Bertha Benz took her two teenage sons, Richard and Eugene, on a 66-mile road trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim. It took a while, because the car only went 10 miles per hour. In those days, it was shocking that Bertha had gone without even telling her husband, so it made the news. No doubt it made women all over the world want a car of their own! And it launched her husband's business to stratospheric new levels. Today we know his company as what?

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1. Bertha Benz took her two teenage sons, Richard and Eugene, on a 66-mile road trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim. It took a while, because the car only went 10 miles per hour. In those days, it was shocking that Bertha had gone without even telling her husband, so it made the news. No doubt it made women all over the world want a car of their own! And it launched her husband's business to stratospheric new levels. Today we know his company as what?