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SharkLaunch t1_ivo7nll wrote

Reply to comment by ZSpectre in How do medicines like Aspercreme work to relieve nerve or muscle pain if they are topical and not transdermal? by freakydeku

Don't worry, it definitely didn't affect him when he went to go work for Frigidaire. Nothing important, he didn't break anything, please ignore the hole in the Ozone layer.

(Anyone who's confused, please Google "Thomas Midgley Jr" to learn why many of our problems are his fault)

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ZSpectre t1_ivoc9eu wrote

Yeah, to those passing by, I recommend the video by veritasium that I think was titled something along the lines of " the man that accidentally killed the most people in history." And I just looked up the timeline and it turns out that you were correct on how he was still mentally functional enough after his stunt inhaling the gas (1924) in order to streamline and mass market freon / CFCs in 1928.

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