Monday, November 29, 2021

What a Humane Invention!

I stumbled onto this while reading BATHROOM READER 2. It is just a short paragraph or a long sentence. But it says a lot: Bicycle pedal reflectors were invented by Anton Loibi (1900-1979), who happened to work as Hitler’s driver! Humane? I did a little skimming Google research and found that Anton was in the bike selling business. And the Nazis would not ride bikes at night. In the dark, somebody could get hut. So Anto invented the refleftors to sell his bikes to the Nazis. It did not take long to rub elnows with the right people and ended up at Hitler's driver. What happened to him after the war is a mystery.

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