He is also, apparently, the reason we know the age of the earth.

So – there’s that.

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    Thomas Midgley, Jr.

    Also invented CFCs (the stuff that put the hole in the ozone layer).

    In his later years, he had limited mobility, so he designed a system of pulleys and levers to give him some degree of independence. Eventually, he was found strangled by his contraption.

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      Eventually, he was found strangled by his contraption.

      Well it’s only fitting that one of his inventions should eventually be his downfall. Unfortunately it’s was the wrong one, and a little too late.