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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One more lane and we'll fix all this traffic

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thank god they built high speed rail. Can't imagine what those poor civil engineers had to struggle through before that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

.. in 2010.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean, this is the Wikipedia community. It doesn't just do current news; just lists unusual and interesting things, and can span back into history.