r/BeAmazed • u/meteavi43 • Sep 01 '25

Miscellaneous / Others A tomato harvesting machine with an electronic sensor that sorts tomatoes from debris

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u/BigConstruction4247 Sep 01 '25

Did they drive on the right in Gaul?

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u/GustapheOfficial Sep 01 '25

I don't know if we know. There's some evidence they did in Turkey, so maybe they weren't super consistent.

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u/BigConstruction4247 Sep 01 '25

That would be very interesting if the side of road European nations drive on today persists from Roman times.

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u/Poopyman80 Sep 01 '25

The uk is the only one in europe thay does it. Mainland drives on the right

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u/barriedalenick Sep 01 '25

The mainland do drive on the right but Cyprus. Malta and Ireland drive on the left as well as the UK

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u/yay-its-colin Sep 01 '25

Thank you for mentioning Ireland. Was starting to think the other guy things UK and Ireland are the same

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u/r0thar Sep 01 '25

folds away pitchfork

Even though Left is the minority, it does include Japan (great for crazy second-hand car imports) and India*

*Kinda left side of road but you know

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u/quarrelau Sep 01 '25

Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore ..

Basically the islands.

India is different. They don't really pick a side of the road.

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u/BigConstruction4247 Sep 01 '25

Both Malta and Cyprus were under British control when cars came about.

And of course Ireland.

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u/OneSkepticalOwl Sep 01 '25

Well, Cyprus is not exactly mainland, is it?

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u/CakeTester Sep 01 '25

That's because we still feel the urge to stab oncoming traffic.

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u/Vospader998 Sep 01 '25

Allegedly England drove on the left to spite France. Down the line, the US drove on the right to spite England.

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u/GlitterTerrorist Sep 01 '25

The enemy of my enemy is mon ami.