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Seven greatest accidental inventions
San Antonio Express-News ^
| 04/04/2010
| Source: www.spike.com/blog/top-7-greatest/91870
Posted on 04/05/2010 10:12:05 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Edited on 04/05/2010 10:16:18 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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1. Penicillin
2. The Microwave
3. Coca-Cola
4. Velcro
5. Potato Chips
6. Dynamite
7. WD-40
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: accidents; imeanttodothat; inventions
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To: whd23
My great grandfather invented 1-UP, then 2-UP, then 3-UP....
Died poor. Poor old guy quit at 6.
:)
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posted on
04/05/2010 1:03:35 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
To: Responsibility2nd
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04/05/2010 1:04:26 PM PDT
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Osage Orange
(A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud)
To: catnipman
Personally, I wouldn't label keen observation and intellectual curiosity as "accidental".It could fit, if you look at it happening "by chance."
If his dog didn't get these burrs stuck to its fur all the time, he'd likely never have looked at them.
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04/05/2010 1:17:58 PM PDT
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IYAS9YAS
(The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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