# The Guy Who Invented Roller Skates Crashed Into a Mirror (Are You Sh!#ing Me?)

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Podcast: [Are You Sh!#ing Me?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/are-you-sh-ing-me-6458770)
Published: 2026-05-15T13:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aysm/episodes/The-Guy-Who-Invented-Roller-Skates-Crashed-Into-a-Mirror-Are-You-Sh-ing-Me-e3jcufd
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Duration seconds: 168

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A Belgian inventor walks into a fancy London party in the 1770s with a world-changing invention, a master plan, and absolutely zero regard for physics. What happens next is either the greatest product launch fail in recorded history — or the most spectacular party entrance anyone has ever attempted. Either way, someone's paying for the damage. Are You Sh!#ing Me is the show where history's most unbelievable true stories get the appreciation they deserve. Host Brett raises a glass to the legends who swung big, missed spectacularly, and somehow never made it into the textbooks. Cheers!

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