stackyFACTSIn 1898, Alexander Winton realized that driving his newly manufactured cars to customers put unnecessary wear on the tires. His wildly cynical solution was to build an even bigger vehicle to carry the smaller ones, accidentally inventing the modern semi-truck car transporter just to keep his product pristine.
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