r/todayilearned • u/EtOHMartini • 27d ago

TIL that philanthropist and engineer Avery Fisher was motivated to start his own company after, identifying a way to save his employer $10,000 a year, was immediately denied a $5/week raise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Fisher
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u/Nascent1 27d ago

/r/commagore/

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u/Heavy-End-3419 27d ago

Was looking for this comment. Thank you for your service. 

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u/tawilboy 27d ago

Disgusting first comma

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u/Dongslinger420 26d ago

that's so much more than just run-of-the-mill commagore, this is advanced text gore

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u/New2NewJ 26d ago

TIL that philanthropist and engineer Avery Fisher was motivated to start his own company after was immediately denied a $5/week raise. (en.wikipedia.org)