January 16, 2008

Accidental but successful products

Imagine discovering something completely by accident and knowing that it would go on to be one of the biggest things in its industry and stay there for years to come? Wouldn’t that be great?

Here are just ten products that were found by accident:

Potato Chips - Discovered: Saratoga Springs, New York
Viagra - Discovered: Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
LSD - Discovered: Switzerland
Silly Putty - Discovered: New York
Microwave Ovens - Discovered: Massachusetts
Penicillin - Discovered: Scotland
X-Rays - Discovered: Germany
Artificial Sweeteners - Discovered: Illinois; Maryland; Nebraska
Brandy - Discovered: The Seven Seas
Vulcanized Rubber - Discovered: New York

Of course like many people out there, I could have thought of most of them too!

Source [Trifter]