John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.
A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.