The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

The Wrights Fly the First Powered Aircraft (1903)

The Wright brothers were two aviation pioneers credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first motor-operated airplane. The Wright brothers' plane was recognized as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight."

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The More You Know

  • When two white-faced capuchin monkeys meet, they say hello by sticking their fingers into each other's noses.
  • St. Lucia is the only country that is named after a woman.
  • North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can't buy Coca-Cola.
  • Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
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