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Did you know that the first journey between two cities in a car propelled by an internal combustion engine was driven by a woman?
In August 1888 Betha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim on a Patent Motor Car built by her husband. It took her twelve hours to complete the 106 km journey.