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title: "Here are the top accidental inventions of all time"  
description: "Accidental inventions are discoveries made by chance, often resulting in revolutionary products or technologies."  
author: "Babita Soni"  
published: 2023-03-17  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2070/here-are-the-top-accidental-inventions-of-all-time  
category: "history"  
tags: ["accidental inventions"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Here are the top accidental inventions of all time

![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/048976c6-111b-4ef5-817f-ea0fa3743d0f.jpeg) ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/7ccec7d5-bc6e-423f-9a4d-84d284a28683.jpeg) Penicillin - discovered by chance when a petri dish was left exposed to air ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/4cc6103f-311c-478d-b63b-56d275cf382a.jpeg) Microwave oven - discovered when a candy bar melted in an engineer's pocket while working on radar equipment ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/3dddfec5-65ee-4ee5-92df-ea6fdfe9c04f.jpeg) Post-it Notes - discovered when a weak glue intended for super-strong adhesive was used to attach papers to a bulletin board ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/2ce6c5ca-caaf-47aa-b683-51cb26641325.jpeg) Saccharin - discovered when a chemist forgot to wash his hands before dinner and noticed the sweet taste of his bread roll ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/b29b8d64-4a7e-4cb8-a991-bd296a0c136b.jpeg) Saccharin - discovered when a chemist forgot to wash his hands before dinner and noticed the sweet taste of his bread roll ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/40171ada-543a-44b7-aeea-26e3ca683302.jpeg) Corn flakes - accidentally created when cooked wheat was left out overnight and turned stale, then rolled out and baked ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/4118cbd0-36b6-485f-86c7-7aaafb6fd074.jpeg) Teflon - discovered by a chemist experimenting with refrigerants who found a new compound was extremely slippery ![Here are the top accidental inventions of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f40d9cc3-054e-4b58-a9eb-901b08955572/images/f79eb801-df66-49f0-ae54-ce5d8770be0d.jpeg) Chocolate chip cookies - invented when baker's chocolate was substituted with Nestle chocolate in cookie dough

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