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March 28, 2008

Strange but True!

Q. Don’t even think about trying to top this one, but what’s the record for skid marks on a public road?

A. Set in 1960 by a Jaguar driver on England’s M1 highway, the marks were 950 feet long, says Jearl Walker in “The Flying Circus of Physics.” In court, the speed at wheellock was alleged to be 100 mph, though later calculations put it at more like 140 mph.


 
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