{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Everyday Origins","title":"Oops! The Accidental Inventions That Changed Everything","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":888,"description":"Potato Chips Origin:\nStory arch:1853, Saratoga Springs, New York, Chef George Crum gets fed up with a fussy customer who keeps sending back his fried potatoes for being ‘too thick.’Out of irritation, Crum slices the potatoes paper-thin, fries them until they’re crisp, and piles on the salt.Instead of hating them, the customer loves them. Soon, everyone’s asking for the “Saratoga Chips.”They spread across the U.S., and by the early 1900s, mass production turns them into the crunchy snack we can’t stop eating.Fun fact: Potato chips weren’t bagged until the 1920s, before that, they were served in barrels or tins, and people scooped them out with their hands.\nBubble Wrap Origin:\nStory arc:1957: Engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes try to invent a new kind of cool new textured wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together.They put it through a heat-sealing machine, and the result - a sheet full of tiny air bubbles.Their wallpaper idea totally flopped, no one wanted lumpy walls.They tried to sell it as insulation for a greenhouse, which also was a flop. But when IBM needed something to protect fragile computer parts during shipping, bubble wrap found its true calling.Super Glue Origin:\nStory arc:During World War II, scientist Harry Coover was searching for clear plastic to make precision gunsights. (Devices on a firearm or other ranged weapon that assist in aiming by providing a physical or optical point of reference).He tested a chemical compound, cyanoacrylate, that bonded instantly to everything it touched. Total disaster for his experiments.Years later, while working on another project, Coover realized that this “failure” was actually the perfect fast adhesive.In 1958, Super Glue hit the market, changing home repairs (and finger-sticking accidents) forever.Fun fact: Super Glue was used in the Vietnam War to close wounds temporarily on the battlefield, literally holding people together.\nPopsicles Origin:\nStory arc:1905: Frank Epperson, a kid in San...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CTKiLUoHQ34O1hXJpTJXXxJdw7jCh_jNduZ3FKrou3c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83OGZi/MTE1YTYzZjMyNmYy/Y2RkMWY0MmFiZjZj/NjRhZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}