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TIL that some UPS trucks use the headlights from the Oldsmobile Alero

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QvAX TIL The Nazis never referred to themselves as “Nazis.” At the time, “Nazi” was a derogatory term for a “backwards peasant,” so those who opposed their party took advantage of the German pronunciation of “national” (nat-si-o-nal) and called them “Nazis” as an insult.
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