[Mind-numbed Robot]

There are few things that produce a bigger high than discovering/knowing something no one else on earth knows.

How do you know? Have you experienced that? How do you know no one else knows it? If the others knowing don't publicize it how do you know about their knowledge? Sort of a tree falling in the forest thing.

I prefer Churchill's comment: "There is nothing quite as exhilarating as being shot at and missed!" That, I have experienced and I agree.

[B4Ranch]

It does get your blood racing, doesn’t it? The first time, I remember thinking, “What made him choose me as his target?” Just chance was my determination.

[null and void]

Have you experienced that? How do you know no one else knows it? If the others knowing don't publicize it how do you know about their knowledge?

Yes. Some of them were later patented. By the results of their efforts, if you know a simple technique that prevents certain defects in the final product, and your competitors' parts have those defects you can be fairly certain they don't know the cure.