6 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Own Inventions

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In the endless march of innovation, you're going to have some missteps along the way. From balloon accidents to questionable bed apparatuses, here are 6 inventors who were killed by their own inventions.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Thomas Midgley Jr.
3:47 - Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier
6:49 - Harry Smolinski
8:57 - Valerian Ivanovich Abakovsky
11:37 - Horace Lawson Hunley
14:20 - William Bullock
16:46 - Sponsor

[@doxinator3560]

I was expecting a mention of Jimi Heselden, who died driving his Segway off a cliff. But I did some homework. He didn't invent the Segway. He just owned the company.

[@InherentPersona]

I was expecting this too thanks for the clarification

[@majorzipf8947]

Ooooof. Hahahhaha. That’s so unfortunate.

[@screwyourhandle]

That's slightly odd to hear as Dean Kamen seemed to have more public exposure than most modern inventors I've ever heard of

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

Somewhere there is a really great documentary about the guy who did invent the Segway and many, many other inventions. I can't remember his name but he is one cool dude. Always wears denim even to meetings and stores his helicopter in his house. He also flies a Learjet. In the doc his latest effort was to provide clean drinking water to countries that lacked that. He was using Coca Cola to do the distribution of his devices because they already went everywhere.

[@99rainingflame]

Yea but still a crazy way to go!!

[@TheGrinningViking]

Madame Curie may not have invented radiation, but she invented ways to detect it. She was perhaps no engineer, but I think being a chemist and physicist was impressive enough.

[@Diamonddavej]

Marie Currie did not invent methods to detect radiation, it was her lab partner and later husband Pierre Curie who invented a radiation detector based on an electroscope that could detect radiation and measure its strength. Marie was put in contact with Pierre die to his ability to make laboratory instruments required for her research.

[@pakde8002]

Ya think? Two Nobel Peace prizes in different categories is definitely impressive especially in a time when women weren't even allowed to receive a formal education in many places. Joe is the only person who ever broached this controversy as she never claimed to "invent" radiation and no one ever attributed it to her or anyone else since it wasn't invented 🙄 Okay, I'll chill now😁

[@theobserver9131]

Dang it! I was gonna say that! In so many words.....

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@pakde8002 Uh, Nobel prizes, not Nobel peace prizes.

[@KaiHenningsen]

Also, for the "women not allowed a formal education and/or corresponding careers", check out Emmy Noether, genius-level mathematician. "Noether's theorem" is one of the fundamental theorems of modern physics, and yet, hardly anybody knows her name.

[@DanielleWhite]

Growing up on a dairy farm I came to know a lot of farmers who had various injuries from trying to effect a repair with the machine running. I always made sure to shut everything down and engage all safety lockouts (e.g. for hydraulic lift components) which often angered my father because of the perceived extra time

[@User31129]

Knowing someone personally with 9 fingers, as I do, makes you feel more wary of what can cause an accident and to avoid such. He was wearing a ring and fell off a ladder. In his instinctual grab for the ladder step, it caught his ring, and the rest was physics. Don't wear a ring while doing any kind of manual labor whatsoever.

[@Coastfog]

He should value your extra limbs more.

[@TM-rc3ck]

I know a guy who lost a leg while trying to fix a hay bailer that was running. He had to get all the way to his hip before he could reach the shut-off. He still farms to this day, and believe it or not, before the accident, his nickname was “Shorty.”

[@Pootie_Tang]

people like you father is a real danger, man. Chilling

[@assininecomment1630]

​I used to wear a ring, @@User31129. It was cheap, made of soft silver, but of great sentimental value, and never took it off. While cutting/shaping some odd metal contraption, the grinder caught on something and kicked sideways. I was wearing leather gloves but could tell my left hand had copped it - neat straight cut to index finger of glove... No blood - yet. Gingerly removed glove, to see another neat straight cut.... A while prior to this incident, I'd lost that silver ring. In its place was another ring that my young son had given me. The cut was across the top of that ring and _not_ into or through my finger, because the replacement ring was made of _platinum._ Phew! 😮‍💨 If you're gonna wear a ring while doing manual labour, make it a platinum ring. 😄

[@andycockrum1212]

There is now a seventh person for this list

[@simplethings3730]

I worked in a factory that used roller printing. These things are still killing and maiming people. One "funny" incident was when a guy ran into our office and said he needed the keys to the truck to drive a guy to the hospital who had gotten his hand caught in the rollers. As he ran out the door we yelled how bad was he hurt. The guy said we don't know, we haven't caught him yet.

