The inventor of the tricycle personally delivered two to Queen Victoria. In 1881, Queen Victoria was on a tour on the Isle of Wight when her horse and carriage could not keep up with a woman riding a tricycle. Intrigued by the bike, the queen proceeded to order two. She also asked that the inventor, James Starley, arrive with the delivery. Though you might associate tricycles with toddlers, Queen Victoria made them cool among the elite at the time.
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“Albert Einstein” is an anagram for “ten elite brains”. Seems fitting. Need more weird facts?
Most American car horns honk in the key of F. When the car was first commercialized, the number of notes in a car honk indicated social status: the more honks, the more elite.
Michelin stars are highly coveted by elite and upscale restaurants the world over—but they’re given out by the Michelin tyre company, the same one whose mascot is the marshmallow-like Michelin Man. If you want to get fancy, pronounce it in the original French, “mich-LEH.”