Happy Thursday Geoffs, we’ve got quite the show for you this week! Spencer starts us off with a little lesson on naming a baby after a deceased loved one, also known as a necronym. Then Madison takes us through some nutty inventors who found themselves victims of their own creations. We’ve got an obituary for a sugar daddy that was anything but sweet, and one for someone who wanted to ensure his story got told. OH we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMBhDv4sik
http://www.planetdolan.com/20-inventions-that-killed-their-creator/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winstanley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_hull
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/thomas-andrews-chief-designer-of-the-titanic-real-hero
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/research/thomas-midgley-harmful-inventor-history/
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who-harmed-the-world-the-most
https://www.healthline.com/health/refrigerant-poisoning#symptoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr
https://stanleymuseum.org/francis-edgar
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Francis-Edgar-and-Stanley-Freelan-O
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Edgar_Stanley
https://allthatsinteresting.com/franz-reichelt
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-crashes-suv-fireworks-store-sparking-huge-firehttps://buffalonews.com/lifestyles/dear-abby-tread-carefully-when-naming-baby-after-deceased-relative/article_4498f474-9617-56ef-81f4-6ac79ecfd74b.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/rt0vhc/naming_kids_after_deceased_older_siblings/
https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-is-a-necronym.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronym
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