Products That Were Invented by Accident

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Two guys, one eating a chocolate candy bar and the other eating peanut butter straight out of the jar were walking toward the same urban intersection from perpendicular directions. As they both rounded the corner simultaneously, a collision occurred in which parts of the candy bar ended up in the peanut butter jar and some of the peanut butter ended up on the remaining stub of the candy bar. The rest is history.

It was captured on film at the time:

The real story is much more sordid.