The Inventions of Thomas Midgley | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror
19,008"On the 18th of May, 1889, Thomas Midgley Junior was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Midgley's First Invention
04:07 - Midgley's Second Invention
06:43 - The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell
SOURCES:
► "The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes" by Steven Johnson, published by The New York Times Magazine, March 2015. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazine/cfcs-inventor.html
► "What happened to the world's ozone hole?" by Kira Walker, published by BBC Future, March 2022. Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220321-what-happened-to-the-worlds-ozone-hole
► "The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer" published by the UN Environment Programme Ozone Secreteriat. Link: https://ozone.unep.org/treaties/montreal-protocol
► "Thomas Midgley, The Most Harmful Inventor in History" by Neil Larsen, published by OpenMind, May 2021. Link: https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/research/thomas-midgley-harmful-inventor-history/
► "One Man Invented Two of the Deadliest Substances of the 20th Century" by Kat Eschner, published by Smithsonian Magazine, May 2017. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-man-two-deadly-substances-20th-century-180963269/
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