Old-time ‘high-wheeler’ bicycles were also known as ‘penny farthings’, because people thought they looked like the largest (penny) and smallest (farthing) English coins of the day rolling along one after the other. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://curiosity.com/topics/why-did-old-timey-bikes-have-one-giant-wheel-curiosity/
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WTF Fun Fact – Cherry Screens
To avoid exciting men while riding, early bicycles had a cherry screen which hid women’s ankles from view. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/wellbeing/diet/8419028/Bicycles-The-chains-that-set-women-free.html
man from sweden rode his bicycle to nepal and back
Man from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal and back again to Sweden – WTF fun facts