thefruitsofzellman
thefruitsofzellman t1_j9onecp wrote
Reply to TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
That’s why he was a former nazi.
thefruitsofzellman t1_jc6lqjm wrote
Reply to comment by usrevenge in TIL If Coca-Cola's inventor had decided to file a patent application in 1892 instead of keeping the recipe a secret, patent protection would have expired long before Pepsi ever came onto the market in 1965. Patent protection lasts 20 years at most. Trade secrets can last forever. by ethereal3xp
My first reaction: oh, that was nice of them. But I bet the real reason is that they didn’t want Coke thinking they were behind the theft.