• The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
• The world's oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet long dugout dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse Holland in the Netherlands.
• Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, dated to around 4000 BC show that Egyptian boats were made from papyrus and reeds.
• The world's earliest known plank-built ship, made from cedar and sycamore wood and dated to 2600 BC, was discovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952.
• The Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC.
• Oar-powered ships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC.
• Sails were first used by the Phoenicians around 2000 BC.