1) The Brexit process, initiated by the United Kingdom's referendum in 2016, led to the country's withdrawal from the European Union in 2020, marking a significant political and economic change for both the UK and the EU.

2) The world's oldest known recipe is for beer and is over 4,000 years old.

3) In Chinese mythology, the Dragon Boat Festival (also known as Duanwu Festival) is celebrated to honor Qu Yuan, a poet and statesman of ancient China. It involves dragon boat races, eating sticky rice dumplings (zongzi), and performing rituals to ward off evil spirits and protect against diseases.

4) The first commercial GPS (Global Positioning System) was launched in 1989 and provided accurate positioning and navigation capabilities to users worldwide.