Monday, 17 August 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
Steel is primarily made up of iron (98%) and carbon (2%). 
Other additives such as manganese, nickel, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum or tungsten give the alloy specific properties.
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 ...
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 ...
Internet
The author of the first website was Tim Berners-Lee, who published it in December 1990.
After all these years, it is still available and can be visited here.
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.
Internet
The first message sent using ARPANET was “LOG.”
It is not known what the final message was to be because the system crashed after sending the G character.
Kerosene lamp
In the first half of the 19th century, intensive attempts were made to obtain more efficient and cheaper fuel than the various types of oil and their mixtures used to date.
To this end, research was conducted on crude oil, from which kerosene was obtained by distillation. ...
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.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
In 2006, it was decided to complete the second aircraft, but to date, it has not been put into service.
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 ...