alt Hacker NewsThe guy that invented spent years bed-ridden because of it... yet he still went to trade shows to show it off
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m4d • today at 5:59 PM
Anytime Thomas Midgley Jr. pops up, I take the opportunity to re-listen to his episode on the Memory Palace. Wonderful bit of historical biography: https://thememorypalace.us/butterflies/
afzalive • today at 5:43 PM
And he also invented CFCs
throw1234567891 • today at 6:00 PM
“What don’t kill you makes you more strong”.
He was bedridden because of Polio.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48872443