[@wolfiemuse]

I work at a machine shop and I’m pretty sure we’ve had to help machine those rollers before. At least some similar ones. They’re like 12-20 feet and we have one specific lathe that’s long enough to cut them. They take two people to set up. Heavy as hell. I can only imagine how brutal it would be if two were running next to each other and you got a body part or article of clothing caught in one.

[@fastinradfordable]

My thumb got ripped off by a belt/pulley. I can hardly Imagine… Fuuuuu

[@olencone4005]

At a printshop I worked at some years ago, one of the floor managers was trying to micromanage the press operators. He leaned over one of the operators, apparently to see what they were doing, and his tie slipped down and got caught by a roller in this huge room-sized commercial press -- this is why the press operators said they never wore ties hehe! Fortunately for him, it was a clip-on tie, so other than a sharp yank it just left him seriously spooked... unfortunately for him, they had to shut the press down for an hour to clear out the mess that one little tie caused with the rollers and paper feed. His replacement was a lot more hands-off :P About two or three years before I had started there, that same press had taken a couple of fingers off of another operator who was trying to grab or adjust something without shutting the press down first. The pressman who was telling us the story said it happened so fast and so smoothly that the operator didn't even realize what had happened at first, which is kinda crazy! o.O

[@wolfiemuse]

@@olencone4005 yeah it can happen so fast that you almost just keep working until you see blood everywhere

[@simplethings3730]

@@wolfiemuse I worked in maintenance. Twice I had to remove human tissue from the machinery.

[@AlphaMachina]

I love this channel. I don't know exactly what it is, but this is a feelgood series for me. Even when it is often times about potentially terrible things, the way it's presented lifts my spirits. Thanks, Joe.

[@Meatball2022]

Joe just sounds like a pleasant dude…

[@rubenramos8900]

Thanks for writing my comment for me.

[@joescott]

Awe, you guys are too nice.

[@internetexplorer6304]

Yeah that video about human experimentation gives me all the warm fuzzies! For real though great content

[@AlphaMachina]

@@internetexplorer6304 haha

[@s.elliottkeeter6189]

With your warranted emphasis on Curie, I couldn't help but remember a similar and much less known individual who also suffered from radiation exposure from her critical scientific research: Rosalind Franklin. Her story deserves the same tellings as Curies, but does not receive it.

[@zapfanzapfan]

The ESA Mars rover is named after her, hopefully it gets to Mars some day...

[@IDoNotLikeHandlesOnYT]

I had no idea she'd gotten notable radiation exposure. From what-doing X-ray crystallography of DNA?

[@sidneyshipp3632]

My high school chemistry teacher thankfully taught us about her, arguably more than curie

[@joshroolf1966]

​@@IDoNotLikeHandlesOnYT Rosalind Franklin apparently spent so much time honing her X-ray crystallography techniques that she suffered constant exposure for years. In something I read (one of her biographies) it sounded like radiological safety was less emphasized then and she was an enthusiastic researcher who might have been unintentionally(?) careless about best practices and personal safety relative to accurately capturing the data with a powerful new tool. Her crystal-O-graphs were so precision in 2d that Dr. Crick only required a wee bit of St.Hoffman's gift to elucidate the 3d double helical structure; or um, I read he said that to a journalist once, I would prefer it to be true..:::😎🧬☁️☁️🌥🛸🧡

[@postpunk6947]

When I was quitting opioids and I was suffering terribly, your videos were the only thing that kept my spirits up. Thank you.

[@johntomik4632]

Ha! I did the same several years ago. Congratulations!!

[@zipahdeedoodah]

it must b good, Ill sub bc of your comment

[@purpleheart334]

As a Transformers fan I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the inclusion of Astrotrain in this video.

[@scrocrates6380]

Proceed on your way....to oblivion.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

He was one of those 3-in-1 Transformers

[@OdariArt]

@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown Yep. a tripple changer.

[@OdariArt]

@@scrocrates6380 "No, I'll accept your terms. I'll accept!" "Excellent!"

[@OdariArt]

Best Transformers Movie ever!

[@billkipper3264]

The clip from the movie "Top Secret" of the Pinto blowing up is pure gold. I got a good chuckle out of that. One of my all time favorite comedies.

[@annierichardson5296]

Same here! Now I have to go watch “Top Secret!” again, though I can practically recite the script from memory. 😄

[@joescott]

Let's go skeet surfing!

[@annierichardson5296]

@@joescott 😂 lol!

