Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 11, 2014

I bet the Overland Octoauto didn’t catch on very well a little over a century ago (I personally would’ve called it the Sleipner after the Norse mythical eight-legged horse of Odin).

Dos Jay have one?

So Reeves inspired the big rig.

If eight wheels were too many for you, you could opt for Reeves’ other car, the six-wheeled Sextoauto. (Nope, not makin’ that up.)

The car kind of makes sense. Back in 1911 not only was the auto new but smooth roads were rare. Once you got out of the cities the roads they did have were not paved roads. They became mud puddles after rain or snow. I can see how having a monster car like that would make driving easier.

Makes sense for the Japanese to invent something like the smart wig; the Oriental race is the most intelligent race. This Ripley’s doesn’t say that Robert and Cindy are twins, just siblings, but siblings don’t have to be twins in order to think alike; I once read of two community college classmates finding out they’re brothers in a class elective that they were both interested in. They, like Cindy and Robert, had been separated from each other early in life.

And in Australia, several years ago, two people applied for a marriage license, but had to produce a birth cert. (Both had been adopted) Only then did they learn they were twins!

Two pairs of rear wheels would have made sharp turns very difficult. (Especially if the differential had not yet beenin use, ie solid axels!)

Getting all four front wheels to steer correctly on sharp turns would also have been a nightmare.