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Trauma_Hawks t1_ixv06k2 wrote

Hey, shit happens. A chemical engineer discovered kevlar while trying to make a better tire for DuPont. Sometimes the greatest advances are just a big oopsie.

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PGids t1_ixwny0i wrote

Teflon/PTFE was also an accidental discovery by a DuPont man; ironically it’s also one of the mostly widely used PFAS chemicals ever lol

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