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12 Inventors Who Were Killed By Their Inventions

These might be the smartest people to ever deserve a Darwin Award.

By Infantgenius

Published 11 years ago in People & Lifestyle

These might be the smartest people to ever deserve a Darwin Award.

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Alexander Bogdanov (1873-1928) invented a blood transfusion therapy intended to achieve eternal youth or at least partial rejuvenation. He died after receiving blood from someone who had malaria, tuberculosis, and had the wrong blood type.

2
Francis Edgar Stanley (1849-1918) died driving his Stanley Steamer into a pile of wood.

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3
Franz Reichelt (1879-1912) told authorities he would make the initial test of his wearable coat parachute by throwing it with a weighted puppet from the first deck of the Eiffel tower. But he had tricked the authorities, and then he died from the fall.

4
Harry K. Daghlian Jr. (1921-1945) and Louis Slotin (1910-1946) both died from the radiation they were exposed to while working on the atom bomb.

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Horace Lawson Hunley's submarine, CSS Hunley, had failed its first two routine submarine tests before--in 1863--Hunley captained the third, which also failed, and he drowned along with 7 crew members.

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Ismail ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (died ca. 1003-1010), a Muslim scholar, fashioned wings from wood and rope and died jumping off the roof of a mosque.

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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1516-1581) introduced the Scottish Maiden to Scotland and was later executed by it.

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The Qin dynasty executed Li Si (208 BCE) using the "Five Pains" method that he devised.

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Otto Lillienthal (1848-1896) invented the steerable hang glider, crashed it, and died.

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Michael Dacre perished in 2009 while testing his flying taxi intended to affordably transport people between regional cities.

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Thomas Andrews (1873-1912) was the architect of the Titanic and was aboard when it sank.

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William Nelson (ca. 1879-1903) died falling from his motorized bike during a test run.

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