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Zebra crossings are marked by flashing orange globes

The striped poles carry beacons named after a 1930s transport minister The flashing globes are called Belisha beacons, after Leslie Hore-Belisha, who introduced them at pedestrian crossings in Britain in 1934. The lamp flashes about once a second and sits above a pole painted with black and white bands. The combination of beacon, stripes and zigzag road markings warns drivers to expect people crossing. It sits in Mondo's everyday life collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The striped poles carry beacons named after a 1930s transport minister. The figure is taken from UK Government, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a everyday life fact?: Yes. It sits on the Everyday Life shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.