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Nissan unveils car with cabin revolving 360 degrees Fri Sep 30, 9:34 AM ET Japanese carmaker Nissan unveiled a car of the future which only goes forward -- with a cabin able to revolve 360 degrees, eliminating the need to reverse. The three-seater electric concept car, nicknamed Pivo, will be put on display at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show to be held in Chiba, outside Tokyo, from October 22 to November 6, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. said in a statement. Pivo, 2.7 meters long, is shaped like an egg on a skateboard. The compact car can move at 80 kilometers...

Back in the days of the Hapsburg Empire, there was a town in Bohemia called Budweis. The people in that town were called Budweisers and the town had a brewery which produced beer with the same name -- but different from the American Budweiser. Like many communities in Bohemia during that era, Budweis had people of both Czech and German ancestries, speaking different languages, though many were also bilingual. They got along pretty well and most people there thought of themselves as Budweisers, rather than as Czechs or Germans. But that would later change -- for the worse -- not...

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