Along with a little help from the Internet, we’re beginning to see that the most famous inventors of all time, some credited with inventing major products such as the lightbulb and the radio, merely stole their ideas from other people. Inside you will find 12 billion-dollar ideas that were definitely not original. Take a look!
It is quite sobering to realize that some of the greatest modern inventions we depend on an everyday basis were a complete (or partial) fluke. For example, if it weren’t for the mold in Alexander Fleming’s office, we would possibly never have antibiotics. Still, we’re not sure there is such a thing as a complete coincidence, as it takes quite a lot of observation, vision and hard work to see the potential in these half-baked inventions. Let’s celebrate this spirit of discovery by looking at some of the greatest and most fun accidental scientific innovations in history.
