18 human accidents that actually had a great impact on history and society

Recently, I saw an E1ite user publication on the popular Ask Reddit page, asking people: “What is the smallest human accident that had the greatest impact on history?” The answers are quite surprising. I thought they were so great that I just had to share; So, here are some of the best:

1. “The discovery of the X -rays. Wilhelm Röntgen”, the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, “noticed a screen that shone by accident while experimenting with Cathode rays, and realized that he was looking at something totally new.”

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—U/Guiltycident6288

“He really thought he was going crazy and did not believe what he was seeing. Later, his wife entered and saw the same, so he knew it was real.”

—U/themes_repair5080

2. “A small bakery accident in the Thomas Farriner store (possibly only one oven or a unattended candle) triggered the great fire of London. He destroyed most of the medieval city, but strangely led a modern better planned London later planned. A baker forgot to vent a flame … Goodbye, London.”

—U/any factor-1697

—U/SuperspICYFOOD

4. “Little fried, but: Nintendo asked Sony to develop a CD unit for his Snes. Nintendo retired, but Sony thought: ‘We have come so far, we order it and free it.’ We release it. ‘Therefore, the PlayStation One.

—U/ROUGH_CHAMPTION7852

—U/briefly_Entretain698

6. “In 1945, Percy Spencer was standing near a magnetron, and the caramel bar in his pocket began to melt. Now, we can all have cold food in hot bowls as a result.”

—U/Jeffurrys

7. “Albert Hofmann spilled a couple of LSD drops in his hand. He decided to document how he felt.” This is what Hoffman wrote about the experience:

“(I was) affected by a remarkable concern, combined with a slight dizziness. At home, I went to bed and sank into a non -unpleasant intoxicated condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination.”

“(In) a dream state … I perceived an uninterrupted current of fantastic photos, extraordinary ways with an intense and kaleidoscopic game of colors. After about two hours, this condition vanished.”

—U/Davegrohlsperiod

8. “A thousand years ago in China, some alchemists were mixing ingredients together, trying to make an extended potion.

“BOOM! Primitive gunpowder was invented. “

—U/Gatito-Eater

9. “A murderer stopped in a delicatessen, then he saw his goal to drive with him in a car with his head open, after having taken a wrong turn … and that is how World War I started.”

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—U/Chromano

10. “The great flood of Boston’s molasses is there. He gave us modern engineering requirements and construction codes. He has saved tens of thousands to millions of lives in the last 106 years.”

—U/photoengerato

11. “A scientist used the AF screwdriver to test a radioactive nucleus and took a look at what radiation poisoning can do to the human body.”

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—U/Shezowraisedbywolves

12. “Spreading smallpox to the new world.”

—U/Allerious1

13. “The addition of sulfur to natural rubber for Charles Goodyear. It accidentally dropped a mixture of rubber and sulfur on a hot stove, discovering that it harden and became elastic and lasting.”

“U/Mintyjam.”

14. “London Dr. John Snow (not the true king of the Westeros) noticed a group of cholera cases in a small area. He tracked it to a water pump contaminated with anger of a close horsepower. Now we have municipal wastewater systems, and most people living in Western countries do not even know what anger is. Thank you.

—U/Wedog1066

15. “The metric system did not arrive in America. In 1793, at the request of Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Dombey carried an example of a standard kilogram from France to the United States when his ship was discouraged and captured by pirates. As a consequence, Congress was not willing to formally adopt the metric system. Vs. Another team that uses metric.”

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—U/cdn_nick

16. “Probably the Titanic. Only a ship that does not slow down for ice warnings, and changed the story. A single blow of iceberg became one of the most famous disasters in history. Then, they advance a century, and people repeat the story with the pinch of ocean.”

—U/plastic-armadillo974

“The Titanic actually led to standards in radio communication.

The Titanic had been warned by Radio of Icebergs, but told the other radio operators to shut up. Being that there were no standards at that time, the Radio operators aboard the Californian turned off their radios and went to sleep, losing all the Deganic’s relief signs.

As a result, radios must be left on and a radio operator must be available. “

—U/calm_seasons

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—U/God_is_a_pokemon

“Thomas Midgley Jr. also invented Freón.”

—U/often_drinker

“It was intentional, since the engine performance improved. But it had huge and terrible effects throughout the world.”

—U/eliminated

18. And finally: “That fish that decided to get a better look what is happening on land.”

—U/Maddestmsy

“A fish feels curious, and now I pay taxes only to exist on the only planet in the solar system that I can live. Health, friend.”

—U/liveninghlockheed

So what do you think? Feel free to share your own example of “human accident” in the comments below. Or, if you want to write but you prefer to remain anonymous, you can consult this anonymous form.