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August 30, 2012

9 scientific breakthroughs that happened totally by accident

by Laura Domela

You may recall that inventions like the microwave and Play-Doh were mere happy accidents. And of course you’ve heard of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin jackpot. But there are so many more scientific breakthroughs that came about through sheer dumb luck that you may not have heard of.

Here are nine of our favorites, including a few that you use every single day.
via Gizmodo

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