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Now You Know If you are anything like me, you probably lay in bed asking yourself weird questions or remember something you did 12 years ago that embarrassed you. Either way, we can all admit that we have tons of questions that linger in our minds. Some are weird and useless, and others make sense. Some of those weird facts we want to share with you have to do with cars thanks to holtauto.com. Check them out for a complete list of car facts. Vehicles play a huge part in our lives, so why not know a few things about this glorious machine. The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in 1902. The offending motorist was traveling 45mph. 60 million cars are produced every year. That’s 165,000 a day, 6,875 an hour and 115 a minute. 1 billion cars are currently in use around the world. Compared to the world’s population, that’s around one car for every seven people on Earth.  It would take less than a month to get to the moon by car. If you drive straight up at an average of 60

Quick History About Automobiles It is hard to say who the first person was that invented the automobile. The first known designer Leonardo de Vinci can date back to the 15th century when he designed transport vehicles. There have been thousands of patents and historians can not agree on what qualifies as the first automobile. What most do not realize, there were several inventors with their own styles and types of automobiles- steam, electric, and gasoline.   The first steamed-powered road vehicle can be credited to French military engineer Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769. He built a steamed-powered tricycle meant for hauling artillery but need to recuperate enough time to move after traveling with passengers. He later came up with a second model that weighed almost 10,000 pounds, but this model had a habit of tipping when not hauling artillery. Karl Friedrich Benz and Gottlieb Daimler are two inventors of the gasoline-powered vehicle. They have been recognized as the true inv