Science Gone Wrong

In 1980, NASA accidentally launched a manhole cover into space at 125,000 mph during an underground nuclear test, making it potentially the fastest human-made object ever created.

The 1904 Olympic Marathon included a runner who hitchhiked half the race, another who was chased by wild dogs, and one who nearly died from rat poison

In 1958, the US Army accidentally irradiated an entire town in Tennessee while testing nuclear weapons effects on vegetables

In 1962, a failed NASA rocket launch accidentally created the largest man-made light show visible from 1,000 miles away

Scientists accidentally created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting jellyfish genes into cat DNA to study genetic diseases, and the cats passed the trait to their kittens.

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster created a forest where trees can't decompose, so 30 years of dead wood just piles up without rotting.

In 1962, NASA accidentally created a rainbow that could be seen from 1,000 miles away when their rocket exploded and released metallic particles into the atmosphere.