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TIL that we in the US don’t have small trucks anymore is because the government made a formula that incentivizes bigger trucks and cars

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oBalY TIL a British nurse named Edith Cavell helped treat soldiers regardless of their nationalities in WWI. She also helped them escape from German occupied Belgium. When caught, she refused to lie about her actions and was executed by firing squad.
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