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Top 10 People Who Got Rich by Accident Sometimes, the most successful and lucrative businesses were developed by sheer chance. And while each of these may have been discovered by accident, there is no doubt that each one played a degree of prominence in our society as well as made profits. Below, we are going to show you the top ten people who got filthy rich by accident. 10. Frank Epperson: Popsicle In 1905, a boy named Frank Epperson left a mixture of water and soda powder on his porch with a stick inside of a glass. He didn’t know it at the time but this would create the first ice lollipop. However, it wasn’t until 1923 that he actually put this idea into motion. He started a lemonade stand and started selling frozen treats that were called “Eppsicles” at the time. Later it would be changed and patented by the Popsicle Corporation. By the year 1928, there were more than 60 million Popsicle sales worldwide. 9. Harry Coover: Super Glue Almost all of us have used super glue at some point in our lives. Well if you have, you can thank American chemist Harry Coover for the discovery. The funny thing is that Coover was trying to create a clear plastic gun sight while using a chemical called “cyanoacrylate”. And after the experiment failed, he ended up with Super Glue. The idea was so popular that it resulted in two-billion in sales. Needless to say, this was one of the most profitable “accidents” of all time. 8. William Henry Perkin: Mauveine Henry Perkin was an English chemist that stumbled upon Mauveine, the first synthetic chemical dye, when he was only 18 years old. He did so by accident when he was trying to produce a medicine for curing malaria. Quickly after, he patented the process and the year after he created a factory called Greenford Green. He began to sell his dye and it proved by be quite popular. By the end of the 1860’s, mauveine was everywhere and William was a multi-millionaire before the age of 36. He later sold his company to purchase a laboratory that would allow him to conduct further research into what provided him curiosity. 7. Roy Plunkett: Teflon Tavaları yapışmaz kılan kaplama Teflon; 1938’de Roy Plunkett (ABD) tarafından tesadüfen icat edildi. Plunkett, toksit olmayan soğutucu gaz üretmeye çalışıyordu ve bir tüp dolusu tetrafloroetilen gazı hazırlamış olduğunu düşünmekteydi, ama asistanı Jack Rebok (ABD) tüpün kapağını açtığında, içinde gaz bulunmadığını gördü. Tüpü testereyle ikiye ayırınca tabanında inanılmaz özellikler sergileyen yağlı, beyaz bir toz buldular. Isı ya da elektrikten etkilenmiyordu, en güçlü asitler ve çözücülerle bile aşınmıyordu, dahası sürtünme katsayısı, o güne dek üretilmiş maddeler içinde en düşük olanıydı. Roy Plunkett, politetrafloroetilen (kısaca PTEF) adlı bir polimer yaratmıştı
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