List of inventors killed by their own inventions (en.wikipedia.org)

16 points by luu 7y ago ↗ HN

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Surprised Thomas Midgley isn’t on there. He contributed to developing leaded gasoline and CFCs, and was strangled to death by one of his inventions.

dang 7y ago ↗

Posted many times. Some past threads for the curious:

M'lord dang

For me it appeared right next to the same post from 10 hours earlier.