In 1936, the first practical helicopter was invented. It was the German Focke-Wulf Fw 61.

There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

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