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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tbf, some things are created as accidents or surprises.

Superglue, for example, was made by a guy from Kodak in an attempt to make a clear lining for cockpit windows.

[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

post it notes having so little adhesion was from an attempt to make a super adhesive glue

[–] urushitan@kakera.kintsugi.moe 27 points 1 day ago

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[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

“Man, this horse we melted sure is sticky! Wonder if that could be useful somehow?”

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meow you’re thinking like a corporate scientist!

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 4 points 22 hours ago

Science cat approved 😼🥼🔬

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"who left this horse on the stove? It's all gooey and stuck to everything? Give it to Mikey and see how it tastes!"

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Aww Mikey dies every time he eats something we shoulda asked someone else