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> - Steam-powered bicycles On a first read I though "yeah, sure, looks quite dangerous indeed", then I read: Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of the eponymous ste
by ithkuil 9y ago
> - Steam-powered bicycles
On a first read I though "yeah, sure, looks quite dangerous indeed", then I read:
Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of the eponymous steam-powered bicycle, died of a heart attack or subsequent crash during a public speed trial in 1896. It is unknown whether the crash caused the heart attack or vice versa.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoThis seems to mean "killed in an interesting way". People killed by their inventions in petrol-based transportation seem to be too numerous even for a Wikipedia list: "yeah, people die in cars en masse, that's not really newsworthy."