HistoryInterestingChrysler built engines for the B-29 bombers that attacked Japan during WWII, while Mitsubishi built the Zero fighters that tried to shoot them down. Decades later, both companies joined forces to build cars together in a plant called Diamond Star Motors.441k17 years ago
PeopleInspiringRobert Kearns invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Ford passed - then put it on every car they built. He sued, representing himself for 12 years after three law firms quit. Ford offered $30 million to settle. Kearns turned it down - the offer came without an admission. He didn't want their money. He wanted Ford to say they took it.
