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James Jones Jr/Shutterstock There’s no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes […]

Logan Bush/Shutterstock With military aircraft, we sometimes have a tendency to think of them mainly just in terms of how potent their arsenal is or how absurdly speedy they can be. The

Vasil Dimitrov/Getty Images There are a lot of things in life that we keep safely tucked away that we hope we’ll never need to use. Our smoke alarms, for instance, or our

Vasil Dimitrov/Getty Images There are a lot of things in life that we keep safely tucked away that we hope we’ll never need to use. Our smoke alarms, for instance, or our

Chris Jackson/Getty Images According to Guinness World Records, the smallest submarine ever made is just 4mm, or 0.157 inches long, and was created in 1999 by the German company MicroTEC as a

Sjoerd Van Der Wal/Getty Images Petrolheads have (at least for now) long since had to accept the fact that cars just aren’t typically very fast compared to their airborne counterparts. There are

Clive Rose/Getty Images A dedicated racing vehicle and an everyday car are very different beasts. The iconic Porsche 935 wouldn’t be the most conventional -– or indeed legal -– choice of transportation

ShamAn77/Shutterstock Gourmets are most familiar with Michelin as distributors of those coveted restaurant stars, but keen drivers will know Michelin as one of the biggest names in the tire business. Ghostbusters fans

CSWFoto/Shutterstock Though military aircraft are designed to serve a range of roles, from troop and equipment transport to air-to-ground assaults and surveillance duties, all of these duties become harder to perform without

Vtwinpixel/Getty Images Whether we’re driving a 2024 Lexus GX or riding a Limited Edition Harley-Davidson motorcycle, hundreds of people may flash past us without us even registering their faces. It can be quite isolating