Odd, horrible tidbit
A patent application was filed for ovens for the burning of human corpses. Somewhat surprisingly, the company that filed the patent explains that on its very own website, rather than cover it up.
As if that wasn’t weird enough, that patent application was used as evidence of genocide at Auschwitz by Penguin Books who were being sued for defamation by David Irving.
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