The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS.

The first traffic light was in use in London in 1868, before the advent of cars.

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be nearly dead, one nearly born.

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