The first real airport was built in the Croydon near London in 1928.
Stapedius is the smallest muscle in the human body. Its length is only 6.3 millimeters and enables the movement of the bones in the middle ear.
The power of the first lasers was measured by the number of razor blades the laser beams could pass through.
First western product sold in the Soviet Union was "Pepsi Cola".
According to statistics, the United States annually spends 500.000.000.000 (500 billion) matches.
In the human body there is so much phosphorus you could produce around 750,000 matches.