It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star.

The first formal rules for playing the sport of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs.

The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.

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