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Mistakes That Worked

40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be
By:Charlotte Foltz Jones
Publisher:Random House Digital Inc.
Print ISBN:9780399552021
eText ISBN:9780399552038
Edition:0
Format:Reflowable

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Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!

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