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British lifeboats flip themselves upright.
Britain's all-weather lifeboats are built to right themselves after a capsize.
Then it carries on rescuing people.
Source: RNLI, 'How do lifeboats self-right?' (rnli.org)
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Dubai Police have a Bugatti Veyron.
It joined their patrol fleet in 2014, alongside a Lamborghini and Ferraris.
Not your average speed trap.
Source: Automotive Fleet, 'Bugatti Veyron joins Dubai Police fleet' (2014)
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Ambulances are labelled backwards.
The word on the front is reversed, so drivers read it correctly in their mirror.
Mirror writing, on purpose.
Source: Ambulance mirror-image lettering explainer (Kenyans.co.ke); ambulance services
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Fire engines once came with dogs.
Dalmatians ran beside horse-drawn engines, calming the horses and guarding the kit.
That's why they became the fire station mascot.
Source: Today I Found Out, 'Why Dalmatians are associated with firefighters'
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The ambulance star has six points.
Each one stands for a stage of emergency care, from detection to the hospital handover.
It's called the Star of Life.
Source: Star of Life (Wikipedia): AMA design 1963; NHTSA's Leo Schwartz added the six EMS tasks, 1973
