Cable Car Nymphomaniac...

According to the Book of Lists 3 (Amy Wallace: Bantam Books 1983), Gloria Sykes had only been in San Francisco for 2 weeks when, in 1964, she was involved in a serious cable car accident. According to the court papers the accident had the effect of turning her into a nymphomaniac. Apparently she had had sex 50 times in one five day period. She successfully sued the cable car company and won $50,000.