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Contents Introduction CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER ONE Inadequate Inventions A Flying Compact Car A Scooter That Will Change the World Virtual Reality in 1995 Four Failed Inventions Smelly Movies Electrified Seats Happy Accidents Down but Not Out Thomas Edison Sordid Past Forgot to Guard the Gate Newton Messed Up His Math Found a Phony Island Picked the Wrong President Wrecked Your Rocket Down but Not Out Albert Einstein CHAPTER THREE Botched Buildings A Skyscraper That Fries Eggs A Tower of Trouble Blunders of the Ancient World World's Tallest Empty Building A Bucking Bridge og CHAPTER FOUR Bad Tastes A New Formula for an Old Soda McOops Instant Treats That Overheat Bottled Water for Pets Failed Food Mash Ups Happy Accidents CHAPTER FIVE 64 Poor Sports A Cursed team Baseball
Largest Smurf Party Sorry Sports Mash Ups Bobsledders From the Tropics A Basketball Champ at Bat Down but Not Out Bethany Hamilton Crimes of Fashion Flick Fails A 30 Second Fourth of July Down but Not Out J K Rowling CHAPTER EIGHT 104 78 CHAPTER SIX Malfunctioning Mischief A Pooch Impersonating a Lion A Cure All That Cures Nothing Spell Un checked A Horse That's a Math Whiz A Jailbreak in a Pooch Costume A Phony Miracle Machine Lessons in Losing How to Face Failure Zeros to Heroes Keeping Cool Under Pressure Silly Mash Ups That Succeeded Built to Laugh Answer Key Index Credits CHAPTER SEVEN Pop Culture Catastrophes A Spider Man Musical 92 94
