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Fun fact: Both were invented by the same guy, Harold Nathan Braunhut.

Wow, that guy is a piece of work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_von_Braunhut

Rather abrupt shift in topic in that article

While we are on the topic of famous and bad inventions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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