10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers

10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers

Every once in a while Chuck and Josh do things by the numbers and here's a good example. Turns out a surprising amount of ubiquitous items in our everyday lives were stumbled upon by accident. This episode explores a few of the more noteworthy ones.

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