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| dsquire:
Hi Guys and Gals I am going to start this new topic off with Ivory Soap. I would appreciate if you know of any products or procedures that were discovered by accident if you would add them to this thread. Ivory Soap A soap maker at the Procter and Gamble company had no idea a new innovation was about to surface when he went to lunch one day in 1879. He forgot to turn off the soap mixer, and more than the usual amount of air was shipped into the batch of pure white soap that the company sold under the name, ‘The White Soap.’ Fearing he would get in trouble, the soap maker kept the mistake a secret and packaged and shipped the air-filled soap to customers around the country. Soon customers were asking for more “soap that floats.” When company officials found out what happened, they turned it into one of the company’s most successful products, Ivory Soap. Cheers :beer: Don PS: For anyony wanting more information on the history of soap go here. http://dirtsecrets.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/chapter-10/ |
| sparky961:
Here's a classic favourite of mine, Don: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_note |
| dsquire:
--- Quote from: sparky961 on May 22, 2013, 04:30:48 PM ---Here's a classic favourite of mine, Don: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_note --- End quote --- Sparky Thanks. I was expecting someone to post that one but had not figured on it being the first one. It's amazing to read about how some things were really discovered. :D Cheers :beer: Don |
| vtsteam:
Arc welding. Not too hard to imagine how that accidental discovery came about. :zap: :smart: |
| awemawson:
Probably quite shocking! |
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