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TIL inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu holds 3,377 patents (e.g. the floppy disk). He finds inspiration by going on long underwater swims while holding his breath as long as he can "to starve the brain of... (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Original Title: TIL inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu holds 3,377 patents (e.g. the floppy disk). He finds inspiration by going on long underwater swims while holding his breath as long as he can "to starve the brain of oxygen." Then at "0.5 seconds before death" he jots down his idea on a waterproof notepad & surfaces.

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