During World War II, Japan invaded rubber-producing countries as they expanded their sphere of influence in the Pacific Rim. The government funded research into synthetic rubber compounds to attempt to solve this shortage, and that is when Silly Putty was accidentally invented. Continue reading to see more famous inventions and things that were accidentally discovered.

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