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== Real Life ==
* In real life, human beings have a natural instinct to run directly away from a threat during times of panic. Panicked crowds behave the same way, a fact that has been exploited for centuries by conquering hordes.
* A variation for [[Truth in Television|real life]], if you're ever caught in an [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117012743/http://www.wikihow.com/Escape-if-Your-Car-Is-Stalled-on-the-Tracks-of-an-Approaching-Train emergency scenario wherein your car is in the path of an oncoming train], the safest direction to run ''isn't'' away or to the side, but rather, ''toward'' the direction the train is coming from, to minimize the chance of getting hit by the doomed car's shrapnel. Also, don't go running back to the car for your boyfriend's class ring.
** [[Captain Obvious|After moving to the side.]]
* If your car ever stalls on train tracks, movie style, the starter engine will easily move your car tens of feet forward. Just jam your car to gear one and release the clutch, then turn the key as you were starting the car. For automatics, switch to forced gear one and apply as aforementioned.
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