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Ketamine is for horses and not for Saturday night.
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Bubble wrap was invented as fancy wallpaper.
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WD-40 was developed as a rust preventative (it’s even in the initials: “WD” means “Water Displacement”). Nowadays people use it to lubricate mechanical parts.
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Pipe cleaners,
Use them for all sorts of arts and crafts as kids. It wasn’t till I owned a tobacco pipe and went to buy them that it actually clicked
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I think people already know this but the neck on the beer bottle is actually supposed to be held so you don’t warm your drink too fast.
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Minoxidil was originally developed to treat high blood pressure and people reported unusual hair growth all around the body, since it promotes blood flow to the skin pores. They came up with a topical version and voila, millions of people smear that sh*t on their scalps and beards everyday and its the one of the only clinically proven ways to cure baldness.
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Iirc Play-Doh was invented to clean wallpaper
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Gloveboxes were originally meant to store gloves because people used to drive with gloves on for some reason.
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Viagra. It’s a heart medicine originally.
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Botox was created to treat migraines
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Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets used as informal databases instead of as a data analysis tool