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Oops I Changed the World
The fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed lives.
S1, EP5 "Sweet Success"
A dirty laboratory and a vacation lead to the discovery of the first real weapon against bacteria: penicillin; a scientist's determination to test the wrong solution makes Kevlar.
S1, EP6 "Acid Test"
A Swiss chemist's attempt to make a lung drug results in LSD; the son of enslaved parents tries to reverse the fortunes of sharecroppers and inadvertently gives rise to PB&J.
S1, EP1 "Conditioned"
Pavlov's investigations into dog digestion lead to phone addiction; a failed quest to find a safer refrigerant creates Teflon; a damaged delivery crate is instrumental in the invention of dynamite.
S1, EP2 "Blue Genes"
The failed experiment and the world's greatest crime-fighting tool; a clumsily dressed cut leads to the invention of plastics; how chance conversation and sausage poison changed the face of Hollywood.
S1, EP15 "Lenin to Lady Gaga"
How a failed poison gas detector results in the invention of the smoke detector; a Russian genius tries to measure gas density, but ends up with musical instrument; the Theremin.
S1, EP14 "Teas & Tipple"
The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag, the gin & tonic, Disulfiram, and American female politicians.
S1, EP13 "Sleeping On the Job"
How a party drug from the 19th Century, and a banged knee, lead to the invention of anaesthetics; electrotherapy and the true story behind the invention of telephone.
S1, EP12 "How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day"
The search for an artificial form of quinine accidently creates the first artificial dye, Mauvine; a failed dry-cleaning fluid results in Saran Wrap.
