19 random ingenious inventions that have become everyday

Many things that are familiar to modern society, were invented completely for another purpose or accidentally. Believe me, many facts will really surprise you.

The world does not stand still, and things that have been invented through various experiments and research have become common today - they surprise no one else. And it should be noted that some useful items were born completely by accident because of an error.

1. Popular chips are the result of revenge.

You like to crunch chips, but you can not imagine that they were invented completely by accident. The cook of one of the restaurants returned the fried potato to the visitor, saying that he was raw. A similar gesture was taken for insult, and the cook decided to cut the potatoes very thinly and fry it to fragility. As a result, there were tasty and favorite chips.

2. How did these shoes with a heel have been invented not for women?

Stylish and beautiful woman is associated with heels, which were originally, strange, but fact, were invented for soldiers, so that it was convenient to control the stirrups while riding a horse. After a while, heels began to be used for making ordinary shoes.

3. Thank the co-workers for the webcam.

Cameras today surround people everywhere, but few people know that the webcam was invented by Cambridge University staff, who are tired of finding an empty coffee maker. The camera helped them to monitor the amount of the drink and, in case of which, brew a new portion. By the way, she served faithfully for exactly 10 years.

4. It's good that bras are not iron.

To whom women all over the world should say thank you for bras, it is, strange as it may sound, to people who started the First World War. At that time, women of the fair sex wore corsets with metal inserts, but they had to be abandoned because all metal was used for military purposes. They were replaced by bras made of cloth.

5. The best medicine in the world is ice cream.

How well lived people during the Hippocrates, because one of the medicines was, do not believe it, ice cream! It was used to relieve fever. Today, unfortunately, these medications are not used.

6. How did the beloved bubble film appear?

A huge number of people are delighted to see a film with bubbles (as they fun to burst!), Which is used to safely transport fragile things. Now many will be surprised, but originally it was thought up in quality (an intriguing pause ...) of wallpaper! God, it would be so cool to be able to run down the walls and burst the bubbles. The idea proved to be a failure, but as a safe protection film is still used.

7. Accidentally created medicine for potency.

Many men, especially in their ages, use "Viagra", but initially the doctors tried to create a drug for the treatment of heart disease. The experiment was failed, but the drug had another interesting property, important for men.

8. The Internet and military technology.

The enmity of America and the USSR gave us the inseparable thing of the modern world - the Internet. Scientists actively worked on a method of transferring information through computers, in the event that telephone lines were destroyed during the attack. As a result, we can now communicate with each other, at great distances.

9. We treat the nervous system with Coca-Cola.

The popular carbonated drink is treated differently, but it can not be denied that it has become a part of people's life. During the Civil War in America, a well-known pharmacist made a tincture based on the cola nut and coca leaves. It was recommended to the military, who received a wound and took drugs with morphine to restore the nervous system. After a while, the production of a non-alcoholic beverage was established.

10. Radar and microwave - what's in common?

Every time, warming up food in a microwave oven, do you mentally thank the person who invented it? Now you will find out that your favorite technique was invented accidentally when creating a radar. The scientist at work discovered that the toffee in his pocket had melted. The first microwave was huge, and it consumed a lot of energy, but after the device was perfected.

11. Oh, this is karaoke ...

It is difficult to imagine the modern world without karaoke, thanks to which every person can feel like a superstar. There are such institutions, do not believe, because of the laziness of people. In Japan, a rock band played in the cafe and during the breaks the visitors tried to sing on stage. The drummer was tired of playing along with them, so he recorded his part on the tape and started to turn it on. After a while he developed a special apparatus for playing music without words.

12. Hit the dishes ...

Products of shatterproof glass are very popular, but like many other inventions, it appeared accidentally. In 1903, a French scientist dropped a glass vial containing a solution of cellulose nitrate. The glass broke, but it did not shatter into pieces. This happened thanks to the fluid that enveloped the tube from the inside. As a result, a safety glass was developed.

13. Ride the escalator like a carousel.

To present a modern shopping center or the underground escalator is very difficult, but few people will guess that it was invented at the end of the XIX century as a simple attraction. Interestingly, many people still like to go back and forth on a moving ladder.

14. To make it convenient to brew tea.

Many believe that tea bags will never give a real taste to a fragrant drink, but this can only concern modern production. If you look into the history, then initially one of the sellers of tea decided to sell it in an unusual way - in silk pouches. The buyers decided that they are intended to prepare a drink directly in them. Thanks to this, sales of tea increased significantly, and the idea received a huge development.

15. The accidental invention of matches.

Matches are used for different purposes, but, most interesting, if it were not for the care of the British pharmacist D. Walker, then perhaps they would never have appeared. While conducting his experiments, he mixed the medicines with chopsticks from a tree. After work, he noticed that on one of them the mixture withered, and when he tried to scrape it off, the stick caught fire. At first, the pharmacist made matches from cardboard, and then began using wood sticks 7 cm long. Walker was the first who suggested selling matches with a piece of sandpaper.

16. They wanted the elixir of eternal life, but they received gunpowder.

Another interesting story, tells of the discovery of explosive gunpowder. The Taoist alchemists worked with saltpetre to come up with the elixir of eternal life, but the experiments proved to be a failure. As a result, they received gunpowder, which was first used as a remedy for skin diseases.

17. Are we engaged in a torture machine?

Now you are sure to be surprised, because one of the most popular simulators, it turns out, is the prototype of the torture mechanism. Yes, before, people ran on it not to lose weight, but as punishment. The machine, coming into motion at the expense of the work of the convicts, rocked the water and pressed the grain.

18. Means to glue everything together.

It is difficult to imagine that once there was no "Superglue", and after all it was invented during the Second World War as a transparent plastic for the sights, but in this area it did not fit. At the same time, the ability to instantly glue together different things was not lost.

19. Points that hide emotions.

To protect their eyes from bright sunlight, many are accustomed to wearing glasses, but in the XII century their prototype was used by judges to not show their emotions. In the far north, glasses were made of wood with a slit to protect themselves from snow blindness, and the actors wore glasses to protect themselves from UV rays radiated by light sources on the site.