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RE: TIL when France was occupied by the Germans in 1940, Citroen was forced to produce vehicles for the Nazis. They chose to move the fill line on their oil dipsticks lower, causing the trucks to seize under stress from low oil.
Serious question. Did the German military not expect sabotage like this from them?
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RE: DoorDash changes its tipping model after Times reporter wrote an article about being a deliveryman
Lifehacker recently did an article about this which includes other services as well as doordash. conclusion: The companies that take the tip out of the minimum guarantee: DoorDash Amazon Flex Caviar
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RE: TIL The parents of one of John Wayne Gacy’s victims, John Butkovich, called police more than a hundred times to urge them to investigate him further. Their son had vanished in 1975, and had been one of Gacy’s employees.
The more I learn about these cases the more I am convinced that the police in 70s were utter lackwits.
RE: US cities are losing 36 million trees a year. If we continue on this path, "cities will become warmer, more polluted and generally more unhealthy for inhabitants."
There are thousands of charities on urban trees. Many people can help by donating or looking up a local charity(to participate)! Updates: more charities I tried googling European cities but couldn’t come
RE: ‘No girls born’ for past three months in area of India covering 132 villages - Authorities in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand state, said the official birth rate was “alarming” and pointed towards widespread female foeticide.
"Let's kill all the female children" ...20yrs later... "Why can't my son find a wife!?"
RE: Two Unofficial US Operatives Reporting To Trump’s Lawyer Privately Lobbied A Foreign Government In A Bid To Help The President Win In 2020
> In a whirlwind of private meetings, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — who pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Republican campaigns and dined with the president — gathered repeatedly with top officials
RE: Science Discussion Series: We're scientists from Vanderbilt studying how microbes relate to gut health and what this research means for risk of disease and developing new treatments. Let’s discuss!
Hi, welcome to today's r/science discussion panel! Like AMAs, the goal of discussion panels is to bring exciting, timely topics in science to reddit and have discussions led by subject area experts. The
RE: Schools should teach pupils gardening skills to instil a passion for the environment in future generations, says horticultural chief
As someone who recently found joy in gardening and stuff I can totally agree.. Also every city should offer regular gardening courses for adults. It's sometimes difficult to find all the right facts by
RE: Congresswoman questions FB exec on Libra: "So we are discussing a currency controlled by an undemocratically selected coalition of largely massive corporations."
Some reasonable questions, but I wish she focused on a different aspect. The US dollar is still the currency of world banking, something from which the US derives enormous (and possibly unreasonable) world