5 Accidental Discoveries

Some of the Greatest Discoveries have been made entirely by accidents.

From Treats to Drugs, Here are 5 Accidental Discoveries.

Play - Doh
Noah and Joseph McVicker - 1955

It was accidentally invented in 1955 by Joseph and Noah McVicker while trying to make a wallpaper cleaner and coal dust remover.

It was later discovered that kids loved to use it as modeling clay, and play-doh was born.

More than 700 million pounds of Play-Doh have sold since then, but the recipe remains secret.

Potato Chip

George Crum - 1853

This snack is widely attributed to this disgruntled chef.

One dinner guest found that Crum's Fries are too thick for his liking and rejected the order, Crum cut them extra thin and the Potato Chip was born.

Chocolate Chip Cookie

Ruth Wakefield - 1930

Wakefield was mixing a batch of cookies for her guest when she ran out of baker's chocolate.

Using a bar of sweet Nestle's Chocolate instead, and expecting it to melt and absorb into the dough. That didn't happen, but the surprising result make her one of the 20th Century's Most Famous Women Inventors.

When she removed the pan from the oven, she invented the new treat.

Viagra

Pfizer - 1998

Developed as a treatment for angina, a heart condition, but with poor results.

Nearly abandoned until the trial volunteers reported some frisky effects.

Thanks to a failed treatment, Viagra is now one of the most prescribed drugs in the world.

LSD (ACID)

Albert Hoffman - 1938

Produced during research into the medicinal uses of crop fungus, the main intention of the synthesis was to obtain a respiratory and circulatory stimulant.

Hoffman accidentally ingested the drugs and discovered its hallucinogenic and powerful effects.

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