💊 Penicillin (antibiotics)
Date: October 12, 2020 (page 1 of 2)
👩 Botox
📰 Alastair and Jean Carruthers were using small doses of a deadly toxin to treat ‘crossed eyes’ eyelid spasms and other eye-muscle disorders in 1987, but they noticed an interesting side effect – wrinkles magically disappeared.
🎈Chewing gum
📰 In 1870, Thomas Adams was experimenting with chicle, the sap from a South American tree, as a substitute for rubber. After mounting failures, a piece into his mouth. He liked it!
ℹ️ Source: https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/10-accidental-discoveries-put-to-good-use/
🍽️ Microwave oven
📰 With the end of World War II in 1946, the Raytheon engineer was looking for other uses for the magnetron, which generated the microwaves for radar systems. While Percy Spencer was standing next to the device one day, a chocolate bar in his pocket melted. It worked even better
📰 The Israel government used compulsory licensing, a legal tool, to sidestep the pharmaceutical company Abbvie’s patents for its HIV combination drug lopinavir/ritonavir—at the time believed to be effective in treating COVID-19
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