26 Bizarre Facts About Beloved Inventions
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What is your favorite invention? Is it something that has made your life easier or more fun, like the smartphone or the internet? Or is it something older that you can't imagine living without, like the lightbulb or the telephone? Have you ever stopped to think about all of the amazing things that we use every day without giving them a second thought? Things like toilets and toothbrushes have become so commonplace in our lives that we barely even think about them - but can you imagine life without them?
It's hard to imagine a world without the iPod, chocolate, or the internet, but all of those things were once just ideas in someone's head. Inventors are responsible for some of the most beloved inventions of all time, but what most people don't know is that many of these inventions are incredibly strange. From prosthetic legs that allow wearers to run at Olympic speeds to chocolate that never melts, these are some of the quirkiest and most interesting facts about famous inventions. So strap in and get ready for a wild ride as we explore some of the weirdest and wackiest facts about our favorite things!
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![Red Bull was originally invented as a hangover cure by a Thai duck farmer. Red Bull The drink was invented in 1976 by Chaleo Yoovidhya and found popularity among Thai truck drivers. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/8/812968.jpg)
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![When hybrid cars became mainstream, people feared that their electromagnetic fields were dangerous for people to be around. While no side effects were ever confirmed by medical science, many people complained of them, and some spent hundreds of dollars on home testing machines to prove how strong the EMFs were. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/6/812966.jpg)
![Cars will lead to teen sex! GRACKED COM So feared parents in the 1920s, along with thinking cars would make teens disobedient and turn them less religious. To be fair, these parents were 100-percent correct.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/5/812965.jpg)
![Tasers first existed in a novel. Jack Cover, inventor of the taser, loved the 1911 book Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle, where a kid named Tom Swift has... well, you can figure it out yourself. The very word taser is an acronym for Thomas А. Swift's Electric Rifle. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/4/812964.jpg)
Railroads
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![Nazis invented exploding candy bars. The Nazis took advantage of the food shortage during World War II by handing out chocolate bombs. The bombs would be made of steel and then covered with a thin layer of chocolate. The bomb would be triggered by breaking off the first row of chocolate pips. PLA069 Pei CANVAS STEEL ENDS CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/1/812961.jpg)
![Even really short power outages at microchip plants can cause massive losses. - Galaxy S10+ For example, Samsung lost about 50 billion won (or $43.32 million) because the power went out for half an hour in one plant in 2018. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/3/812953.jpg)
Fritos
![A Mexican man sold Fritos in little bags at a gas station Charles Elmer Doolin, a surprising avid health food follower, bought the patent from him and made a fortune off it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/9/812949.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM EYELINER WAS AN OLD-TIMEY FORM OF SUNGLASSES. Ancient Egyptians were among the first to wear eyeliner. They didn't do it to look fabulous (although they probably did), but to reduce the sun's glare. There's also evidence it was effective at preventing bacterial infections.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/1/812951.jpg)
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![People were afraid that electricity would make women and kids targets. Roaming murderers and rapists would see any women and children in a house with the lights on, the thinking went, and attack at once. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/0/812960.jpg)
![Coffee leads to insurrection! CRACKED COM 16th-century Mecca banned the beverage out of fear that it led to political thoughts and rebellion. In the 17th century, European clergymen called it the devil's drink, citing the Islamic origin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/9/812959.jpg)
Office Space
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![CRACKED COM BUBBLE WRAP USED TO BE WALLPAPER. When Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes invented the stuff in the late '50s, they didn't immediately think it could be used as wrapping material. At first they tried to peddle it as wall covering. It wasn't until IBM needed something to safely transport their expensive new computers that they went, Well, duh!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/4/812954.jpg)
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![CRACKED COM Social networks got a lot of crap when they first became a thing, but the most ridiculous case against them had to be the one where they were claimed to cause cancer. S Linked in VK skypo foursquare LIVEJOURNAL You Tube vimeo L OS facebook t stagram my B twitter Blogger g+ fc + flickr P Bēhanc tumblr. Dr Aric Sigman claimed in velp Like his 2009 paper that social networks reduce face-to- face contact, which (somehow) contributes to health problems such as cancer and heart diseases.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/0/812950.jpg)
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