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Accidental Discoveries That Changed The World

Reactions takes a look at the history of science and the many major discoveries that came accidentally. Sometimes they came from recognizing potential in an unexpected product or waste. Other times, discovery came out of pure desperation from a seemingly dead-end experiment. Here are some of those happy accidents that ended up changing the world.