TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed.
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Reply to comment by Tavarin in TIL Margaret Knight (1838-1914) invented a machine to mass produce flat-bottomed paper bags and, after winning a lawsuit against a fraudster who copied her design, the patent was issued in 1871. Her first invention was when she was 12 years old (and began working in a factory). She had 87 patents. by WonderWmn212
inventions and had assigned patents for an estimated 60 more to her employers or financial backers." [https://americacomesalive.com/margaret-knight-1838-1914-successful-inventor/](https://americacomesalive.com/margaret-knight-1838-1914-successful-inventor/) These posts reference a total of 87 patents attributed to Knight: [https://framinghamhistory.org/the-mystery-of-margaret-knight/#:\~:text