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List of Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions

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Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889–1944) was an American engineer and chemist who contracted polio at age 51, leaving him severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of strings and pulleys to help others lift him from bed. This system was the eventual cause of his death when he was accidentally entangled in the ropes of this device and died of strangulation at the age of 55.

“Accidentally” yeah right. I know how the dude from INXS died…

Thomas Midgely was also the guy who helped introduce leaded gasoline AND freon into industrial use.  He was one extremely unlucky guy.

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