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Brand new car tires have hundreds of tiny rubber hairs sticking out of them. What is their actual engineering function?

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Brand new car tires have hundreds of tiny rubber hairs sticking out of them. What is their actual engineering function?

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Brand new car tires have hundreds of tiny rubber hairs sticking out of them. What is their actual engineering function?
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