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The truck tycoon who built trains for the desert

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Robert LeTourneau wasn't satisfied with standard trucks, so he spent his career attempting to make highways entirely obsolete. He pioneered massive, multi-trailer 'land trains' equipped with dozens of independently powered giant wheels to conquer the Arctic and deserts alike. Oh, and he also gave 90% of his immense corporate profits directly to his church, claiming God was his actual business partner.

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