[@milesarcher.]

@@joescott ...and we'll have fun with our guns 'till the lifeguard takes our ammo away.

[@antonkovalenko364]

This shows my age, but I remember seeing it at a drive-in theater.

[@KatharineOsborne]

As someone with a bit of knowledge of costume history, even though Blanchard lost his trousers, his junk was likely still covered. At the time men’s shirts acted as underwear. They were made of linen or cotton which absorbed sweat and could be bleached in the cleaning processes. Shirts (and for women, chemises) were frequently changed and cleaned (everyday) to reduce the need for laundering outer garments which helped maintain them for longer. Anyway, shirts were long and were wrapped between the legs to serve the same function as modern underwear (you can see this in a dressing scene in 2020’s Emma movie). Given the length of the shirt, Blanchard would have had his modesty covered on arrival.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I gotta give Joe credit for being so balanced with his delivery of his humour and the involvement of numerous deaths in this video

[@BEdwardStover]

If he just went the gruesome route, there would be fewer people watching. If it were merely humorous, it would quickly become irrelevant. Joe seems to have found a good balance, as you say.

[@Avedis-G]

I absolutely love that you combine science and history. My two favorite subjects. And not only science and history but interesting science and history! Keep up the great work!

[@darkgalaxy5548]

I have often noted, that with every science class, or lecture, you usually get a history lesson thrown in for free.

[@abnorman541]

Sciestory.

[@josephiudice8287]

I like the weird references... Pops up a Tyler Durden style pic of a Carradine to make an auto erotic asphyxiation joke. Chandler having a joke overload. Office Space smashing the copier. Was the pinto scene from Top Secret with Val Kilmer?

[@terrafirma5327]

My dad is a professor who has his P.h.D in The History of Science and Technology. Most interesting human being I know, I can talk to him about science, applied science, technology, what is defined as science and what is just technical expertise (trains were invented via technical expertise, they did not use the laws of thermodynamics for example).

[@Phroggster]

Of all the information here, I think that momentary still of David Carradine was absolutely perfect. No clue how accurate the implication is, but it certainly got a hearty chuckle out of me once I paused at an appropriate moment and realized whom I was seeing. That said, RIP Marie Curie. One of the greatest humans to have ever lived.

[@allanfifield8256]

'David Carradine' - I knew someone who did his weed deliveries. Staggering quantities on a weekly basis.

[@MrRezRising]

I can't believe this comment isn't way further up. Hearty chuckle is right! Blink and I'd have missed it.

[@torbinzix1]

Sorry I'm aware of David.C but not so much of his exploits. Could you elaborate on what the subliminal picture was about please?

[@MrRezRising]

@@torbinzix1 DC died of auto erotic asphyxiation.

[@torbinzix1]

@@MrRezRising how did I not know this? Much appreciated 🙏

[@randallparr680]

During my recent RV trip, I attended two marine warfare museums and each had life-sized reproductions of the Hunley. What struck me was the size of the hatches. They were barely large enough to fit through - like extend your arms above and then down to hoist yourself out with assistance from above or below narrow. The crew never stood a chance.

[@paavobergmann4920]

In the tank chat series, there is an amazing video of "The Chieftan" aka Nicholas Moran, getting stuck in the driver´s hatch of a Matilda tank. ....so....yeah...things like that get built....

[@horacesawyer2487]

Randall that says something about the bravery of those men. What museums did you visit please? Would like to see this.

[@randallparr680]

@@horacesawyer2487 The USS Alabama at Mobile and the Submarine Warfare Museum at New London.

[@micklowe4177]

The story I heard was that the sub was lit by naked candles busily burning up the oxygen and that the crew actually suffocated rather than drowning. Either way it's pretty horrific.

[@JoshuaTootell]

More likely that they were killed by the concussion if the torpedo they delivered ​@@micklowe4177

[@matthewsharp1178]

Marie Curies biography was the first book I ever did a book report on, In about 6th grade, it was also one of the very first books I ever read that I couldn’t put down because I was so interested in it, Curie always went on to inspire me from then on

[@jussitikkuri6991]

Yeah she was smart and all , but where's the breakoff point when someone isn't taking precautions ? Exposing your life to your work until you're dead can be a real stickler for many people.

[@threeballedtomcat9380]

Many inventors by the very nature of what they are doing expose themselves(and sometimes others) to potentially fatal situations. Thanks for the great upload , all of these people deserve to be remembered and some were really heroes.

