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Why Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic?

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Last year Americans wasted nearly 1 million collective years staring at each others' tailpipes. But there is another species on earth whose population numbers in the trillions, but who doesn't get stuck in traffic...how? It's Ok to be Smart explains. 


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