If you know anything about science then you know that some of the greatest discoveries in history happened by accident – the microwave, x-rays, LSD, and more than a few more – so there’s nothing to say that there can’t be happy accidents in the world.
These 16 people are sort of different, because they really didn’t even mean to do the experiments at all, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love the results!
16. Frozen waterfall mist.
It looks like something out of a fantasy film.
What happens when the mist around a waterfall freezes
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15. He grew a pumpkin inside a mold.
This is pretty incredible.
What happens when you grow a pumkin inside a plastic mold.
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14. When lightning strikes beach sand.
In case you haven’t seen Sweet Home Alabama.
This is what happens when a lightning hits beach sand
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13. When a cat touches a plasma ball.
Cats remain the best part of the internet.
This is what happens when a cat touches a plasma ball
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12. The result of 50 mph winds and freezing temperatures combine with Lake Erie.
How do you even know which house is yours?
What happens when 50 mph winds, freezing temperatures and Lake Erie hits your house.
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11. This is an ordinary marble…
Heated over an open flame and then dropped into cold water.
This is what happens when you heat an ordinary marble over a flame then immediately drop it into cold water
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10. Someone is about to be mad about their chalk drawing.
But at least your tires look cool.
9. This totally looks Photoshopped!
It’s someone swinging a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end, taken by a long-exposure photo. Why? Obviously because we can.
What happens when you swing a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end and take a long exposure photo [photo by Chris Matthew Brady]
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8. Life will find a way.
Even when that life is a half-eaten cabbage.
Here’s what happens when you leave half a cabbage in the fridge too long.
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7. You think you’ve seen cold water.
But you haven’t seen water THIS cold.
What happens when water gets really, really cold.
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6. Pipes burst under the floor.
Everyone get those roller-scooter things from gym class!
This is what happens to a basketball court when the pipes burst
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5. When a frog eats a firefly.
It looks sort of magical. Unless you’re the firefly.
🔥 This Is What Happens When Frogs Eat Fireflies
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4. High voltage burns in wood.
I never get tired of these.
What happens when wood is burnt with high voltage
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3. Horizontal mirrors on a desert shack.
Almost makes you want to live in the desert, right?
This is what happens when you put horizontal mirrors on a shack in the desert
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2. Lightning meets golf course flag.
That probably ruined at least one round of golf.
This Is What Happens When Lightning Strikes A Flag On A Golf Course
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1. A polished coconut.
It looks so…naked.
This is what happens when you polish a coconut
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Some people are just charmed in this life, I suppose.
Has anything like this ever happened to you? Tell us about it in the comments!