[@justinaclayburn2248]

15:11 - I have some family who are in sales for a major wood chipper company, and they’ve talked about the conversations they’ve had with customers after watching someone do something WILDLY unsafe as a “quick fix” in part because they knew it was DEFINITELY not the first time they’d done it.

[@sebione3576]

I was expecting a Fargo story.

[@justinaclayburn2248]

@@sebione3576 that’s what they were trying to avoid.

[@ajgnexus]

more about the pinto: the reason it always exploded was because the main designer was given half the amount of time to design it as normal, so he placed the gas tank behind the rear axle, inbetween the rear wheels. theres a reason no car company ever did that before or ever since.

[@1337penguinman]

The tank was also pressurized if I remember correctly. And gasoline is even more combustible when atomized.

[@Myrtle2911]

The fact that Marie Curie handled radioactive material and lived to be 66 is rather remarkable! Many people who worked with radioactive substances like her were not so fortunate.

[@2LV2]

Otto Lilienthal, incredible research into aeronautics, killed in one of his own gliders. Wright brothers improved on his designs. You gonna have to do another episode!

[@KaiHenningsen]

Interesting typo there. Trying to imagine the Weight brothers ...

[@scyz2807]

I was thinking about Lilienthal as being one of Joe's 6. He definitely fits in this group.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

It couldn't have been the Weight brothers; they would have been too heavy to get off the ground. Perhaps the Wright brothers?

[@rogerrabbit80]

@@heronimousbrapson863 So, the Weight brothers were the Wrong brothers and not the Wright brothers?

[@mroldnewbie]

I expected Lilienthal as well, as he would've been a very obvious choice. He is also well known.

[@ericalbers4867]

The moment I heard about the notebooks I knew it was Marie Curie. For me she's up there with Einstein and Hawking. Granted the things she discovered would've been discovered by someone else, so goes the world - but, who knows how far behind we'd be or if we would've known about the health consequences so directly. Plus I wouldn't have an example for my daughter who loves science. Here's this lady who figured out quite possibly one of the most important discoveries that's allowed for the modern world to exist. Due not being careful though, she paid with her life and her husband's life (if I remember correctly).

[@christianzupp]

Husband died in a street accident (he did show symptoms of radioactive sickness previously). Still, she was over 60 at the time of her death and she had healthy children, one daughter died at 102 years(!)

[@hansolowe19]

Same. She was so cool 😄

[@fastinradfordable]

The modern world might be better without embracing radiation.

[@johnthomas7325]

😮tr😮e

[@N1njaSnake]

@@fastinradfordable That would be even less likely without Curie's clear example of the dangers.

[@herrunsinn774]

With the Titan Sub tragedy... raise that number to seven.

[@RedHotMessResell]

I literally had no idea that there was an actual flying car design attempted in the 70s. 😮😮😮

[@basementdwellercosplay]

I read a book about objects in museums that are rarely shown. Most cause an item that didn't fit into the museums but they are preserving it or cause the object was too gruesome for most audiences. Marie Curies notes was in there, and instead of a photo of the object like everyone else, it was just the box.

[@Foreign501st]

Really enjoyed this video. Heard about Hunley before and I'm glad to see a mention about him. I wonder what he could have made had he survived.

[@Shadolife]

Joe, I could listen to your answers and explanations all day. Clear, concise and well spoken. Thank you for making me smarter.

[@simonsimpleton6470]

more knowledgeable Brian

[@thedarkknight1971]

Always have loved watching your videos, and eagerly waited for the next one to come out. But there are times when you've chosen a subject matter, created your script, found the pictures and references, and with your personality and wit created an exceptional video. This is one. Interesting, funny, and just a damn good watch. I love the "TW@T", and the "Wonder where this is going..." lines... Keep up the good work. Definitely one of my favourite channels out there. 👌 Seriously, when the usual interesting question of "Pick 4 celebrity/famous guests for dinner" goes around, with what you know, and sense of humour, you'd be one of mine... 🤔😏 😎🇬🇧

[@trevinbeattie4888]

I love the bits of humor you point out in these deaths 😆

[@MrAstronomy]

Lmao. "At least that is the official story. [Inserts subluminal David Caridine photo]." You're comedy is top tier. Comedy + education = Fulfillment

[@Hildepedia]

I was going to make this comment, but I had to search while to find yours. So a thumbs up to you sir Cracked me up!!!

