QUIRKY AND RIDICULOUS STORIES ABOUT INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS
Added on: 2nd Sep 2016
ROBERT CHESEBROUGH, THE INVENTOR OF
VASELINE, ATE ONE SPOONFUL EVERY DAY
NOBODY KNOWS WHO INVENTED THE FIRE HYDRANT
BECAUSE THE PATENT WAS LOST IN A FIRE
CLARA LAZEN, A 10 YEAR OLD FROM KANSAS CITY,
ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED A NEW MOLECULE
DURING SCIENCE CLASS (TETRANITRATOXYCARBON)
MODERN CREDIT CARDS WERE INVENTED BY FRANK X
MCNAMARA WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY
FOR A DINNER BUT FORGOT TO BRING CASH
CHARLES RICHTER, THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE
RICHTER SCALE FOR MEASURING EARTHQUAKES,
WAS A NUDIST
BILL GATES, MARK ZUCKERBERG, STEVE JOBS AND
THOMAS EDISON HAVE SOMETHING SURPRISING
IN COMMON – NONE OF THEM HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE!
ADOLF HITLER CONSIDERED HENRY FORD AN
INSPIRATION AND EVEN KEPT A PHOTO OF HIM
ON HIS DESK
IN 1903, THOMAS EDISON ELECTROCUTED AN ELEPHANT
TO SHOW THAT TESLA'S AC CURRENT WAS DANGEROUS
LEO FENDER, THE MAN WHO INVENTED TWO OF THE
MOST FAMOUS GUITAR MODELS IN HISTORY
(STRATOCASTER AND TELECASTER) NEVER
LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR
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