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  2. 19 Accidental Inventions That We Can't Live Without Now - AOL

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    5. Play-Doh. Who: Kay Zufall, Brian, Joseph McVicker, Bill Rhodenbaugh When: 1956 . How it was created: The gooey toy kids have been playing with for decades began as a household cleaning product ...

  3. 42 Interesting Inventions From The Past That Just Look Odd ...

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    An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might ...

  4. List of lost inventions - Wikipedia

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    Stradivarius stringed instruments, considered some of the finest instruments ever made. Theories explaining their purported quality include denser wood unique to the time period due to solar activity, treatment with other materials like calcium and aluminum which have been found in a 2016 shaving, and technique. [ 1 ]

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  6. Serendipity - Wikipedia

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    Horace Walpole by Joshua Reynolds Robert K. Merton 1965. Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. [1] The term was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754.. The concept is often associated with scientific and technological breakthroughs, where accidental discoveries led to new insights or inventions.

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    A talking urinal made for advertising purposes. iLoo: Microsoft's attempt to bring you the interwebzzz inside the portable toilet. Jack Black: Not the actor, but the 19th century rat catcher who bred unusually colored rats and sold them as pets. Japanese toilets: The most advanced toilets in the world with computers, nozzles and flashing lights.

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  9. List of multiple discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Merton contrasted a "multiple" with a "singleton"—a discovery that has been made uniquely by a single scientist or group of scientists working together. [5] The distinction may blur as science becomes increasingly collaborative. [6] A distinction is drawn between a discovery and an invention, as discussed for example by BolesÅ‚aw Prus. [7]