[@ekconnors6162]

cant believe i had to scroll this far down to find this :D

[@B1970T]

Yes, that was exquisite subliminal. People dying in kinky contraptions and positions. 😂

[@robertmcdannold3757]

Or as William Shakespeare would say, “Hoist with his own petard”. I love stories like this.

[@BYOTools]

Coming from someone that is now a full time content creator and loves what I do for a living I am extremely impressed that you quit your job at 15k followers. I know that is a scary jump but so glad you made the decision. Congrats and keep up the amazing work.

[@BallisticDamages]

I would argue Marie Curie was an inventor, as she was a pioneer of her field, she developed methodologies and experiments which the scientists following her learned from and improved upon. Most scientists are inventors in some capacity (by my logic), though they may not see as much recognition outside the scientific community.

[@joeshmoe6930]

Right, but I think the point was that she didn't invent the thing that ultimately killed her.

[@zeekicus_184]

Joe you have become one of my new faves on KZbin, please don't ever give up on making videos lol

[@rftulie]

Wonderful video. I was worried the winged car might be clickbait, but was pleasantly proven wrong. The mass facepalm with sound effect was outstanding and I think needs to be used more often!

[@sgregg5257]

Linus Pauling won two Nobel prizes. In chemistry in 1954 and the peace prize in 1962. Actually Linus Pauling would be an interesting subject of one of your episodes, since his career led to much of modern understanding chemistry, he was also that vitamin-C guy that was a bit nutzo. Through he did live to 93.

[@robertlapointe4093]

Yes, came here to comment the same. I met Dr. Pauling in '81 while he was giving an invited lecture at Cornell. He was deep into the Vitamin C nonsense at that time.

[@adamwest8711]

The peace prize isn’t really a discipline as such. It’s more a ‘you’re a nice person’ award.

[@lunam7249]

1000 to 5000mg vitamin C, I do 1000 mg and never get sick.....he was smarter than 3 of us put together

[@agent_strangelove98kmauser6]

Yes, and Pauling was close to a third Nobel prize. He was working on DNA and was thinking it was a triple helix, when it turned out to be a double helix.

[@ryanjones4150]

@@lunam7249 Linus Pauling spent many years trying to prove that vitamin C had benefits in fighting the common cold, but could find no scientific proof that it did, which is why he is regarded as somewhat of a nut in this regard, because he never gave up trying even though his research basically proved he was wrong.

[@HMcQ7891]

So... Scaramanga's silly flying Pinto in _The Man With The Golden Gun_ was based on a *real* 'flying Pinto'. Man, the 1970s were _wild._

[@gmamagillmore4812]

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[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

Top shelf content as usual, Joe. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@iamtheowl9631]

That David Carradine reference had me dying 🤣

[@iambiggus]

They are always smile inducing, but your asides in this particular video are on point and hilarious. Well done sir 10/10

[@MrScorpianwarrior]

I am sure it was coincidental but this came out just under a month after the podcast "Ridiculous History" released an episode on the exact same topic titled "Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin'." This part of the podcast focusses on Flying machines (and goes over the first two you mentioned). Definitely worth a listen if you want to know more about that kind of thing specifically.

[@Yora21]

He wasn't just the single human being who did the greatest harm to the atmosphere. He was the single organism that had the greatest impact on the atmosphere.

[@alularussell778]

Joe's humor has made me laugh when I actually needed a good laugh. Plus of course, good info I didn't know. Thanks man.

[@GeorgeDolbier]

I am proud of the fact that I knew what you where talking about as soon as you said notebook. Excellent episode! (First comment Whoo Hoo)

[@timehaley]

Once again, thank you Joe for your time and sense of humor.

[@trapttechnologies5185]

Very well done. Really enjoyed watching this video and others you have created. Keep up the great work

[@TestingPyros]

After the restoration of the Hunley, they realized that the explosion that sank the other ship actually caused a shock wave that killed the crew. They didn't drown. They were dead from the moment (or so) of the warhead. That is why the sub wasn't found. It went FORWARD, not back.

[@niklass1641]

People fail to understand how dangerous being a printer is still today. I've been a printer for 25 years working inches away from what are essentially high speed "mutilation machines". Things are better now than they were just a couple decades ago, but it's very common for printers to be missing random fingers. "Whatever goes in this end, is coming out that end. This machine doesn't care if it's a sheet of paper, or your arm."

[@majorzipf8947]

Do you know how much damage this machine will take if it just rolls right over you? None at all

[@TheCerealHobbyist]

Molton Taylor from Longview Washington built a working Honda car powered airplane before the Pinto. It worked great, I used to see it fly over Longview when I was a kid, and my father (a pilot) went up in it with Molt. It is in the Boeing Air Museum in Seattle. It never went into full production, but it flew well and the plane part folded into a trailer the Honda could pull.

