As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This is because unintended consequences have no regard for even the most angelic of wishes.
Take Thomas Midgley Jr, the bespectacled inventor key to the creation of leaded petrol, which stopped engine knocking, and of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) for refrigeration.
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