Category Archives: Little-known facts
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (book seats)
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (dancing mangroves)
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (solar panels)
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Laurel and Hardy)
Laurel and Hardy 1954
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (gyroscopic monorail)
The gyroscopic monorail was meant to keep it levelwhen going round curves. It turned out a flop, and scrapped in 1903
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (kissing French platforms)
Since 1910 kissing has been banned on French railway platforms.It was causing timetable delays and overcrowding on platforms