Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the automatic machine gun, spent so much time test-firing his guns that he became completely deaf. His son Hiram Percy Maxim eventually invented the silencer, but too late to save his father’s hearing.
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Poet Don Reporting on the Black and Dangerous
What’s black and dangerousSits in a tree?A crow with machine gunMakes sense to me Rat tat tat…… Poet Don is FCS news reporterReporting on things of interest and no interestHe is a valuable asset to the FCS Team Don MatthewsJune 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 