Economy
The inventor who gave away the match
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Some people just want to watch the world burn, for completely free. John Walker invented the friction match in 1826, revolutionizing fire-starting forever. Despite everyone telling him to patent the wildly lucrative invention, he refused, claiming it was too beneficial for mankind. Consequently, ruthless businessmen copied his exact formula, and he died without seeing a dime of the profits.
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