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  "textContent": "In 1916, a bearded Long Island showman named Louis Enricht gathered reporters on his lawn and offered them a gasoline substitute that would \"sell for a penny a gallon\" — wartime alchemy, with gas running short on Europe's battlefields. He had them inspect a small car's empty tank, fill a bucket with garden-hose water, then tip in two ounces of a greenish, almond-smelling fluid. — Read the rest \n\nThe post In 1916 a con man ran a car on water and fleeced Henry Ford appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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