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The Earliest License Plates: Why, How, and What They Were Made Of
The earliest license plates emerged at the very end of the nineteenth century, when motor vehicles were still strange, loud, and a little frightening to most people. Cars were new, fast, and often dangerous, and the people they hit (or nearly hit) had no good way to identify the driver responsible. The license plate, in its very first form, was an answer to that simple practical problem.
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Gollum, the one ring, the one ring to rule them all. Gollum and the One Ring share one of the most tragic and deeply intertwined relationships in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth lore. Originally a Hobbit-like creature named Sméagol, he was instantly corrupted by the Ring's malice, murdering his cousin Déagol to claim it as his "Precious".
The Nazgul Ringwraiths from lord of the rings. The Nazgûl (or Ringwraiths) are J.R.R. Tolkien’s most terrible servants of the Dark Lord Sauron. Originally nine mortal kings and warriors, they were ensnared by Rings of Power, which gradually transformed them into invisible, immortal specters. What a subject for a vanity license plate!
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License plate fun fact
Some WWII soybean plates were reportedly nibbled by goats and farm animals attracted to the material.
