| ▲ | aa_is_op 3 hours ago | |
The guy that invented spent years bed-ridden because of it... yet he still went to trade shows to show it off | ||
| ▲ | chistev 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
He was bedridden because of Polio. | ||
| ▲ | m4d 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Anytime Thomas Midgley Jr. pops up, I take the opportunity to re-listen to his episode on the Memory Palace. Wonderful bit of historical biography: https://thememorypalace.us/butterflies/ | ||
| ▲ | afzalive 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
And he also invented CFCs | ||
| ▲ | throw1234567891 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
“What don’t kill you makes you more strong”. | ||