Inventors killed by their inventions

Join the guys this week as they talk about when creating something goes TERRIBLY WRONG! Listen as they talk about Tailors creating parachute coats, pilots driving flying vehicles and japanese goverment officials going to the moon plus so much more!

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video link for franz the flying tailor mentioned in the episode can be found below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIkbK632Ve4

sources used for this episode can be found below:

1) https://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/max-valier-0 

2)https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/max-valier-modern 

rocketrys-first-casualty/ 

3) https://interestingengineering.com/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who harmed-the-world-the-most 

4) https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31341/flying-pinto-killed-its-inventor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Si

https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/death-by-invention-5-inventors-who-died-by-their-own-work.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Punishments

https://historyofyesterday.com/historys-first-astronaut-c27f32b3e8b5

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Guzheng City by Kevin MacLeod
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