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The Unlikely Origins of the Rearview Mirror

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Channel: Great Big Story
Categories: Society / Culture   |   Science   |   Social Science   |   Technology  
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The rearview mirror: a trusty soldier in the pursuit of security, a means of scanning for approaching traffic or monitoring backseat mischief. Surely its inventor had safety on the mind! Well, not quite. In 1911, a racer vying to win the inaugural Indianapolis 500 thought adding a rear-facing mirror would give him a speedy edge. Not where you thought this was going, huh?

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