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The Power of Accidental Discoveries
schmiddy writes "An article from Wired mentions the surprising number of discoveries that have been made entirely by accident. In an older article, The Discovery Channel's site points out a different subset of inventions that happened by accident. A much older article from PBS goes into more depth on the subject of accidental discoveries, and gives a great quote from physicist Joseph Henry: 'The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.'"
Most of the best food combinations were discovered by accident too..
mmm.. peanut butter & bananas.
A quote I once heard; Most scientific discoveries don't start with 'eureka', they start from 'hmm... thats odd'.