{"id":3766,"date":"2025-05-23T09:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/unnecessary-knowledge\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:12:00","slug":"unnecessary-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/did-you-know-that\/unnecessary-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Unnecessary knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3766\" class=\"elementor elementor-3766 elementor-2995\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-500861b gradientbackground e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"500861b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dbc6fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7dbc6fb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6658dc9 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6658dc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unnecessary knowledge<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9330225 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9330225\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca82211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"ca82211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs \"><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b5d65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7b5d65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d00f37 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d00f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exciting curiosities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c9589 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3c9589\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a5d35 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4a5d35\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d23bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0d23bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. The first fine<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c62b42e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c62b42e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The bookkeeper Carl Oscar Henning Forslund was arrested on May 26, 1900 on Strandv\u00e4gen in Stockholm for speeding. Five days later he was sentenced to a ten kronor fine for \u201cexcessive speed\u201d and thus entered the history books as the first person to be convicted of speeding in Sweden. <\/p><p>There was no official speed limit, but 6 km\/h was considered acceptable as it corresponds to walking with a horse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be3593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8be3593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. The world's most expensive fine<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cd11f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cd11f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A 37-year-old Swede was a little too liberal with the accelerator when he was caught by police in Switzerland one day. He had been driving at 300 km\/h &#8211; 180 km\/h too fast! <\/p><p>Speeding fines in Switzerland are based on what you earn in combination with the speed violation. In this case, the fine amounted to 7.5 million Swiss francs! <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b68398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b68398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Horsepower<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd06270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd06270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One horsepower is the force required to lift 75 kg one meter above the ground in one second. Sound fuzzy? Then we can make it even more complicated by telling you that a real horsepower &#8211; the power a horse possesses &#8211; is equivalent to 0.7 of the physical unit of power, horsepower.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unnecessary knowledge Exciting curiosities 1. The first fine The bookkeeper Carl Oscar Henning Forslund was arrested on May 26, 1900 on Strandv\u00e4gen in Stockholm for speeding. Five days later he was sentenced to a ten kronor fine for \u201cexcessive speed\u201d and thus entered the history books as the first person to be convicted of speeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3792,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"slim_seo":{"description":"Unnecessary knowledge and exciting trivia about driving for those who are interested.","title":"Unnecessary knowledge - Gillinge"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3766","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7183,"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3766\/revisions\/7183"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gillinge.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}