The
100 Most Irrelevant Figures
of the
20th Century


 

Thomas Midgley Jr.

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Along with Charles Kettering, this man invented the "Miracle Compound" called Freon, which is now infamous for greatly adding to the depletion of the earth's ozone shield -- just as mascara is now infamous for greatly adding to the depletion in voter support for Vice President Al Gore.

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