What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? lemonadebunny ( @lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square137fedilinkarrow-up175
arrow-up175message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? lemonadebunny ( @lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square137fedilink
minus-square zkikiz ( @zkikiz@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoGeneral Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil, and Phillips Petroleum were convicted of an actual conspiracy related to the monopolization of transit systems, which replaced beloved streetcar (rail) systems with rubber-tired oil-burning buses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
minus-square Samus Crankpork ( @Crankpork@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoWasn’t this the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil, and Phillips Petroleum were convicted of an actual conspiracy related to the monopolization of transit systems, which replaced beloved streetcar (rail) systems with rubber-tired oil-burning buses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
Wasn’t this the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?