Search Results for: 51 Accidental Inventions That Changed The World

Did you know? - Ice-lollies were invented when a little boy left a glass of soda water out on a chilly night. - Potato chips were the result of a chef wanting t

Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval? 1920s cotton buyer Earl

In 1940 a team of British Scientists arrived in Washington, bearing Britain s most closely guarded technological secrets, including the cavity magnetron, a revo

Many of the world’s most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a par

The greatest discoveries are made outside the classroom! Learn all about mistakes that changed the world with this collection of the strange stories behind ever