24 Accidental Scientific Discoveries That Changed the World

docile - voiced paint yogi Bob Ross used to say “ we do n’t make mistakes , we just havehappy chance event . ” What ’s straight in six - second landscape painting house painting is also true in the skill world , as the glorious nerd atMental Flossexplain .

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Some of these inadvertent discoveries are pretty well - known , at least among the eccentric of folk who have enough destitute time and few enough friends to dedicate this poppycock to memory ( guilty ) . Some are really surprising , and sort of funny . So go on out there and keep incidentally mixing stuff and nonsense with other stuff — you could be on your way to the next swell scientific discovery . [ Mental Floss ]