QUIRKY AND RIDICULOUS STORIES ABOUT INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS

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