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The artificial sweetener cyclamate was discovered when a lab worker smoked a cigarette.
In 1937, graduate student Michael Sveda put his cigarette down on the lab bench and noticed it tasted sweet when he picked it up again. The compound he was working with had transferred to the cigarette, leading to the discovery of cyclamate sweetener.
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Teflon was discovered through a failed refrigeration experiment.
Roy Plunkett discovered Teflon when a frozen, compressed sample of tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerized. This accident created one of...
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The bacterial nature of ulcers was discovered when a desperate researcher drank bacteria.
Barry Marshall proved that bacteria cause ulcers by drinking a broth containing H. pylori bacteria, giving himself ulcers....
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Corn Flakes were invented when W.K. Kellogg and his brother accidentally left cooked wheat out.
The Kellogg brothers left some cooked wheat sitting out, which went stale. They processed it anyway, creating wheat...