[@stevebuffinton1094]

This channel is so good. If you're just discovering this channel for the first time today you are in for a real treat.

[@taproom113]

I like most of your videos, Joe. I also appreciate how you throw a little humor into the mix. A few things about the "Hunley" segment ... *The second sub, the "AMERICAN DIVER" wasn't discontinued due to design flaws ... it was swamped while being towed down the Mobile River in preparation for an attack. *Horace financed the PIONEER and AMERICAN DIVER himself. The third boat was one-third financed by Horace, one-third by E. C. Singer (an associate of Horace's in the Confederate Secret Service and yes, the sewing machine guy) and the remaining third to Singer associates R. W. Dunn, Guss Whitney (yes, the cotton gin guy) and J. D. Breaman. *Horace did not name the sub after himself. Singer named the third vessel the HUNLEY to honor Horace's devotion and efforts to his sub projects. *The lever that was stepped on didn't open any hatches, it was the control lever for the dive planes. They had just pulled away from the dock when the captain (not Horace) while still standing up in the forward conning tower, accidentally depressed the lever ... initiating a dive while the hatches were still open. *During the attack on the Housatonic, the HUNLEY was discovered by several lookouts before she got close. When they called for "Battle Stations", several men ran to the area of the attack and started firing at the sub. When the torpedo exploded, 5 union crewmembers standing directly above it were killed immediately and many others were severely injured. So it did kill some of the enemy. Keep up the good work ...

[@nomar5spaulding]

For an inventer who died working on his own inventions, Otto Lilienthal as an aviation pioneer is another good example.

[@Ferrius]

This video is gonna blow up - what an excellent premise, Joe!

[@joescott]

Come on algorithm...

[@tigger072284]

The flying Pinto commercial actually had 2 cars...one that was flown and one that was in the commercial. In the commercial it looked like it was being backed into the plane wings. It actually was never mounted. My stepdad actually found the car that was in the commercial in a scrap yard. He bought it and brought it home then called the Ford dealership and took it to them and had it signed. He then sold it to a car museum.

[@RK-eo8gl]

The "Top Secret" Pinto exploding joke always gets me ... 🤣

[@xliquidflames]

I was cracking up at the snark about the balloon. And to be fair to SLS, hydrogen is notoriously difficult to store and transfer because it can leak through places other molecules wouldn't be able to pass through.

[@jeremiemiller35]

The Challenger exploded due to the neoprene gaskets shrinking from exposure to freezing temperatures for two days prior to lift off.

[@paavobergmann4920]

Yeah, like steel walls. It also makes steel brittle. and the lower explosion limit is like 2%. Hydrogen is NOT your friend.

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@jeremiemiller35 Yeah, but that was the gasket in the solid rocket booster. Hot exhaust from this booster than burned through the insulation and into the hydrogen tank. So it´s not really the hydrogen´s fault, imho.

[@jeremiemiller35]

@@paavobergmann4920 Just to clarify, we are in agreement that Hydrogen was not the, metaphorical, catalyst to the challenger tragedy.

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@jeremiemiller35 Yes, sure. It´s the stuff that went BOOM, but the reason was the solid booster.

[@SurfingTheSoundwaves]

This was a really fun and interesting episode. Thanks Joe.

[@joeylantis22]

Amazing sponsor! Amazing video! Great Job Joe!!! You’re one of the most underrated KZbinrs.

[@MadScientist512]

Someone at a chipboard factory near me went through the pressing machine and came out in one piece...of chipboard. One genius at the local meat plant jumped in the big blood and bone mulcher to push an obstruction through with his foot, and when that foot inevitability went in he tried to push himself out with his other foot, and only at this time did someone stop the machine; it took several hours with angle grinders and blowtorches to cut his legs out of the machinery, and he even kept most of them.

[@voltgod]

The hidden image is TIGHT! Another informative, entertaining piece Joel!

[@itsROMPERS...]

His name in right there in the channel.

[@JonS]

@@itsROMPERS... his close friends call him Joel for short 😂

[@ColdPlayNS]

Wait wait! WHO IS THAT IN THE HIDDEN IMAGE AND WHY IS IT TIGHT? thanks!

[@apocrypha5363]

I'm expecting a Dr. Petard to be on this list, lol.

