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TIL: The sovereign citizen movement in Ontario, Canada is so bothersome the Ontario Govt. made it illegal to add it on your license signature.

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rNGKW TIL about Preston Tucker, an idealistic automobile maker who vowed to build the world's greatest and safest car in 1946. Once production began, Ford, GM, and Chrysler had his company shut down and his manufacturing plant seized by the US government. Only fifty cars were made.
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