WEIRD FACTS ABOUT
CARS
Since the first fatal car crash, about a 100 years ago, 25 million people have died in car accidents.
There are more cars than people in Los Angeles, California.
Pound for pound, a new car is cheaper than a hamburger.
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BLINDNESS
In 1985, a policeman in Chesapeake, Virginia, who was almost run off the road by... MORE
BRAZIL
Half the people in South America live in Brazil, but most Brazil nuts come from... MORE
DRUNKEN DRIVING
In July 2000, German Police arrested a drunken cyclist who had modified his helmet to... MORE
GENETICS
According to current knowledge, there are about 21,600 distinct human genes, which combine in different... MORE
GUNS
In February 1776, Benjamin Franklin wrote to a US major-general to advise him that guns... MORE
IDAHO
A man who walked into a police station in Jerome, Idaho in 2011 and asked... MORE
LICENCE PLATES
In October 2001, a Federal Appeals Court in the USA ruled that a Vermont car... MORE
LOVE
According to the organisers of the First International Conference on Love and Attraction in Cardiff... MORE
MERCEDES
The government of Nepal announced in September 2010 that it was planned to repair, and... MORE
MONKEY
There is a simple rule to tell an ape from a monkey: monkeys have tails;... MORE
MOOSE
The species know as a moose in North America is referred to as an elk... MORE
MOTOR CYCLING
In 2000, a Hertfordshire man was jailed for six weeks for speeding at 175mph on... MORE
MOTORING
The Locomotive Act of 1865 specified that a person carrying a red flag must walk... MORE
MOTORWAY
According to the Automobile Association, Britain's drivers drove more than 600 million miles in 2009... MORE
NIGERIA
With 134 million people, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and has the... MORE
NUMBER PLATE
A car number plate bearing only the number '1' sold for a record £7.1m at... MORE
PEANUT BUTTER
A bear got into an empty car in Denver, Colorado in 2010, honked the horn,... MORE
QATAR
Qatar had only four recorded robberies in 2000.
The most crowded roads are in Qatar, with... MORE
ROAD FATALITY
The first person to be killed in a road accident in Britain was Bridget Driscoll,... MORE
ROBBERY
Here are brief details of some of the least successful robberies in recent years:... MORE
SANTA CLAUS
According to tradition, Santa's reindeer will eat 360 different plants, but not carrots.
In June 1995,... MORE
SHOES
The feet of two kings played a crucial role in the development of the modern... MORE
SHOPPING TROLLEYS
The world's first shopping trolley first arrived on the aisles of a supermarket in Oklahoma,... MORE
SOMALIA
In Somalia, there are about two hundred times as many camels as cars. ... MORE
SPEED LIMIT
In 1864, the speed limit for a steam-driven car in the UK was 2mph. ... MORE
SUICIDE
In 1985 in New York, Mr Jay Shaheri, 34, filed a $20 million suit against... MORE
TRANSPORT
The earliest known wheel is to be seen on a pictogram in Uruk, Mesopotamia, dating... MORE
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