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Life is full of surprises, and there's always something new to learn.
Funfact 1
Early steam locomotives didn't have whistles. After an 1833 collision between a train and a horse-drawn cart carrying eggs and butter, railway pioneer George Stephenson commissioned a instrument maker to build a steam-powered trumpet, creating the ancestor of the modern train whistle.
Funfact 2
Famous historic double-decker buses like the London AEC Routemaster were rigorously tilt-tested during manufacturing. They were designed so they could lean to an angle of nearly 28 degrees without tipping over—far beyond any angle a bus would ever reach in normal traffic.
Funfact 3
Long before heavy diesel lorries, "steam wagons" like Foden and Sentinel hauled freight. These heavy-duty steam lorries were immensely popular in the early 20th century because they could run on coal, which was far cheaper and more readily available in Britain than imported petrol.
Funfact 4
Before steam railways expanded in the 1840s, every town in Britain set its clocks locally based on the sun, meaning Bristol was 10 minutes behind London. Railway companies standardized "Railway Time" (GMT) across the country so timetables would make sense, giving birth to synchronized national time.