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Tuesday, 7 July 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
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
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Antonov An-225 Mriya
The aircraft was originally intended to transport the Soviet space shuttle “Buran.”
For this reason, the aircraft’s fuselage is equipped with special mounts on the “roof” and the twin ...
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. ...
Steel
The first building constructed primarily of steel was the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, USA, completed in 1885. 
The building was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney. It had 10 stories and a height of 42 ...
Steel
More than 1.9 billion tons of steel are produced annually.
This means that approximately 5.2 million metric tons of steel are produced every day.