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There Is No Pickup-Truck Emoji

There are 12 train emoji and one scooter emoji. And yet.
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The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for the past 35 years. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at your smartphone.

There are 54 emoji to represent different modes of transportation, at least on modern iPhones. A mind-boggling 12 of them depict trains: You. There’s a red coupe, a yellow taxi, an ambulance. There is even a emoji.

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