Today we talk about inventions that kill and their well-meaning inventors. Including Franz Reichelt, Alfred Nobel and Thomas Midgley Jr.

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Sources

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-11416654
• https://www.invent.org/inductees/dean-kamen
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/flying-tailor-eiffel-paris-france-parachute
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Nobel
• https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-will/
• https://interestingengineering.com/culture/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who-harmed-the-world-the-most
• https://pic.plover.com/Nevin/Nevin2007.pdf

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