However, what’s not as evident is the fact that some of them were stumbled upon completely by accident. Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community have recently discussed such dumb luck discoveries and inventions, after one of them asked fellow netizens about things that would still likely be undiscovered today if it wasn’t for sheer luck. Redditors covered all sorts of instances, so if you’re burning with curiosity to learn more about them, wait no longer and scroll down to find the stories on the list below.

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