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

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

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

The first antibiotic penicillin was discovered by accident in 1928 — Alexander Fleming left a petri dish uncovered

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 by accident

The first text message said 'Merry Christmas' — sent December 3, 1992

"First text message: 'Merry Christmas', December 3, 1992."

The first photograph took 8 hours of exposure — taken by Niépce in 1826

Niépce's daguerreotype, first photograph, required 8 hours exposure in 1826

The first website went live on August 6, 1991 — created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN

Tim Berners-Lee launched the first website on August 6, 1991, at CERN

The observable universe is about 93 billion light-years in diameter

The observable universe spans approximately 93 billion light-years across