• Dettweiler@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, the main salesman for Skydrol (a phosphate based, non-flammable hydraulic fluid for aviation), did not invent the product; but was known to drink some of it during his pitch to “prove” that the fluid was safe. He died of stomach cancer.