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Wednesday, 18 February 2026

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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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.

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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.

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Internet

YouTube is the undisputed leader in video streaming.

Second place goes to Netflix, which has 12 times fewer users. Third place goes to Vimeo.

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Steel

Stainless steel contains a minimum of 11% chromium. It is characterized by superior biological cleanability.

Such alloy is perfect for food or pharmaceutical purposes. It is worth mentioning that stainless ste ...

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Antonov An-225 Mriya

The machine’s international air code is UR-82060 and the call sign is ADB350F.

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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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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.

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Antonov An-225 Mriya

Luggage racks are being designed that will be hooked up in place of the Buran shuttle’s hitches.

They will be used for transporting goods that will not fit in the cargo hold of the An-225.

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Antonov An-225 Mriya

In 2006, it was decided to complete the second aircraft, but to date, it has not been put into service.

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Kerosene lamp

Naphtha, one of the lighter (0.78-0.81 g/cm3) fractions of petroleum, is almost as old as medicine.

Its use is first reported as early as the ninth century by the Persian physician, alchemist, and phi ...

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24 facts about Antonov An-225 Mriya

Like a phoenix from ashes

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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

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 ...