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

Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth

Sunlight travels approximately 149.6 million kilometers to Earth in 8 minutes and 20 seconds

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

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

Your DNA stretched end to end would reach the Sun and back over 600 times

Human DNA length: 2 meters, Sun-Earth distance: 150 million km, repetitions: 900,000,000

How long does it take for radio waves from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, to reach Earth, given the current distance between the two?

Voyager 1's radio waves take approximately 17 hours to reach Earth, considering its current distance of about 145.3 astronomical units

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