The guy who invented them should be having to metal detect where every 4 square inches has at least one of them. Sentence him to that spot for eternity.
Ermal Cleon Fraze, an engineer who invented the pull-tab opener that is used on aluminum beer and soda cans, died of a brain tumor Thursday at Kettering Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. He was 76 years old and lived in Dayton. Mr. Fraze's simple device revolutionized the way people open beer and soft drink cans.
that was in 1989
Figures he died of a Brain Tumor..