1. Did you know the United States celebrated its 222nd birthday in 2017?
2. The first airmail flight was from New York to Washington D.C. and took only 55 minutes!
3. The first mechanical computer was invented by Charles Babbage in 1822.
4. The Moon is actually decreasing in size!
5. The last total solar eclipse of the millennium occurred on August 11th 1999.
6. The highest mountain in the world located in Nepal and is called Mount Everest.
7. The average human heart beat rate is 60-80 beats per minute.
8. The oldest university in the world is the University of Al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco. It dates back to 859!
9. The Moulin Rouge opened in Paris, France in 1889 and was the first real music hall in the world.
10. The Earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old.
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