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  1. Interesting fact, to me at least, is that Rudolf Diesel designed his engine to run on vegetable oils and had to be intensely pressured to convert it to run on petroleum based fuel.
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  2. 20,000 German Marks was equivalent to $4761.90 USD in 1913. That it would be equivalent to ~$150,000 USD today, (cumulative price change of +3,084.86%) shows how the US Govt and Federal Reserve have completely destroyed the wealth of the people of the United States. Until 1913, the year the Fed was created, the value of $1 USD remained fairly constant and could purchase about the same thing (from 1802 USD to 1913 USD the cumulative price change was -7.48%).
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