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Originally Posted by hostile_anal_invasion
Remember those little swivel connectors for your corded phones?
A patent attorney invented that little swivel device to prevent your phone cord from getting tangled.
One day he was on his phone at his desk and he was reaching for something and his phone cord knocked over his coffee and it went all over his desk.
He got so pissed that he started trying to figure out how to avoid that. He ended up making MILLIONS from that little idea.
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Almond Stroger invented the Stroger Switch which enabled people to dial telephone numbers directly without having to go thru the operator.
He did it because he was a mortician and was convinced that the operator was sending his potential business to his competition.