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• [Transport fact 1]  The cost of an oil change for a Bugatti Veyron is $20,000.

  Transport source

• [Transport fact 2]  When a British airline advertised in the US a program to match British girls with American men visiting the UK, it found that more American women signed up hoping to meet British men.

  People, Transport source

• [Transport fact 3]  In 1856, businessman and aeronautics enthusiast Matías Pérez took flight in a hot air balloon at sunset in Cuba, and was never seen again. This incident originated the Cuban phrase, "Voló como Matías Pérez," (flew away like Matías Pérez) to refer to someone vanishing into thin air.

  Transport, Travel source

• [Transport fact 4]  Even though the wheel is often cited as man's original invention, it wasn't invented until after flutes, baskets, woven cloth, and even boats.

  Discovery, Transport source

• [Transport fact 5]  Gremlins were invented by the RAF as mythical creatures who break airplanes, as a way to explain random mechanical failures in reports. An “investigation” was even conducted to make sure Gremlins didn't have Nazi sympathies.

  Nazi, Transport source

• [Transport fact 6]  Over a five-year period starting in 1968, commercial jets were hijacked nearly once a week in the United States.

  Crime, Transport source

• [Transport fact 7]  The record for most passengers ever carried by a commercial airliner is 1,088, by an El Al Boeing 747 during Operation Solomon, which involved the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and started on 24 May 1991. This figure included two babies born on the flight.

  People, Transport source

• [Transport fact 8]  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.

  Places, Transport source

• [Transport fact 9]  Some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.

  Countries, Transport source

• [Transport fact 10]  There is a difference between a Fire Engine and a Fire Truck. A Fire Engine's main purpose is to pump water. A Fire Truck usually carries ladders and tools to help the firefighters.

  Language, Transport source

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