Inventing something new is a dangerous undertaking. So dangerous, in fact, that a fair number of inventors end up dying as a result of their own inventions.
Wikipedia has a list of inventors killed by their creations, which includes at least one household name: Marie Curie, who died of radiation poisoning.
The links provided under “further reading” and “external links” for the main article provide more examples of those who suffered as a result of their work. And perhaps a few warnings for anyone thinking about pursuing that idea about how to make the flying car thing work.
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