Accidental Discoveries
Breakthroughs nobody planned: forgotten petri dishes, glowing screens and crashed systems that changed science and technology.
The Internet's First Word Was an Accident
The plan was to type LOGIN. The system crashed after two letters, and the internet's first message became "LO" instead.
The First Computer Bug Was an Actual Bug
In 1947, a team debugging the Harvard Mark II found the problem: a moth, jammed in a relay.
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5 World-Changing Discoveries That Happened by Total Accident
Some of history's biggest breakthroughs came from a dirty petri dish, a glowing screen, or a scientist who forgot to wash his hands.