Serendipity

We all know the meaning of Serendipity..And for those of us who dont (dont worry i always thought it was a madeup word for the title of the john cusack Kate Beckinsale RomCom) haha
i kid..i know what it means!

Serendipity: Effect by which Someone accidentally stumbles upon something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely different and unrelated!

whats even more random? The word was derived from, 'Serendip'.. dig this..the Persian word for SRI LANKA?! hahaha (am i the only one who thinks it to be the randomest thing ever?)

Anyhoo..this post is neither about the movie(as wev established above-although the movie was GREAT, great story, LOVE John Cusack..but gotta stay focussed)
I wanted to highlight some of the everyday things that came about because of Serendipity..

LSD..yes our friendly neighbourhood Hallucinogen, was first discovered by a chemist dude who was looking for medical uses for some fungus..FUNGUS? really..why would you play with FUNGUS? gross! eww! anyhoo those rave-druggies will be saluting you right about now!
Silly Putty,Slinky and Cellophane..all came about by accident (boring accidents so i wont go into details)
Penicillin and Viagra..and believe it or not Viagra was discovered trying to find a medicine to curb Hypertension..hehe (this point i should remember to text to a friend of mine..Reading *Lola?)
Uranus..no jokes! William Herschel was looking for Comets, instead he found..im not going to say it! it would just be the butt of all jokes(get it?) corny me!!!
Cornflakes, the microwave oven and Chocolate chip cookies...all came about by accident..Such beautiful accidents! thankgod for them! life is soooo much better now with chocolate chip cookies!


*Lola-another psuedonym for another friend..

..Mushaboom.