Washing your mouth regularly is the single most effective way to protect yourself from catching or spreading disease.

This is a false statement. Washing one's hands is a more prudent action to take that would stop the spread or reception of diseases. While washing one's mouth can help in some respects, it is likely not as effective as handwashing, since we are more likely to touch things than put our mouths near them.

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11