TOP 5 Deadliest Inventions

Check out the 5 Deadliest Inventions in the World !

1. Atomic Bomb:

The atomic bomb was invented during World War II in the famous Manhattan Project led by scientist Robert Oppenheimer. It was first tested on July 16, 1945 in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The blast was so bright, a blind girl 120 miles away claimed to see it, and it caused a mushroom cloud of radioactive vapor to hover at 30,000 feet. This ushered in the Atomic Age, and led to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a month later, killing 66,000 and 39,000 respectively. The nuclear fallout of the blasts led to radiation poisoning, illness, disease, and leukemia in many survivors. The atomic bomb has only been used these two times, so far at least. Hopefully the world will keep it that way.

2. TNT

Trinitrotoluene, also known as TNT, is an explosive chemical compound that was first synthesized in 1863 by German physicist Joseph Wilbrand. His intention was to use the compound as a yellow dye, as its explosive properties were not discovered until 1902, when the German army filled their artillery shells with it. Still widely used by the U.S. military and construction companies all over the world, TNT is poisonous, and skin contact can cause the skin to turn bright orange.

3. The Guillotine

The Guillotine  is a device designed for carrying out executions by beheading. It consists of a tall upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. The condemned person is secured at the bottom of the frame, with his or her neck held directly below the blade. The blade is then released, to fall swiftly and sever the head from the body. The device is best known for its use in France, in particular during the French Revolution, when it "became a part of popular culture" and it became celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents." The guillotine continued to be used long after the Revolution and remained France's standard method of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment with the backing of President François Mitterrand in 1981. The last person guillotined in France was Hamida Djandoubi, on 10 September 1977.

4: Automatic Rifle:

Mecixan General Manuel Mondragon invented the world's first automatic rifle in 1887, beginning a period of invention of ever-improving semi-automatic and automatic weaponry. Some of its descendants are the AK-47, the M16A1, and the M-14. These rifles are more dangerous than others because they are self-loading and capable of delivering both semi- and fully-automatic weapon fire. Although at one time just used by the military, automatic rifles are now all too common among international gangs. The automatic rifle has unfortunately become glamorized in cinema, television and other media as well.

5: Dirty Bombs

A dirty bomb is a weapon that combines radioactive material with explosives. Because they do not cause immediate death, dirty bombs are not classified as Weapons of Mass Destruction. However, radiation exposure from a dirty bomb can cause severe illness or death. Dirty bombs are therefore classified as psychological weapons designed to create panic and terror. Although no dirty bombs have actually been used, unexploded ones have been developed, and there is a fear of terrorists getting their hands on dirty bombs. It is difficult to say the exact impact a dirty bomb would have, since one has never been exploded, but most likely it would be devastating both economically and psychologically.