cetacretin t1_j1y8c12 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:23 AM

TIL that in 1864, a man of Jewish descent named Siegfried Marcus invented the first automobile propelled by a gas engine. The Nazis tried to erase this fact from history and credited Carl Benz instead.

^ I was wondering why his name would be scrubbed by nazis unless he was Jewish, and turns out, yep that's exactly why.

DylanToback8 t1_j1xrmev wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:27 AM

Hide-erase is when you REALLY don’t want people to know.

Automite OP t1_j1xrymv wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:30 AM

😂

RedditLuvsCensorship t1_j21n3nd wrote on December 29, 2022 at 12:25 AM

What, you mean like with a cloth?

Grammarguy21 t1_j23ia9j wrote on December 29, 2022 at 11:31 AM

*Nazis

Plurals do not have apostrophes.

eairy t1_j1ymnj8 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:42 AM

For anyone wondering if this is American gas or an actual gas engine:

> The internal combustion engine was designed for liquid combustibles and made him the first to propel a vehicle by means of petrol.

TIL Siegfried Marcus invented the first automobile propelled by a gas engine (1864). The Nazi's tried to hide erase this from history and credited Carl Benz in his place.

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