> The Japanese developed an electric car in 1949 that could travel 200km on a single charge.
> The engine on the BMW M5 is so quiet the company plays fake engine noises through the speakers to 'REMIND' drivers of their car's performance.
> Coble family lost their three children - 2 girls and a boy in a car accident. After a year, the mother gave a birth to triplets. Two girls and a boy.
> To be a London black cab driver, one is expected to know over 25,000 roads and 50,000 points of interest and pass a test called 'The Knowledge'. To pass the exam, the applicants usually need twelve appearances and 34 months of preparation.
> Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travelers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
> The longest prison sentence ever requested was 384,912 years of jail, against a 22 years old postman accused of failing deliver 42,767 letters.
> When you look up at the blue sky and see white dots flying around, you're actually seeing your own white blood cells.
> There is a village in the Netherlands with no road, the only form of transport is a boat.
> By balancing temperature, humidity and lighting, a Dutch artist created a cloud in the middle of a room.
> There was a 15th century German knight who had an iron prosthetic arm and lived to the age of 82. His name, pronounced in English, was Guts.
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