35 Lesser-Known Inventions of Famous Inventors | Mental Floss List Show | 533

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[zombieloveserte]

I like Erin a lot and John. Guess what? There is room for everyone, and the lovely smart hosts that we like.

[Bbrenda]

That doll thing will give me nightmares tonight.

[lindseyjames]

Thanks for that last one. Now my phone is haunted...lol

[MadTheDJ]

It's a bit of a popular misconception that the bullet always has to be removed from victim in order to save them. Unless the bullet is doing something in the body to cause it harm, there's no reason to take it out. There are plenty of people walking around with bullets in them. What modern doctors do now is repair the damage the bullet caused and let the body heal itself. In movies, taking the bullet out is often the moment when everyone breathes a sigh of relief, when in reality, it's usually the least important thing.

[whocares]

One of my favorite list show episodes! The creepy doll at the end had me laughing and crying in terror at the same time. Erin, you're a wonderful host and I look forward to mental_floss showing up in my feed each week 🙂

[IsabellaBurmester]

Hey! what about a video on inventions that were created at the same time or very close to each other.
As a Brazilian I know that the invention of the plane is given to different people depending on the country. Do we have anything else like that?

[SilverSharpiie]

I can’t believe mental floss did me like that at midnight as I was trying to fall asleep to fun facts. FUN FACTS 😢

[lawrencecalablaster]

I do miss John, but you did a great job, Erin! You might be the best presenter I've seen on here :)

[dismissing]

Woah, this is a crazy good video idea!

[magister]

The Landlords's Game was intended to teach the ideas of Henry George. Georgism is strongly opposed to Rentierism, but sees those capitalists who do not abuse government granted privileges as allies of the workers rather than exploiters. Georgism is strongly in favor of freed market capitalism, but strongly opposed to crony capitalism and rent seeking behavior in general. Georgist policies would levy a land value tax high enough to be equivalent to making the government the only landlord and redistribute those rents equally through a mix of social services and a basic guaranteed income (citizen's dividend), but would also abolish all taxes on any property made by human labor, end all tariffs, end all sales taxes, end patents, etc.

[gabbygateway]

I was going to thank you for not including Edison, but then...😞 there it is at the end. ☹️

[lawrencecalablaster]

I didn't find the dolls creepy until they did the editing work over them.

[tyrant-den]

Are those Edison inventions or Thomas Edison Inc. inventions?

[kuronosan]

That's a diving suit, not a SCUBA anything....

[JoeyJar]

I really liked this video and liked this host. Please keep making these videos, never mind what the comments say.
Discussion is important—especially free, open discussion—and I’m very glad we have it and that this channel facilitates it—don’t get me wrong—but I love this channel and really believe in it. Please keep doing what you’re doing! You got this!

[inujosha]

So what happened to the pork chop party fund?

[lawrencecalablaster]

I remember Lewis Latimer from the "Black History Month" episode of Black-ish :)

[spikeslobodian]

some inventions of lesser known inventors, and then a few known ones

[dylanwinestone]

Interesting how a show meant to be disclosing facts still says that Edison invented the lightbulb...

[elizabethtorres]

Hello 🐩,
I love your "dad jokes" don't stop.😉 🐩