Nintendo was founded in 1889 — originally as a playing card company in Kyoto

The first commercial flight was in 1914 — Tampa to St. Petersburg, Florida, 23 minutes

Tampa Bay Transporter's inaugural flight, 1914, 23 minutes

There are more possible arrangements of a deck of cards than atoms on Earth — 52! ≈ 8 × 10^67

Card arrangements vastly exceed Earth's atoms: 52! ≈ 8 × 10^67

The first stock exchange opened in Amsterdam in 1602 — to trade Dutch East India Company shares

Amsterdam's first stock exchange, 1602, facilitated Dutch East India Company trading

Chili peppers are native to the Americas — they didn't exist in Asian cuisine before Columbus

Chili peppers originated in the Americas, not Asia, pre-Columbus era

The printing press was invented by Gutenberg around 1440 — but China had movable type 400 years earlier

Gutenberg's press, circa 1440, followed China's 1000-year-old movable type innovation

Beer was first brewed around 5,000 BC in Mesopotamia — some of the oldest recipes survive

Beer originated circa 5,000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia