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Life lessons: Wheeler senior used bike accident as inspiration for invention – The Westerly Sun

Life lessons: Wheeler senior used bike accident as inspiration for invention  The Westerly Sun
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NSW boy loses fingertips in horseriding accident, creates invention to make sure it never happens again

“That’s when I came up with the Rein Angel,” he said. “I thought, ‘Well, if I can make a change in the world then I better do it now’.” Colt’s Rein Angel invention has been designed to prevent …
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The invention of sarin gas was an accident. A German scientist was trying to kill bugs.

The enemy wasn’t Syrian rebels. It was the weevil, a voracious beetle found in fields and orchards. Ask a gardener about weevils. Or Orkin, the pest control experts, which says “they can be very destructive, and their damage is often very expensive.”
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‘Which inventions were created by accident?’ – The Independent


The Independent

'Which inventions were created by accident?'
The Independent
Potato chips. In the 1800s in New York, a customer at a restaurant sent back French fries because they were too thick. The cook made thinner ones that the customer still thought were too thick. Exasperated, the chef made ones that were exceedingly thin

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12 Amazing Inventions Created Entirely By Accident (PHOTOS) – Huffington Post

12 Amazing Inventions Created Entirely By Accident (PHOTOS)
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You can thank one picky, dissatisfied customer in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for the invention of this glorious snack food. In 1853, after a customer repeatedly sent his order of fried potatoes back to the waiter, complaining that they were too soggy and

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