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• [Transport fact 1] Area 51 was/is an experimental airbase. The reason they guard it so closely isn't because of aliens but rather that it's the place they test very sensitive aircraft and similar things that have the potential to change warfare to a fundamental level. The SR-71 was developed there and tested many times. They also tried to develop a flying saucer (there is a video that shows someone driving a floating circular disk) that Hitler had also tried to develop. They didn't go through with it because the scientists decided that it the time would be wasted to try and make an actual high altitude one.

  Countries, Space, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 2] Researchers at MIT studied phantom traffic jams (jams that arise in the absence of any obstacles) and found they are inevitable at a certain vehicle density threshold. The waves of traffic are named Jamitons and are similar to the equations that describe detonation waves produced by explosions.

  Transportsource

• [Transport fact 3] Volkswagen was sued by Czechoslovakian car maker Tatra before WWII because the original Beetle was so similar to the Tatra T97. After Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938, the lawsuit was canceled by the Nazis.

  Corporation, Lawsuit, Nazi, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 4] Wilmer Valderrama purchased the Vista Cruiser used on "That '70s Show" for $500 when the series ended.

  Actors, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 5] US Navy's new class of aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford can accomplish 25% more aircraft launches per day than the Nimitz class and requires 25% fewer crew members. The Navy estimates it will save $4 billion in operating costs over a 50-year lifespan.

  Finance, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 6] During the Berlin Airlift, one of the pilots gave some candy to some children in Berlin. After seeing how much they enjoyed it, he began dropping candy from his airplane before landing. Other pilots soon joined in and over 23 tons of candy would be dropped over Berlin.

  Food, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 7] There is a conspiracy theory that the Titanic never sunk. Instead, it was her sister ship, the Olympic that sunk and it was just an insurance scam.

  Finance, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 8] The Toyota Land Cruiser originated after the Imperial Japanese Army captured an American Jeep during World War 2 and ordered Toyota to reverse-engineer it.

  Transport, Warsource

• [Transport fact 9] The Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) is run by NASA for airline staff (pilots, flight attendants, controllers, ground crew) to anonymously report incidents during flights without fear of career repercussions. The database is available to the public.

  People, Transportsource

• [Transport fact 10] 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.

  People, Transport, Warsource

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