[@steven7385]

I remember reading about the Curies in Children's Digest 50 years ago. I still find it amazing when I learn that people have no idea who they were.

[@raquelharker8428]

Your sense of humour is very subtle, but hilariously funny. Well done.

[@nilspochat8665]

Gotta admit, i laugh at least one too many times. Am i a bad person? Also, Joe Scott is probably one of the only person on this platform to make the effort to pronounce things right in any language, yet still apologizes for his _bad pronunciations_ which are usually fine.

[@dadventuretv2538]

Hey we can add one more to this list now!!! 😂😂

[@terriobrate765]

I stumbled upon this channel and am so glad I did. You had me at "and a hilarious joke ensued"

[@garynapolitano1270]

Great job as usual Joe! I mean, who doesn’t like learning about other people’s deaths in an amazing fashion :-) seriously though, I might check out 80,000 hours as a frustrated mouse on a wheel/frustrated inventor & elevator

[@kahleeb624]

I absolutely love old 20s people and propellers where they NEVER seemed to figure out you should generally cover spinning blades of death when at ground level near people! 🤣🤣

[@KaiHenningsen]

... modern helicopters can still kill bystanders with those spinning blades of death ... (and so can modern prop planes)

[@44hawk28]

The three accidents that I recall because I was easily around at the time, that involved pintos where they actually caught fire were all not of relatively minor rear-end accidents. They were all with vehicles of much larger size running into a pinto going at a considerably higher speed and a much larger vehicle. Physics being what it is, a 10 mile an hour difference in speed is considerable when you start considering the actual mass. These vehicles were going to burn it didn't matter what type of fuel filler nozzle it had. And it didn't take long before the side fuel tank issue on some of the Chevy trucks was made into a running joke because the only way to get him to actually ignite was to attach model rocket and igniters at the front of the vehicle that hit it. But they still had to stop putting them on the truck. You want to make sure that a vehicle doesn't catch fire when you run into it, don't run into it. Learn to use what Chrysler invented. The hydraulic actuated brakes. Still to this day the safety mechanism that is saved more lives than all others combined. And Henry Ford fought for years not to pay royalties to Chrysler so that they could put them on their vehicle. They finally relented and the Ford finally became a more modern car.

[@Aureateflux]

The Pinto has the unfortunate status of being the scapegoat of the entire automotive industry at the time. The placement of the fuel tank was unfortunate, but as you point out it didn't really make the car as likely to explode as people think. The problem is that *all* cars were death traps at the time. The Pinto just happened to be the popular, affordable car with a few well-publicized accidents that exposed how dangerous all cars were. And even though the Pinto took the rap for the whole industry, it did spark change that turned safety features from an option you pay for to a mandatory feature. From that perspective, the Pinto has saved far more lives than it cost.

[@squirlmy]

Lee Iacocca was in charge of bringing the Pinto to market(as Vice President of the company), and rather than being scapegoated, afterwards he became CEO and President. Apparently his handling of the resulting fiasco impressed people. People today defend and sympathize with the "poor Pinto". Well, the guy in charge didn't suffer for it anyways!

[@davidjones332]

@@Aureateflux But the point is that Ford knew from crash tests that the Pinto was vulnerable before they launched it. They cynically calculated that it would be cheaper to pay the claims for incinerated customers than to redesign the car -that was the real scandal.

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

@@davidjones332 Agreed 100% !

[@drk321]

That flash of David Carradine @ 3:28 was brilliant.

[@whatwilliswastalkingabout]

Thank you for including the exploding Pinto scene from Top Secret. A criminally forgotten movie, despite (and possibly BECAUSE of) the numerous musical interludes.

[@IR4TE]

A contender for this that instantly came to my mind was Otto Lilienthal, a german aviator who built gliders in the 1890s, and died after crashing with one.

[@joescott]

I got a few comments on that one. Maybe I'll have to do a part 2. :)

[@jeanc.65]

Unfortunately you can add the Oceangate Titan submersible to this list.

[@peterwill9660]

Clive Cussler, author of Dirk Pitt novels and founder of national underwater and marine association, discovered and recovered the Hunley. Sadly, he recently passed away.

[@ivanscottw]

All right, finally, a full fledged video with content, insightful thoughts ! None of those "shorts" things.. I'm back in !

[@MrShivshank]

damn youtube algorithm is brutal af

[@flapjack413]

And now we can add Stockton Rush to this list.

[@tyr0n313]

10:55 my god, this reference just made me love this channel so much more than I thought I ever could. Well done.

