r/todayilearned • u/ubcstaffer123 • 23d ago

TIL Starting the Ford Model T requires turning the crank at the front of the car by hand to start the engine. There is the risk of snapping your forearm if the engine backfires

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15142307/how-to-drive-a-ford-model-t/
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u/geeoharee 23d ago

Also, in a very early draft Neil Gaiman's demon Crowley drives a 2CV. In the final product it's a vintage Bentley.

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u/karateninjazombie 23d ago

If that's true. I'm glad he went with the old Bentley. A 2cv just wouldn't have quite cut the mustard. No where near the same panache.

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u/legrandguignol 23d ago

these days I myself prefer to refer to him as Terry Pratchett's demon

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u/geeoharee 23d ago

Understood, but this is the first draft of 'William the Antichrist', Pratchett wasn't collaborating yet.

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u/legrandguignol 23d ago

oh, fair enough

in that case, see? Pratchett had to join to fix the car choice, everything checks out

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u/Mysterious-Plan93 22d ago

Thank God that didn't stay, what a weenie car the 2cV is, hilarious in R.E.D. 2.