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New York City has undercover police cars that look just like yellow cabs, used for everything from catching minor traffic violations to intelligence gathering

The term "yellow cab" which refers to predominantly rich Asian women who are viewed as promiscuous and sexually aggressive outside of their own countries. Some Japanese women have even reclaimed the term as a badge of pride.

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1. The yellow cab of NYC were started in 1907 when a businessman, outraged at being charged $5 dollars ($122 today) for a 1/4 mile horse and carriage trip, decided to start his own taxi "service in New York and charge so-much per mile

2. In all yellow taxi cabs in NYC are required to have a TLC medallion to operate. These medallions cost upwards of $700k, and are rarely sold outside of auctions by private owners.

3. There are over 20,000 ground vehicles that work year round at Frankfurt International Airport, more than the number of yellow cabs in New York City.

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