I read something very interesting in the book Zahir my favorite author Paulo Coelho, what I thought it would be great, share it ……
“I went today to a train station and learned, that the distance between the tracks always 143,5 Centimeters or 4 Foot 8 ½ inch. Why this absurd measure? I asked my girlfriend, figure it out, and that's it, what they discovered. When they built the first wagons, they used the same tools as for the construction of coaches. And why this distance between the wheels of the car? Because that was the width of the old streets, where had to drive the car. And who decided, that the roads should have these widths? Now, suddenly we are plunged back into the distant past ...
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