Everyday Products That Were Originally Intended for Very Different Things


Walter Frederick Morrison was the inventor of the frisbee. According to the story, it all started when Morrison and his girlfriend began flinging the lid of a popcorn tin back and forth during one picnic. They soon started experimenting and found out that a tin cake pan flew better.He soon realized that this could make a profit: “That got the wheels turning because you could buy a cake pan for 5 cents, and if people on the beach were willing to pay a quarter for it, well, there was a business.”