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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

After working at General Motors he'd go on to bring safe refrigeration to the world by finding a safe replacement for previous refrigerants, ammonia and propane. Decades later, we'd find out that his CFCs were destroying the ozone layer.

Dude basically had the worst effect on the atmosphere ever brought on by a single person.

[โ€“] blackstampede 4 points 8 months ago

The face you make when all your interests are detrimental to humanity.