Science & Industry
6 Car Features You Never See Anymore
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Get in a car from the 1960s or ’70s and it feels like a different species of vehicle. No LCD screens, no GPS, and certainly no smartphone mirroring. Instead, you’ll see a number of features that have quietly disappeared over the decades, killed off by safety regulations or simply made redundant by newer technology. Together, they serve as a reminder that the ordinary, everyday car is constantly being redesigned. Here are six auto features that were once completely ordinary but are now barely seen at all. Credit: © andrbk/stock.adobe.com Pop-Up Headlights Pop-up headlights reached their ...Read More
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Science & IndustryFact37Men used to believe mustaches filtered germs.
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Flip through photos of mid-20th-century airplanes and one detail keeps popping up: a prominent black nose. It was once seen everywhere, even across rival airlines with completely different color schemes…
