Adolphe Sax's Accidental Journey

Adolphe Sax, the son of instrument designers, had a history of accidents. As a child, he fell from a 3-story height, drank acidic water, swallowed a pin, fell into a frying pan, was burned in a gunpowder blast, and fell into a river. Despite this, he grew up to invent the saxophone.

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