1) The average person spends about 4 years of their life driving a car.

2) The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between Spain and Portugal, leading to the colonization of the Americas.

3) Lightning strikes the Earth about 8 million times a day.

4) The longest English word is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust.