The Syrian city of Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It reached its peak 2000 years before Rome was founded in 753 BC.
The magazine "Time" proclaimed Adolf Hitler "person of the year" in 1938.
The first real airport was built in the Croydon near London in 1928.
The first SMS message was sent on 3 December 1992 when the programmer Neil Papworth sent a Christmas greetings to his friend Richard Jarvis through the "Vodafone" network.
The grapes Roman Ruby is the most expensive grapes in the world. One grape will cost you 30$.
Isaac Newton was kicked out of school. He was expelled as a teenager at the request of his mother, who wanted him to become a farmer.
