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The Something Awful Forums > Archives > Comedy Goldmine > BYOB Goldmine: Gold Mango > historic inventions + comic book hubris
 
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alnilam

 Jethro Tull's steel tipped plow ability is no match for tungsten carbide man, also everyone always thinks he's named after a progressive rock band

* # ¿ Sep 25, 2015 16:39
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# ¿ May 18, 2024 06:38
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joke_explainer posted:

Bosch: Yes... it's working! By compressing the air and utilizing a catalyst, we are able to turn air into nitrogen fertilizer!

Haber: The possibilities are endless! However, the use I am most excited about is not the drastic increase in farmland that will allow the Earth to support billions of more people than it would be able to otherwise... No, I'm super excited about using that nitrogen to make bombs in a huge rear end World War. Also, I hope I get to use my chemistry knowledge to gas thousands of soldiers in this massive war. That would rule -- even if my wife shoots herself in the heart with my revolver because of it. Because I am Fritz Haber! The most evil man on earth! This is what I look like! Buahaha:



Fritz Haber's life is interesting af

* # ¿ Sep 26, 2015 17:52
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alnilam

 Thomas Midgely, inventor of CFCs and leaded gasoline, invented a system of ropes and pulleys to help him get out of bed when post polio syndrome started to kill his legs.

Onlooker: you've gone too far Midgley, this bed system will be your undoing!!

Weeks later, Midgley, dying tangled up in his intention: no... noooo!!!

* # ¿ Sep 26, 2015 17:55
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alnilam posted:

Thomas Midgely, inventor of CFCs and leaded gasoline, invented a system of ropes and pulleys to help him get out of bed when post polio syndrome started to kill his legs.

Onlooker: you've gone too far Midgley, this bed system will be your undoing!!

Weeks later, Midgley, dying tangled up in his intention: no... noooo!!!

This is a real life story btw

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