Please address your answers and questions to ' Curiosities '. But not all Dutch phrases arose in this way. For example Dutch tiles and Dutch oven simply came about because of Dutch designs for these items. Yes - contrary to the answer printed in NI 234 .
Unleaded petrol is less efficient than leaded so the miles per gallon are lower.
But what really horrifies me is the way that, in Britain, benzene is added to unleaded petrol to raise its octane level in order to increase performance. Absorbed through the skin, it can produce skin cancer. Some fuel hoses are fitted with shields to help prevent splashing but it is advisable to always wash your hands after filling your fuel tank. This may sound bad enough, but the real danger of benzene is that it passes through the vehicle s fuel system and is discharged into the atmosphere completely unchanged. Neither filters nor converters can affect it.