Bitcoin buried in Newport landfill

Ada Lovelace recognized that Babbage's Analytical Engine could manipulate symbols, not just numbers

Ada Lovelace foresaw the Analytical Engine's potential for symbol manipulation, marking her as the first programmer

Discovery of penicillin

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident in 1928

Microwave oven

Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven accidentally

Velcro was inspired by burrs sticking to a dog's fur

Velcro inspired by burrs; invented by George de Mestral in 1941

Newton's laws of motion

Isaac Newton's Principia introduced three laws of motion and universal gravitation

Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling won two unshared Nobel Prizes