Humankind’s desire to be remembered by future generations has been around for thousands of years, some may say it’s human nature. A large number of people spend all of their lives trying to accomplish something great, something that will help them be remembered well after their time on this planet is up. From the Egyptians building the pyramids to Tolstoy writing War and Peace, the accomplishment can come in many different forms and happen at any time.
The quickest way to leave one’s mark is to invent something groundbreaking, but that is a lot easier said than done. There are many inventors who work for years on the same project hoping that it will be the one, while others stumble into gold mines completely by accident. Some inventions begin with one purpose and over time, a more beneficial purpose is discovered. Let’s have a look at a few accidentally outstanding inventors and the inventions that gave them their place in the history books.