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When hearses doubled as ambulances

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In a massive conflict of interest, the people responsible for saving your life used to be the exact same people profiting off your death. Up until the 1970s, the only vehicles in most American towns long enough to transport a stretcher were hearses. Funeral directors moonlighted as the emergency medical service, meaning your tragic accident was just a very efficient customer acquisition strategy.

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