In this week's episode of What The Factual? Pete addresses the myth that everyone believes there is an angel on the hood of every Rolls Royce car. Gill & Pete delve into motoring history, and find out how fast you had to go in 1896 to set off a speed camera. Pete also has a ridiculous Shakespeare related gift for Gill and there is also a story not for the faint-hearted about where the phrase "laugh your head off" comes from!

References:

https://torreloizaga.com/en/the-spirit-of-ecstasy/

https://harkaroundthegreats.wordpress.com/2022/09/26/the-spirit-of-ecstasy-and-her-strange-ghost-eleanor-thornton/

https://dundeecityarchives.wordpress.com/2021/09/22/ss-persia/

https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/news/women-in-motorsport-social-history-eleanor-thornton/

https://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/rolls-royce/history/ecstasy/#:~:text=The%20Whisper&text=Originally%20called%20the%20%E2%80%9CSpirit%20of,1909%20Rolls%2DRoyce%20Silver%20Ghost.

https://bucklershard.co.uk/

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/blog/car-facts

https://cullodenbattlefield.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/laughing-your-head-off/

https://www.oceansplasticleanup.com/Politics_Plastics_Oceans_Cleanup/Red_Flag_Act_Locomotive_1865_Cars_Speed_Limits_Man_Running_Carrying_A.htm

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