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What is the slightly unsettling truth about the familiar clicking sound your car’s turn signal makes?

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What is the slightly unsettling truth about the familiar clicking sound your car’s turn signal makes?

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What is the slightly unsettling truth about the familiar clicking sound your car’s turn signal makes?
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