[@theman1860]

Funniest episode as of yet! I was eating and had a hard time finishing my meal because of how hard I was laughing 😂 Great content Joe! Keep it up!

[@TruckingToPlease]

Come on Joe, no mention of "The Man with the Golden Gun" with the flying car? Got 3 good belly laughs out of this one. Always a good start on a Monday. Keep 'em coming!

[@Carmoflage]

first one that came to my mind was "the guy who invented the "bracen bull" - It is said that Perillos (who invented it) was forced into it by his client Phalaris. But it is also stated that phalaris let Perilos out of the bull before he died, only to throw him from a cliff killing him this way.

[@squirlmy]

Spelled "Brazen" or just called the Bronze Bull. There's a good example of someone who deserved his end, if it ever really existed. Some say it was a myth, a total fabrication.

[@NikSan1983]

This is the first time I've actually say through a sponsor talk through !! Great work !

[@TheMonkdad]

Loved the .5 second David Carradine reference.

[@alistear7862]

I was looking for anyone else who had caught that! Pretty funny!

[@gwcrispi]

Time to add Stockton Rush to this video...

[@Thefan]

I recognized Mizar from the thumbnail! Was expecting the inventor of the Brazen Bull to get a mentioned since he was (rumoured to have been) the first person to try out his execution device: though he wasn't really advancing society all that much....

[@joescott]

There were a couple of people who invented execution devices that almost made the list but got cut for time. Maybe a part 2?

[@Thefan]

@@joescott A part 2 would be fantastic! Its such a great concept

[@squirlmy]

well, for that matter Edison invented the electric chair (whether there was later refinements IDK). He did it in order to convince people that AC current was dangerous (which General Electric was using via Tesla's inventions). He also electrocuted an elephant that was scheduled to be put down, and it went horribly wrong and several shocks needed to be applied. Witnesses could smell it's burning flesh. To think Edison was presented as a big hero in school when I was growing up.

[@hellomjb]

3:28 OMG, I lost it!!! You win the internet today Joe!!

[@benedgerlywalsh3335]

"A problem that has apparently never been solved!" Joe, I love how you somehow managed to tie more than one of these to events from just the past few weeks. 😅

[@anthonydillon2969]

Hey Joe, do you think Nano Onions are going to replace graphene or just a tasty side dish?

[@matejmacek5784]

Marie Curie did not die due to her research but because she saved multiple lives as x-ray machine operator (at that time they did not use films but they observe image in real time on glass ).

[@Mikeom41]

The use of the scene from Top Secret was perfect 😂

[@mkhy3565]

Thoroughly enjoyed listening and watching this video. Keep doing more like this please.

[@VitoFur]

Another one: The inventor of the Segway died by falling down a cliff on accident... on a Segway

[@plutoniumshore]

Ok Joe...Why did YT suddenly recommend this video to me again? =P

[@Amalgamotion]

These are always bittersweet stories, thanks for covering their stories. I'd like to offer an honorable mention to Luis Jimenez and his creation 'Blucifer'

[@henrygottnunne303]

I gotta give a Big Like to Joe for his marvelous way of starting out some of his phrases 'on a high note', and his expressive expressions in his story lines. Good on you, Joe. It was a real fun & good presentation. No question, some accidental strangulations are just a bit downright embarrassing, re: Mr. Midgley, &, .......

[@douglasboyle6544]

Fun Fact, the first US ship sunk by a German submarine in WWI was also named "Housatonic". The SS Housatonic was sunk just two days after the announcement of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and she was carrying grain from Galveston, TX to the UK and was sunk near the Isle of Scilly in the UK. She was boarded and warned before being sunk so all were evacuated before her torpedoing and were later rescued.

[@wallywam1]

When I first read this I got the ships crossed up in my mind and I was trying to figure out why anyone would use a submarine to transport grain 😂

[@jtaustinmusic]

I think we can add another one here

[@davidmorgan6000]

Hey Joe, the scene when Han Solo smacks the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon to wake it up would have been perfect for the last segment! JAT! Great work as always, really enjoy all you do!

[@PrimevalDemon]

This vid covered so many of my favorite bases its ridiculous. I love early submarine history

[@SeventhSwell]

Wonder if there's any deeper meaning to KZbin suggesting this video to me today, June 23rd, 2023. I wonder why they're pressuring me into watching a video I've watched before. If it's because of what I think, that's pretty dark of the algorithm.

[@NextLevelCode]

It’s doing exactly what it was made to do. Recommend related video content 😅