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Tuesday, 14 July 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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Antonov An-225 Mriya
Mriya was flown on 21st December 1988.
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Steel
Tungsten steel contains 2% to 18% of this element. It is extremely resistant to heat, corrosion and wear.
Tungsten is one of the oldest elements used in steel alloys. It is used in many industries that rely ...
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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.
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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.
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
An-225 consumes about 18 tons of fuel during an hour of flight.
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Internet
The history of the Internet dates back to the late 1960s.
 The design of a global network of interconnected computers was developed by J. Licklider in 1960; t ...
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Steel
Most types of steel melt between 1370°C (2500°F) and 1500°C (2732°F).
The melting temperature depends on its composition. In general, high-alloyed steels containing more alloying elements have higher melting points than low-alloyed steels.
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Antonov An-225 Mriya
On 14th April 2020, cargoes of medical supplies for COVID-19 were delivered to Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland, by this aircraft.
The An-225 transported a cargo of 1000 cubic meters, the largest to date, with which another record was set for this aircraft.
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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.
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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).
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24 facts about Antonov An-225 Mriya
24 facts about Antonov An-225 Mriya
Like a phoenix from ashes
It is the heaviest though not the largest of the aircraft constructed to date. Although it was created in the communist realities of the USSR, and its ...
14 facts about steel
14 facts about steel
Just a bit of carbon changes everything
Steel is a highly versatile and durable material used in a wide range of industries, including construction, automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing. ...
12 facts about Three Gorges Dam
12 facts about Three Gorges Dam
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
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 ...