stackyFACTSIrony has literally never been hotter. The original chemical fire extinguisher was brilliantly patented in 1839 by an American inventor.
Irony has literally never been hotter. The original chemical fire extinguisher was brilliantly patented in 1839 by an American inventor. However, absolutely all of the detailed patent records and specific mechanical blueprints were entirely destroyed when the massive US Patent Office aggressively burned to the ground in 1836. An invention strictly designed to stop fires was erased from existence by a building that severely lacked one.
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