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H2B - Hard to Believe - In ancient China, the nose of a criminal who attacked travelers was cut off.

  • The Wright Brother tested the first Airplane in a wind tunnel before flying it.
  • Air-filled tyres were used on bicycles before they were used on motorcars.


  • A dog was the first in space and a sheep, a duck and a rooster the first to fly in a hot air balloon. A dog was the first to parachute.
  • Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar.
  • Traffic jams are nothing new. In 45 BC, Rome banned all vehicles from within the city - and in other cities vehicles, including horses, were allowed only at night because of traffic jams.
  • In ancient China, the nose of a criminal who attacked travelers was cut off.
  • In 1913, the Russian Airline became the first to introduce a toilet on board.
  • The fewest aeroplane passengers killed in one year was 1 in 1993 and the most was 583 in 1977 when two Boeing 747s collided on the runway at Los Rodeos airport, Tenerife, the Canary Islands.
  • The first train reached a top speed of only 8 km/h (5 mph).


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