TOP Unusual Facts About Cars

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Did you know that when a racing bollide moves along the track, the distance between its bottom and asphalt is so small that it forms a low pressure? Because of this, race cars, driving hatches on the road surface, lift the manhole covers, which can subsequently cause an accident or fire of a bolide moving behind. It happened in 1990 in Montreal. Since then, all manhole covers have been tightly welded to avoid the dire consequences of that year.

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...