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Scooters were a hit long before rental apps

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Long before tech bros littered city sidewalks with rental apps, the Autoped dominated the roaring twenties. It was a foldable, gas-powered scooter beloved by postmen, suffragettes, and apparently gang members looking for a swift getaway. Society eventually got bored of them, proving that humanity's desire to effortlessly zip around on two wheels is deeply cyclical.

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Scooters were a hit long before rental apps
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