1) The word "banana" contains three vowels: A, A, and A.

2) The world's oldest known living tree is a bristlecone pine named "Methuselah" in California, estimated to be over 4,800 years old.

3) The first commercial mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, was released in 1983 and weighed nearly 2 pounds.

4) The Tour de France, first held in 1903, is one of the most prestigious and grueling cycling races, covering over 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) in three weeks.