The Engine That Was Supposed to Run on Peanuts

HigherIQ · Sep 29, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:33 — The Engine That Farmers Were Supposed to Own 01:54 — The Cross in the Diary 03:02 — Three Suspects, No Answers 04:24 — Wrap Up Sources: - Rudolf Diesel (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Diesel - Inventor Rudolf Diesel mysteriously vanishes (History.com): https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-29/inventor-rudolf-diesel-vanishes - The Mystery of the Diesel Engine's Disappearing Inventor (TIME): https://time.com/4049401/diesel-disappearance - Rudolf Diesel, Inventor Of The Diesel Engine, Mysteriously Vanished In 1913 (Jalopnik)…