In 1888, Bertha Benz—business partner and wife of Carl Benz—traveled 108km in 12 hours in the first Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Village folk on her journey didn’t know what to make of the mechanized carriage, perhaps suspecting the horseless thing was the work of witchcraft. Thankfully, Bertha wasn’t burned at the stake. Now, she’s considered the grandma of the car.
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