Phen to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agowhat fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?message-squaremessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1186arrow-down1message-squarewhat fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?Phen to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square193fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIWantToFuckSpez@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up61·1 year agoThat Germany is Europes biggest economy. 100 years ago Europe was fresh out of WW1 and Germany was bankrupted as punishment.
minus-squaredylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoMid 1930s that headline would also be quite disturbing
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago100 years ago today, a loaf of bread cost one billion Deutsche Marks. And by billion they meant twelve zeroes.
That Germany is Europes biggest economy. 100 years ago Europe was fresh out of WW1 and Germany was bankrupted as punishment.
Mid 1930s that headline would also be quite disturbing
Mid 1940s it would’ve been a great laugh.
100 years ago today, a loaf of bread cost one billion Deutsche Marks.
And by billion they meant twelve zeroes.