[Transport fact 1] During World War 2, US codebreakers could not decipher the Japanese code “AF” but suspected it to be Midway, so the base there sent an uncoded message about a water supply problem. The US then caught a Japanese message that said AF had water problems, allowing the US pacific fleet to immediately prepare for the Battle of Midway.
[Transport fact 2] USSR's first nuclear submarine was morbidly nicknamed 'Hiroshima' due to its accident-prone nature and the fact that 10 people died during its construction.
[Transport fact 3] A cabbie who has been nicknamed “Cupid Cabbie” has collected the names and phone numbers of over 2,000 New Yorkers and organized over 100 dates, over 30 of which have led to long-lasting romances.
[Transport fact 4] In World War 2, a British pilot named Sergeant Sydney Cohen made an emergency landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa, only to have the island surrender to him.
[Transport fact 5] In Edward "Blackbeard" Teach's final battle, the notorious pirate captain was shot 5 times and cut or stabbed by a cutlass over 20 times before being killed.
[Transport fact 6] New Zealand's first tank (the Bob Semple tank) was built from a tractor, sheet metal, and 6 machine guns. When ridiculed for the design Bob Semple said: "I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas."
[Transport fact 7] In 1991, the Chinese government made developing e-bikes an official technology goal. Electric bike sales went from 150,000 in 1999 to 21 million in 2007, a growth in sales that is unmatched by any other mode of transportation in China
[Transport fact 8] At top speed, the Bugatti Veyron will empty its 26-gallon tank in 12 minutes.
[Transport fact 9] During the Nazi regime, not a single person who purchased a Volkswagen Beetle actually received it. The Volkswagen was sold to German workers on an installment plan where buyers of the car made payments and posted stamps in a stamp-savings book, which when full, would be redeemed for the car. Due to the shift of wartime production, no consumer ever received a car.
[Transport fact 10] The world's first helicopter attack on armored targets was carried out by Nazi Germany during the Battle of the Bulge when a squadron of 5 FI-282 B2's knocked out two American tanks in the Ardennes Forest.
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