20 Mistakes That Became Pop Culture Classics

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By now most of us have figured out that the world is a fairly random place. Our biggest accomplishments can come from things we stumbled into by accident. We fall into a career because we walk past the right "Help Wanted" sign on the right day; we bumble blindly into the person we'll spend our lives with; we randomly scroll past what will become our favorite game.

And this is true for everyone -- the great, creative minds who've built your world were just as prone to face-planting into success as the rest of us. For example ...