15 Accidental Inventions You Can't Imagine Your Life Without
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Published 2018-03-26
Sometimes things don’t go according to plan. But every now and then, it’s for the better! American chemist Roy J. Plunkett was doing research for the company Dupont to make fridges safer and invented a strange substance that was non-reactive, non-stick, and resistant to extreme temperatures. We all know it as Teflon. John Pemberton was a pharmacist trying to find a way to get rid of headaches. He came up with a simple recipe consisting of two ingredients: coca leaves and cola nuts combined into a syrup. It was later mixed with soda by accident and became a huge hit. Dr. Spencer Silver, a chemist for 3M Company, was trying to create a super strong adhesive but what he got instead was a “low-tack” yet high-quality adhesive only strong enough to hold up a piece of paper but durable enough to be relocated multiple times without losing its stick. We all know and love it as Post-it notes today. The first antidepressant was discovered in 1957 and was supposed to be a cure for tuberculosis. Wilhelm Roentgen unintentionally put his hand in front of an electron-beam tube back in 1895 and noticed that the radiation passed through solid objects and body parts leaving a shadow. And now we have x-ray imaging!
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TIMESTAMPS
Matches 0:41
Teflon 1:33
Potato chips 2:25
Ice-cream cones 3:16
Coca Cola 4:03
Post-It notes 4:37
Safety glass 5:26
Vulcanized rubber 5:57
Plastic 6:50
Antidepressants 7:34
Implantable pacemaker 8:00
Antibiotics 8:28
X-rays 9:09
Superglue 9:42
Microwave oven 10:20
SUMMARY
-British pharmacist John Walker noticed that one of the sticks he used to mix the chemicals had some substance on it that caught fire easily.
-American chemist Roy J. Plunkett was trying to make fridges safer and accidentally created non-reactive, non-stick substance resistant to extreme temperatures.
-New York chef George Crum decided to change the way he cooked potatoes to avoid customer complaints.
-The ice cream booth at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis was running out of bowls and tried using waffles instead of them.
-Pharmacist John Pemberton was trying to find a way to get rid of headaches and invented the syrup of coca leaves and cola nuts.
-3M Company chemist failed to create a super strong adhesive but gave the world the famous sticky papers.
-French chemist Édouard Bénédictus noticed that the beaker that didn’t shatter after falling off his desk had had a thin film of liquid plastic in it.
-Charles Goodyear mixed rubber with sulfur and accidentally dropped it on a hot surface – that’s how vulcanized rubber was invented.
-Plastic was accidentally created in search for a cheaper alternative for shellac but became something way more useful.
-The first antidepressant was discovered in 1957 and was supposed to be a cure for tuberculosis.
-Wilson Greatbatch added the wrong electronic component to what was supposed to be heartbeat recording gadget and created the pacemaker.
-Scottish scientist Alexander Flemming noticed that mold killed the bacteria in a dish in his messy laboratory and saved a great number of lives with his invention of penicillin.
-Wilhelm Roentgen unintentionally put his hand in front of an electron-beam tube back in 1895 … and invented x-ray imaging.
-In 1942, Kodak researcher Harry Coover was working on transparent plastic for gun sights when he accidentally created an extremely adhesive substance that stuck to just about anything.
-Navy radar specialist Percy Spencer noticed that the bar of chocolate in his pocket melted near a microwave-emitting magnetron. And this is how the microwave oven was invented in 1945!
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All Comments (21)
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👉WHEN TEACHERS MAKES MISTAKE ITS A NEW THEORY 👉WHEN SCIENTISTS MAKES A MISTAKE ITS A NEW INVENTION 👉WHEN WE MAKE A MISTAKE ITS A MISTAKE
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0:41 The inventor of the matches is a legend. He's not greedy to patent it so everyone can make and use it right away. I salute you. Thank you Sir. 👍
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Because of one man's generosity, we have ice-cream cones today.
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The quote “There are no mistakes, only happy accidents” comes to mind
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Huge respect for the inventor of matches for not patenting his invention
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I can’t imagine how people lived without these inventions. They make our life considerably easier and significantly more enjoyable. I think we really should be happy just because of having these inventions 🤗
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As the recipient of a pacemaker, I found that part very interesting. I have heard a number of these before. I was surprised you didn't include stainless steel, which I was always told was invented by accident, when a metallurgist noticed that a couple of samples he had scrapped didn't rust.
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0:43 = matches 1:34 = teflon 2:26 = potato chips 3:19 = ice-cream cones 4:05 = coca-cola 4:40 = post-it notes 5:27 = safety glass 5:58 = vulcanized rubber 6:51 = plastic 7:37 = antidepressants 8:03 = implantable pacemaker 8:31 = antibiotics 9:10 = X-RAY 9:45 = superglue 10:22 = microwave oven YOUR WELCOME
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I'm really thankful for George Crum because without him there would be no chips today
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"They're not mistakes. Just happy little accidents." - Bob Ross
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Back in about 1955 I saw an exhibit at the State Fair of Texas. The exhibit consisted of a machine about the same size as a travel trailer, or maybe 20 feet wide and 6 or more feet wide. This machine had a window or door area about the size of a 8 by 8 inch window, with a door, I watched as they baked a biscuit and an egg inside this new microwave.
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As a scientist and patented inventor I found this to be one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen. This is not the story of "mistakes" which we all make, but the story of realizing that those mistakes have a practical value. That recognition is what separates these innovations from millions of things in waste baskets in laboratories which I am very guilty of. Who knows what our scientists and engineers discard every day? We will never know unless we have people that realize something unintended.
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I love the way he narrates/explains the discoveries. I get excited whenever I hear the narrator's voice because I knew it would be something worth watching. ❤
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I remember our family getting our first microwave. Although it wasn't called a "Microwave", it was a "Radar Range". ☺
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Moral:- Keep making mistakes you don't know when it becomes an invention. Edit: Thanks for so many likes. I have never got more than 10.
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Well I want to know if they “aCciDenTLy”made homework
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man chips used to be legit back then but now in bags it’s just A I R
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Wilson was trying to record the heartbeat and wound up inventing the pace-maker. I never would have guessed. My grandmother used her first one in the late 1970's. She lived another 20 years. Mind blowing that this invention was by accident! Great Inspiring Video!
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“There are no accidents “ - Master oogway
