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Monday, 24 November 2025
18 facts about Internet
18 facts about Internet
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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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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.”
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.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The range of a fully fueled aircraft is 15.400 kilometers with an empty payload.
Mriya’s range with a load of 200 tons drops to 4000 kilometers.
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
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. ...
Kerosene lamp
The first kerosene lamp was constructed in 1853 by a Pole, Ignacy Lukasiewicz.
Lukasiewicz was a pharmacist who worked in the Lviv pharmacy "Under the Gold Star," owned by Piotr Mikolasch, a well-known Lviv businessman and pharmacist.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
On 30th August 2016, the Airspace Industry Corporation of China signed an agreement with Antonov Corporation to complete the second machine and start production of more, with upgraded avionics and a different propulsion system.
Internet
As recently as 2009, only 0.7 percent of Internet traffic came from mobile devices, today it is more than 50 percent.
According to analysis, the 50-50 split in traffic from computers vs. traffic from smartphones will continue in the coming years.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The aircraft was designed for a 23-person crew.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
During a flight held on 22nd March 1989, An-225 Mriya set 106 world records.