47 Plane Awesome Facts About Airplanes
Between the years 2015 and 2020, only 0.0004 percent of all commercial flights had any injuries occur onboard.
Here at The Fact Site, we have a range of facts spanning every type of transportation, from the humble car to the remarkable space rocket. We let you in on everything from the world’s fastest vehicles to the world’s first driverless cars.
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So if you love the world of automotive and transportation, then you’re in the right place, and if you don’t, you’ll just love the variety of fascinating facts on offer.
Between the years 2015 and 2020, only 0.0004 percent of all commercial flights had any injuries occur onboard.
The world record for the fastest-ever school bus was set at an incredible 367mph! How? It was powered by a GE J-79 jet engine!
Chevrolet created the world's first SUV, the 1935 Suburban Carryall, one of the first successful cars to have an all-steel body.
The first electric-powered bicycle was patented on December 31, 1895, by American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr.
Did you know that BMW started out by making airplane engines?
There is a world record for the "Most Tea-Cups Caught On Head While On A Unicycle".
The inspiration for the name of the British boat "Boaty McBoatFace", was derived from an owl who was named Hooty McOwlface.
Cow manure and urine release ammonia into the air. Because cows are kept together in farms, this ends up causing acid rain.
The last Concorde to fly our skies was run by British Airways on October 24, 2003 from New York's JFK Airport to London Heathrow.
In 1996 the first Ford electric vehicle was created, called the Ranger Electric Vehicle.
Albert II became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949, in a specially adapted US V2 rocket.
Did you know that by 2013, Google's self-driving cars had already travelled over 500,000 miles?!