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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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8. Viagra
To: Responsibility2nd
The Thermos... how does it know?
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:14:12 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously! No moobs, please.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:14:19 AM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Responsibility2nd
I’d put the adhesive for “Sticky-Notes” in there..............
To: OldMissileer
Ah, you way ahead of me..........
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:18:58 AM PDT
by
Isabel C.
To: Responsibility2nd; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
To: Revolting cat!
To: Responsibility2nd
WD-40 was accidental? I thought the -40 part of it was that it was the 40th water displacement formula they tried. 40 attempts at something isn't an accidental discovery, but rather a systematic testing system.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:23:20 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Obamacare: The 2010 version of the Intolerable Acts.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Teflon
Nylon
X-rays
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:23:41 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: Revolting cat!
1. Penicillin Also cures accidental STD infection.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:24:38 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:24:55 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:25:16 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: Responsibility2nd
To: Revolting cat!
ZOT!
___________________________
Oh Noes. At first I was thinking you were calling for a Zot on me. But then I got to thinking - that the ZOT indeed was a great accidental invention.
(Or was I right the fist time? lol)
To: Tijeras_Slim
McBLT, keeps the hot side hot and cool side cool.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:27:10 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
To: KarlInOhio
Exactly: They were looking for a Water Dispersing, lubricating, rust inhibiting application to be sprayed on the Atlas missile engines that were exposed to the salt spray at Cape Canaveral back in the 50s.
#1 through # 39 were not good enough. #40 worked great.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:29:06 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Prezdet Obama is what you get when you let the O.J. jury select a president !)
To: Responsibility2nd
I don’t think WD-40 was accident. It was the 40th attempt in a project to create a water displacement formula. “WD” = Water Displacement, “40” = 40th attempt.
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