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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. Egg White in a Cosmo, Red Wine in an Espresso Martini ... - AOL

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    Here are some of the favorite accidental inventions named by professional bartenders that have happened over the years. ... Read the original article on Food & Wine. Show comments. Advertisement ...

  4. FarmVille makes TIME Magazine's Top 50 Worst Inventions List

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    TIME Magazine has released its list of "50 Worst Inventions" and somehow FarmVille has made the list of one of the fifty! The list of fifty worst inventions is compiled of "the world's bright ...

  5. List of discoveries influenced by chance circumstances

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    Royston Roberts says that various discoveries required a degree of genius, but also some lucky element for that genius to act on. [1] Richard Gaughan writes that accidental discoveries result from the convergence of preparation, opportunity, and desire.

  6. List of food contamination incidents - Wikipedia

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    An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.

  7. List of spurious inventions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of spurious inventions, technologies which are generally considered to not possess their claimed capabilities, to be hoaxes, ...

  8. Accidental Inventions That We Use Every Day - AOL

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  9. William A. Mitchell - Wikipedia

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    William A. Mitchell (October 21, 1911 – July 26, 2004) was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, Cool Whip, and powdered egg whites. [1] During his career he received over 70 patents.