- In 2013, Columbus was named the most intelligent city in the United States by the Intelligent Community Forum
- Geraldine Fredritz Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world in 1964, starting and ending in Columbus
- In 1908, Columbus became the site of the world’s first water filtration plant
- The very first air cargo flight landed in Columbus when pilot Phillip Parmalee flew 2 packages of silk from Dayton to Columbus in a Wright Model B airplane
- Fifty percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus
- The airport code ‘CMH’ stands for “Columbus Municipal Hangar,” the original name for the John Glenn Columbus International Airport
