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Early steamships sometimes kept their sails, letting a vessel use wind when coal ran short or its engine failed.
Transportation Word Search
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ambulanceFind to reveal
The word 'ambulance' is often printed reversed on the hood so drivers ahead can read it correctly in their mirrors.
submarineFind to reveal
The submarine Nautilus passed beneath the North Pole in 1958, reaching the top of the world through water hidden under Arctic ice.
airplaneFind to reveal
In an airliner strength test, wings bent upward about twenty-five feet, flexing far more than passengers might expect from something so huge.
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Postal messengers used stand-up gasoline scooters around 1916, delivering letters decades before rechargeable scooters became a familiar sight on modern city streets.
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A Brussels trolley became a restaurant on rails, serving passengers elaborate meals while traveling through the city instead of simply carrying commuters.
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The first passengers in a public hot-air-balloon demonstration were a sheep, a duck, and a rooster, launched in France in 1783.
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Venetian gondolas are painted black by law and built slightly lopsided, so a single standing oarsman can steer them straight.
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Japan's experimental maglev trains float above the track on magnets, and one reached 375 miles per hour in tests.
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The world's first speeding fine came in 1896, when a British driver was caught racing at 8 miles per hour.
True stories · Paris, France
Won by eight seconds
On the final day of the 1989 Tour de France, in Paris, American cyclist Greg LeMond trailed the leader by 50 seconds with only a short time trial left. But LeMond crouched low over special handlebars that cut through the wind, part of his aerodynamic setup. Streamlined and pedaling furiously, he covered the streets fast enough to gain 58 seconds on Laurent Fignon. When the clocks stopped, he had erased the gap and won the entire three-week race by just eight seconds, the closest finish in its history. It was a lesson that a clever bicycle, and a refusal to quit, can beat the odds.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein
Trivia
What is the name of the street-route and landmark test that London taxi drivers must pass?
The Knowledge.
Which country invented the high-speed bullet train, opening its first line for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
Japan (the Shinkansen).
What implement does a Venetian gondolier use to row the boat?
An oar (the gondolier uses a single oar and rowlock).
In which year did the Wright brothers make their first successful powered, controlled airplane flights: 1879, 1903, or 1927?
1903.
What part of a bicycle transfers motion from the pedals to the rear wheel on most conventional models?
The chain.
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What is the name of the street-route and landmark test that London taxi drivers must pass?
The Knowledge.
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The elephant that flew
In 1950, in Wuppertal, Germany, a young circus elephant named Tuffi was loaded onto the city's Schwebebahn, a strange railway whose cars hang from a rail high above a river. It was meant as a publicity stunt. But partway along the route Tuffi panicked, charged through the side of the swaying car, and tumbled about ten meters down into the River Wupper below. Tuffi landed near the riverbank and escaped with minor injuries. She lived many more years. The hanging railway still runs today, and the little elephant who fell from it remains a memorable figure in local history.
That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong
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Sources: 1989 Tour de France · Tuffi (elephant) · Einstein bicycle quote origin (Quote Investigator) · Apollo 11 one small step (NASA)
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.