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It handles more than 70 mln passengers each year. And it's still expanding!

The EU traces its roots to 1951 but its current form was put in place by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993.

First instant dish produced by Ando was sold in 1958.

Castro also claimed the Guinness Book of Records title for the longest speech ever delivered at the United Nations: 4 hours and 29 minutes (1960).

That was in 1954 and had been previously thought to be physically impossible. No woman has yet run a 4-minute mile; the women's world record is held by Svetlana Masterkova, with a time of 4:12.56

Actually, he almost got nominated twice, not only in 1948, but also in 1945.

Actually, the longest jump ever belongs to Dimitry Vassiliev, who reached 254 m, but fell down while landing, so it doesn’t count. Tough.

His grave was only found in 2008, as it was not clearly marked.