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The Peel P50, the smallest mass-produced car ever made, was advertised as being able to carry ‘one adult and a shopping bag’. It has no reverse gear but has a handle on the back: you get out of the car, pick the handle, and turn the car around. [📷: Philip (flip) Kromer.] https://t.co/PwJReso3cl

Which watercraft would you like to ride? 🚙 #engineering https://t.co/LKJwwCEifC

It could even upgrade Parkinson's treatment.🧠 #engineering https://t.co/5HufEWZLmf

This year’s Ig Nobel Prize in Physics went to a group of scientists who studied ‘why pedestrians do not constantly collide with other pedestrians’. The prize for Kinetics went to a group who studied ‘why pedestrians do sometimes collide with other pedestrians’. @improbresearch

And with 100,000 satellites on the way, we're going to need them. 🛰️ #engineering https://t.co/WqAdRbk31V

Lowering casualties like never before. 🛩️ #engineering https://t.co/cstki8bYcU

And the cargo sub can dive 165 feet deep. 🌊 #engineering https://t.co/t8taPpW0it

And the cargo sub can dive 165 feet deep. 🌊 #engineering https://t.co/t8taPpEpqV

In Denmark, the average person burns almost 6 kg of candles every year. The second nation on the list of Europe’s largest candle-consuming countries is Austria, with about 3 kg per person per year.

Star Wars' famous droid, but make it shiny. 🤖 🎥 magneticgames_it / Instagram #engineering https://t.co/x5kBoxPTX8

The unmanned tanker is closing in on deployment. ✈️ #engineering https://t.co/83vkIhZWyN

Word of the Day: HYPERGARGALESTHESIA — extreme sensitivity to tickling.

Obviously, that is an explanation from an artist and not an engineer. 🙄 #engineering https://t.co/C13esqLCPY

The QI Elves are appearing at Wimbledon Book Festival on Friday to discuss Funny You Should Ask and there are still some tickets available! @Wimbookfest https://t.co/a3dlGFbfBp https://t.co/ozomSbaLYL

And becomes the second state in the US to pass such a law after California. ⛽ #engineering https://t.co/tFPsys8JPC