North Carolina - Vince McMahon

North Carolina - Vince McMahon

Vince McMahon Jr. is nothing more or nothing less than a genius. There hasn't been a longer-running television series than the WWE and a lot of that has to do with Vince McMahon's business acumen and ability to keep a top-tier production team incorporated into his business. As the chairman of the WWE Inc. since 1982, he's been able to acquire his competitive assets in the WCW and curate a conglomerate of pro-wrestling platforms that makes the WWE the most domineering promotions company in the world for professional wrestling.

As a wrestling personality, he's utilized his position as CEO to create storylines that have allowed his persona to blossom in front of wrestling fans. Throughout his tenure, McMahon has held the WWE Champion title once and the ECW Championship belt once as well. As the boss, he calls the shots and only holding the title belt once is pretty humble if you ask us. Without Vince McMahon there is no hostile WWE takeover and wrestling might not be what it is today without him. We gotta give him his flowers while he's here.

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Did You Know...

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When we think of inventors, the image that comes to mind is usually that of a frazzled scientist toiling away in a lab, not celebrities pulled from the pages of Us Weekly. However, a number of well-known public figures hold patents for various innovations. Some are related to the work that made them famous, while others are offshoots of hobbies or just a single great idea.

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Part of guitar wizard Eddie Van Halen's signature sound was his two-handed tapping technique, but letting all ten fingers fly while simultaneously holding up the guitar's neck could get a bit tricky. Van Halen came up with a novel way to get around this problem, though; he invented a support (top) that could flip out of the back of his axe's body to raise and stabilize the fretboard so he could tap out searing songs like "Eruption." While Van Halen was obviously interested in improving his guitar work, the patent application he filed in 1985 notes that the device would work with any stringed instrument. Want to tap out a scorching mandolin solo? Find someone selling Eddie's device.

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It’s probably not surprising that James Cameron—who designed a submersible to take him to the deepest known part of the ocean—will often invent technology to make his films if what he needs doesn’t exist. He holds a number of patents, including US Patent No. 4996938, “apparatus for propelling a user in an underwater environment,” that he and his brother, Michael, created to film The Abyss and patented in 1989. The device is basically an underwater dolly equipped with propellers that makes it easy for a camera operator to maneuver in the water—and allowed Cameron to capture the shots he wanted for the 1989 film, part of which was filmed in an abandoned nuclear reactor.

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In 1987 Jamie Lee Curtis designed and patented a disposable diaper that included a waterproof pocket that held baby wipes. She hasn't profited from her idea yet, though, since she refuses to license the patent until diaper companies make biodegradable products.

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You know him as a rock legend, but Neil Young also loves trains—so much that he owns a stake in a model train manufacturing company and has an extensive collection. He also holds seven patents related to model trains, including Patent No. US5441223, "Model train controller using electromagnetic field between track and ground."

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