10 Inventors Who Were Killed by Their Own Inventions

Posted by Elina Uphoff on Saturday, April 27, 2024
Michael Robert Dacre is pulled from his Jetpod in 2009 AP

To be an inventor, you need a pile of junk, some imagination, and the ability to take a leap of faith.

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Some inventions change the course of human history -- and some backfire terribly -- relegating their creators to the Wikipedia pages and Darwin Awards of our time.

Here are 10 stories of inventors who should have stayed in bed the day they tried to leave their mark.

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