stackyFACTSEven a genius makes terrible home appliances. After reading about a family killed by toxic fridge fumes, Einstein and a colleague patented a safer refrigerator using ammonia and butane. It was loud, absurdly inefficient, and completely abandoned once Freon was discovered.
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