THE MOST FASCINATING INVENTIONS INVENTED BY ACCIDENT
#1- VELCRO
WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT VELCRO ,THE THING THAT WE USE IN WEARING OUR FIRST SHOES , WOULD BE AN “ACCIDENT PRONE” INVENTION ! WELL , WHEN SWISS ENGINEER GEORGE DE MESTRAL WAS OUT HUNTING IN THE ALPS WITH HIS DOG , HE NOTICED BURRS STCIKING TO IT’S FUR . HE VIEWED 1 UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AND OBSERVED TINY HOOKS THAT ALLOW IT TO HOOK ON SURFACES LIKE FIBRE AND WOOL . AND THE VELCRO WAS INVENTED . IT WAS INVENTED IN 1955 .
#2- TEFLON
Well , whenever you’re making breakfast , do remember that Roy Teflon is the reason why you’re able to flip things by ease . He was basically aiming to make a new type of chlorofluorocarbon . But one day , when he returned to a refrigerator chamber to check on an experiment , he noticed that a canister that had contained gas had vanished leaving behind a few flakes . He realized that it had a very high melting point and was more of a lubricant . So , he used it first in military applications after the world started to use it in their kitchens . DOUBLE USAGE !!!!!!!!!!! It was invented in 1938 .
#3- THE SLINKY
WHAT !!!! IS THIS FUNNY TOY INVENTED BY ACCIDENT ! BUT , HOW WAS IT INVENTED ? RICHARD JONES , AN ENGINEER , WAS WORKING TO DESIGN A METER THAT COULD MONITOR THE POWER ON BATTLESHIPS . BUT , WHEN HE WAS WORKING WITH SOME TENSION SPRINGS ONE OF THEM FELL TO THE GROUND . THE SPRING KEPT BOUNCING FROM PLACE TO PLACE UNTIL IT HIT THE FLOOR . THE SLINKY WAS INVENTED .
#4- COCA COLA
WHAT ! , HOW IS THIS SO-POPULAR COLD DRINK INVENTED BY ACCIDENT ! WELL , IN ATLANTA IN THE 1880’S , PEMBERTON SOLD A SYRUP MADE OF WINE AND COCA EXTRACT KNOWN AS THE “ PEMBERTON’S FRENCH WINE COCA “ . BUT IN 1885 , ATLANTA BAND THE SALE OF ALCOHOL , SO , PEMBERTON MIXED CARBONATED WATER INSTEAD OF WINE AND IT WAS DRANK AS SODA . AND THIS BEVERAGE WAS A TONIC FOR THE BRAIN i.e. “ A HEADACHE CURER “ KNOWN AS “ COCA COLA “ IN THE MODERN AGE . THE DATE OF INVENTION WAS – 1886
#5- PENICILLIN
ONCE UPON A DAY IN 1928 , SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING NOTICED THAT A CONTAMINATED PETRIDISH IN HIS LABORATORY WHICH HE HAD DISCARDED CONTAINED A MOLD THAT WAS DISSOLVING ALL THE BACTERIA AROUND IT . WHEN HE GREW THAT MOLD BY HIMSELF , HE NOTICED THAT IT CONTAINED A POWERFUL ANTIBIOTIC , NAMED PENICILLIN , WHICH COULD CURE AILMENTS RANGING FROM SYPHILIS TO TONSILITIS . THANKS , TO HIM , THE RATE OF PEOPLE DYING FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES IS 1/20TH OF WHAT IT WAS BACK IN 1900 . IT WAS INVENTED IN 1928
#6- X-RAYS
IN 1895 , A GERMAN PHYSICIST , WILLHELM ROENTGEN WAS WORKING WITH A RAY TUBE . WHEN HE TURNED ON THE RAY TUBE , HE SAW A NEARBY FLOUROSCENT SCREEN THAT WOULD GLOW EVERYTIME WHEN THE ROOM WAS DARK ALSO . HE TRIED TO BLOCK THEM , NOTHING HAPPENS . AND ALLAS , A MIRACLE HAPPENS , WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND IN FRONT OF THE TUBE , HE COULD SEE HIS BONES ! SO , THE X-RAY WAS INVENTED ! IT WAS INVENTED IN 1895 .
#7- PLAY DOUGH
WANNA PLAY ? YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SURE WITH PLAY DOUGH ! BUT DID YOU KNOW , IT WAS INVENTED BY ACCIDENT ? Noah McVicker DESIGNED IT . BUT HE WANTED TO CREATE A WALLPAPER CLEANER INSTEAD OF PLAY DOUGH . BUT IT WAS TOO LATE . THE INVENTION WAS SPREAD . A NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER THEN WANTED THATSO THAT THE CHILDREN CAN PLAY WITH IT . AND ALLAS , IT WAS NAMED “ PLAY DOUGH “ , BY THEN , THE NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER HAD ALSO SUGGESTED A NAME FOR IT ! “ PLAY DOUGH “ . IT WAS INVENTED IN 1955 .
