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Canada's polar-bear license plates are shaped like bears

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Because standard rectangles are incredibly boring when you live in a frozen wasteland patrolled by actual apex predators. Since 1970, this delightfully unhinged government decision has made their license plates the most frequently stolen pieces of vehicular metal in the world.

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Canada's polar-bear license plates are shaped like bears
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