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Sanitation trucks hydraulically crush their loads

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Because rubbish consumes entirely too much room, these smelly behemoths possess a giant metal compactor. It relentlessly squishes tons of garbage into a dense, horrifying cube, squeezing out mysterious, foul-smelling liquids in the process.

Sanitation trucks hydraulically crush their loads
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