TIL that the first long-distance journey in an automobile was achieved in 1888 by Bertha Benz, Carl Benz's wife. She traveled 104 km (65 miles) over unpaved roads to prove the viability of her husband's invention to the public. She found a fuel source and fixed the brakes along the way.
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This journey resulted in the world's first gas station too! "On the way, she solved numerous problems. She had to find Ligroin, a solvent available only at pharmacies, to use as fuel.^([11]) Thus the still existing Stadt-Apotheke (Town Pharmacy) in Wiesloch, some kilometers south of Heidelberg, became the world's first gas station.^([12]) A blacksmith had to help mend a chain in Bruchsal.^([13]) Brake linings were replaced in Bauschlott/Neulingen north of Pforzheim.^([14]) And Benz had to use a long, straight hatpin to clean a fuel pipe which had become blocked and a garter to insulate a wire.^([15])^(")