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Reflective road studs, universally known as cat's eyes, were invented by an Englishman who was supposedly saved from driving off a deadly cliff by catching…
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Despite paying an exorbitant amount of taxes for infrastructure, roughly 35% of the massive road network in the United States has never seen a drop of…
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When you spectacularly crash a train and kill 93 people, the easiest fix is apparently just changing the map. The 1918 Malbone Street disaster was the…
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You might assume modern subways run entirely on steel and concrete, but millions of wooden railroad ties are still hidden in tunnels. Treated wood naturally…
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