Website review: Pocket Gadget & Serendipity: 10 acc...
kinggimped discovered this in Bizarre/Oddities
•74 reviews since Jan 16, 2008
bizarre, science, inventions
•pocketgadget.org/2008/01/14/serendipity-10-ac...
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sfboiwonder rated 4 months ago- I have always liked the last name "Fleming", It sounds like you should blow your nose
- Squelchie rated 4 months ago
- Very interesting!
- zephramrules rated 4 months ago
- Mmmmm....ice cream cones....and penicillin!
- michelle5928 rated 4 months ago
- "Accidents" Waiting To Happen: 1. Penicillin 2. The Microwave 3. Ice Cream Cones 4. Champagne 5. Post-It Notes 6. Potato chips/crisps 7. The Slinky 8. The Pacemaker 9. Superglue 10. LSD
- Maddog2840 rated 4 months ago
- From the page: "The invention of the humble Post-It Note was an accidental collaboration between second-rate science and a frustrated church-goer. In 1970, Spencer Silver, a researcher for the large American corporation 3M, had been trying to formulate a strong adhesive, but ended up only managing to create a very weak glue that could be removed almost effortlessly. He promoted his invention within 3M, but nobody took any notice. 4 years later, Arthur Fry, a 3M colleague and member of his church choir, was irritated by the fact that the slips of paper he placed in his hymnal to mark the pages would usually fall out when the book was opened. One service, he recalled the work of Spencer Silver, leading to an epiphany â€" the church being a good a place as any to have one, I suppose â€" and later applied some of Silverâ€s weak yet non-damaging adhesive to his bookmarks. He found that the little sticky markers worked perfectly, and sold the idea to 3M. Trial marketing began in 1977, and today youâ€d find it hard to imagine life without them."
- rentthisspace rated 5 months ago
- They forgot Miley Cyrus.
- mochacoffee rated 5 months ago
- INTERESTING
- kick79 rated 5 months ago
- Cool
- thegnome54 rated 5 months ago
- I already knew six of these... long live trivia!
