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    Fast Facts: Oct. 8

    In 1904 a cruise from New York to great Britian was $10 (third class).

    Motor vehicle with the best safety record in Europe: The moped.

    Why did NASA send small animals into space? Among other things, to see if they would throw up.

    The last U.S. train robbery took place in 1933.

    Adolf Hitler had his own private train, complete with 15 railcars. It was called the Amerika.

    Ancient Rome had rent-a-chariot businesses.

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