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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-01-28 10:33:26+00:00.

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.