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Sunday, 8 February 2026
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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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
In 2009, the aircraft carried a 16x4-meter generator for a power plant from Germany to Armenia.
It was the largest object ever transported by aircraft.
Three Gorges Dam
It is the largest hydropower station in the world.
It generates 100 billion kWh of electricity a year. In 2020, the dam generated 11,8 TWh, setting a world record previously held by the Itaipu Dam in South America.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
In 2006, it was decided to complete the second aircraft, but to date, it has not been put into service.
Internet
The popularity of online e-commerce is growing every year.
In 2020, 96 percent of Americans made at least one purchase online.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
An-225 consumes about 18 tons of fuel during an hour of flight.
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).
Three Gorges Dam
Although the construction increased control over flooding, the volume of water held by the dam increased the number of earthquakes.
The Western Sichuan region of China was already an earthquake-prone area, but since the dam was constructed, it actually increased the number of geological disasters.
Kerosene lamp
The situation changed when a Jew came to Łukasiewicz's pharmacy and offered to sell him a bottle of oil coming from the area of Borysław, where peasants collected it from hollows and ponds.
The peasants used it to treat fasciolosis (a parasitic disease caused by the liver fluke - Fasciola ...
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The An-225 Mirya has been used commercially by Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines since 2001.