[Transport fact 1] Studies by the IIHS and Federal Highway Administration have shown that roundabouts typically achieve a 37% reduction in overall collisions, a 75% reduction in injury collisions and a 90 percent reduction in fatality collisions.
[Transport fact 2] After the HMS Sheffield was hit by an Argentine Exocet missile during the Falklands War, her crew sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", from Monty Python's Life of Brian as they awaited rescue and watched their ship burn uncontrollably.
[Transport fact 3] When China ordered a Boeing 767 from the U.S. in 2002 to serve as its presidential jet of Jiang Zemin, its intelligence service discovered nearly 30 bugging devices onboard the plane, "including one in the headboard of the presidential bed." The C.I.A. and the White House refused to comment.
[Transport fact 4] On the first day the Suez Canal opened, in November 17, 1869, a French ship named the Péluse ran aground and blocked the canal, forcing ships stuck in the canal to wait until the next morning when the Péluse was hauled away.
[Transport fact 5] Jet Fuel (Jet A) can be used in diesel engines.
[Transport fact 6] The New York City Metro Area has a bigger GDP than all of Mexico, Spain, or Australia. Effectively, this means that New York City makes more money than a first-world continent.
[Transport fact 7] On the world’s longest train transit on the Trans-Siberian Railway, the train ride starts from Moscow, Russia. It then travels over 6,000 miles and reaches its destination in Pyongyang, North Korea a week after commencing its journey.
[Transport fact 8] More high-ranking Nazi officers died in the Czechoslovakian car Tatra 77a and Tatra 87 than in active combat, prompting Hitler to ban his officers from driving them. It was nicknamed the “Czech secret weapon” by the Allied forces. These high-ranking Nazi officers drove this car fast but unfortunately, the handling was rubbish, so at a sharp turn, they would lose control, spin out and wrap themselves around a tree killing the driver more often than not.
[Transport fact 9] During the Cold War America used bears to test their ejector seats in supersonic jets.
[Transport fact 10] During World War 2, a German U-boat (German submarine U-1206) sank due to a toilet malfunction.
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