I believe no truer words have been spoken than the opening of the section on Midgley in that article -
"Thomas Midgley Jr. Tried Really Hard to Destroy the World"
The man was the template for a Mad Scientist and the closest thing to a super villain there has been. It's a bit of poetic justice he died as a result of one of his own contraptions.
There is an episode of American Experience that has a part on the introduction of leaded gasoline that covers it better than the Cracked article, it's just not as funny.
I believe no truer words have been spoken than the opening of the section on Midgley in that article -
"Thomas Midgley Jr. Tried Really Hard to Destroy the World"
The man was the template for a Mad Scientist and the closest thing to a super villain there has been. It's a bit of poetic justice he died as a result of one of his own contraptions.
There is an episode of American Experience that has a part on the introduction of leaded gasoline that covers it better than the Cracked article, it's just not as funny.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/