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The fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed lives.
S1, EP10 "Laxative Lunacy"
The accidents behind the inventions of post-it notes, Ex-lax, Graphene and the way a walk in the snow almost leads to nuclear Armageddon.
S1, EP11 "Get A Grip"
A failed metal designed for gun barrels becomes a kitchen favorite: surgical steel; messing around in a spectacle maker's shop leads to the telescope; a bag of dirt from a remote island contains a bacterium that helps stop aging.
S1, EP1 "Conditioned"
Pavlov's investigations into dog digestion lead to phone addiction; a failed quest to find a safer refrigerant creates Teflon; a damaged delivery crate is instrumental in the invention of dynamite.
S1, EP2 "Blue Genes"
The failed experiment and the world's greatest crime-fighting tool; a clumsily dressed cut leads to the invention of plastics; how chance conversation and sausage poison changed the face of Hollywood.
S1, EP15 "Lenin to Lady Gaga"
How a failed poison gas detector results in the invention of the smoke detector; a Russian genius tries to measure gas density, but ends up with musical instrument; the Theremin.
S1, EP14 "Teas & Tipple"
The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.
S1, EP13 "Sleeping On the Job"
How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, led to the invention of anesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of the telephone.
S1, EP12 "How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day"
The search for an artificial form of quinine accidentally creates the first artificial dye, Mauveine; a failed dry-cleaning fluid results in Saran Wrap.
