40 Incredible Inventions That Were Born Out of Chance

Some of the best things in life have come about because when an accident strikes, someone sees an opportunity instead of just a mistake. And when I talk about the best things, I am obviously talking about Super Soaker water guns because when I was a kid, those were the best things in the world.

A scientist named Lonnie Johnson was working on developing pumps for scientific applications when one of them sprung a leak and began shooting water a long distance. Though this was bad news for his original experiment, it was great news for the children of the world when he decided to develop this into an amazing water gun.