Interesting facts in the world

[dreamingblogger]

Hi
This is dream blogger and im intrested in communicating with people and i like to collect some intresting facts in the world .

car fun facts:

The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with a lever.
The New York City Police Department used bicycles to pursue speeding motorists in 1898.


Till now i have collected some intresting facts in

http://interestingfactshere.blogspot.com/

[Momof5]

I am moving this to the Kicking Back forum.

[Midyrvette]

Hi
This is dream blogger and im intrested in communicating with people and i like to collect some intresting facts in the world .

car fun facts:

The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with a lever.
The New York City Police Department used bicycles to pursue speeding motorists in 1898.


Till now i have collected some intresting facts in

http://interestingfactshere.blogspot.com/


Wasn't it called a tiller?

[Diggindeeper]

Here's one for you...

I live in Tennessee; East Tennessee to be exact. One or two years ago the Tennessee Legislature passed a law that any animal that is killed on road ways can be taken home and eaten!

I'm not kidding! Its a real law here.

They rightfully claim there are so many collisions between automobiles and deer and it is not fair that people could be charged with hunting without a license. It really is common for deer to dart out of nowhere, especially at night, and they sure don't look both ways before crossing the street! Messes up our cars big time! And the deer don't fare too well either. :rolleyes:

But we laugh a lot about this law around here. Like a few days ago we headed to Walmart late in the evening, and by the time we started home it was dark. We saw 3 opposums in three different places laying squashed in the road. They'd had collisions with cars, of course.

My husband said, "Lookie there. That's the third 'possum we've seen thats been run over by cars. Want to grab one and take it home for 'possum stew?" :rofl:

And I was like, "Ugh!!!" :o :help:

But who knows. Perhaps someone WILL load up a deer that has been bumped off (pun intended) and take its carcus home for supper.... :eek: (I won't be one of them.)

[shepherdsword]

My husband said, "Lookie there. That's the third 'possum we've seen thats been run over by cars. Want to grab one and take it home for 'possum stew?"

being born in Memphis I always assumed that ya'll did eat possums in the east!;)

[Diggindeeper]

being born in Memphis I always assumed that ya'll did eat possums in the east!;)

Shepherdsword, my husband has told me his Papaw and Mamaw used to love Possum Stew! He remembers trying it...said it was real greasy. Uch...gag :eek:

Whereas my parents and grandparents always had big gardens, and chickens. When I was growing up we always had plenty of vegetables and every Sunday dinner was fried chicken (or chicken and dumplings).

Just telling you all this to say I hope I never get so hungry that I'd go looking for road kill--
to cook for supper!:help:

[Toymom]

interesting early car fact - Model-T Fords have an adjustable air intake valve or something like that on the carbourator that allows it to use any type of fuel. It apparantly was assumed that cars would run on ethanol at first.

[dan]

Here's one for you...

I live in Tennessee; East Tennessee to be exact. One or two years ago the Tennessee Legislature passed a law that any animal that is killed on road ways can be taken home and eaten!

I'm not kidding! Its a real law here.

But who knows. Perhaps someone WILL load up a deer that has been bumped off (pun intended) and take its carcus home for supper.... :eek: (I won't be one of them.)

It used to be the law almost everywhere.

I've eaten deer that were killed in my presence by car and it's not bad.

One time, I pulled over after contacting the wildlife officials and was met by another passerby.

He said he was waiting for the cops to show up. I told him the cops weren't coming, and I was going to take the deer with me.

But the deer wasn't dead, so I drew my pistol, and the other guy says, "Oh, my God, he's got a gun!"

I thought that he must have wanted me to start an IV and defibrillate the deer, instead of killing it.:rofl: "BOOM"