TIL in 1904 a British company filed a patent for the spare tire and called it the "Stepney spare wheel". Today the spare wheel is still called a "Stepney" in India, Brazil, Malta and Bangladesh · c/CheckThisOut | Spyke

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TIL in 1904 a British company filed a patent for the spare tire and called it the "Stepney spare wheel". Today the spare wheel is still called a "Stepney" in India, Brazil, Malta and Bangladesh

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TIL in 1904 a British company filed a patent for the spare tire and called it the "Stepney spare wheel". Today the spare wheel is still called a "Stepney" in India, Brazil, Malta and Bangladesh · c/CheckThisOut | Spyke