It’s no secret that some of the biggest things in human history were discovered utterly by accident. Penicillin and X-rays, to name just a few, are among them.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that game-changing inventions happen that often. And if Fleming returned from his two-week vacation to realize his petri dish had bacterial colonies that wouldn’t grow near the mold, it doesn’t mean two weeks by the sea would give you similar results.

That doesn’t mean we’re not allowed to play with chance and see where quasi-scientific DIY experiments will take us. Below is a collection of some of the most mildly interesting cases, like leaving a summer roll on a desk for 4 days to find it sprouting or quickly switching temperatures on a marble. Don’t ask why or what for—some things are meant to be “just because.”

#1 This Is What Happens When Frogs Eat Fireflies

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#2 This Is What Happens When A Lightning Hits Beach Sand

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#3 What Happens When You Grow A Pumkin Inside A Plastic Mold.

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#4 I Accidentally Left A Bowl Of Beet Juice On The Counter And The Top Layer Rippled

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#5 This Is What Happens When A Cat Touches A Plasma Ball

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#6 This Is What Happens When You Polish A Coconut

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#7 This Is What Happens When Lightning Strikes A Flag On A Golf Course

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#8 What Happens When You Swing A String Of Glow Sticks With Burning Steel Wool At The End And Take A Long Exposure Photo [photo By Chris Matthew Brady]

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#9 What Happens When You Put M&ms In A Dish Of Water. Diffusion Force Barriers

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#10 This Is What Happens To Food In Antartica At -94°f/-70°c

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#11 What Happens When Wood Is Burnt With High Voltage

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#12 This Is What Happens When You Heat An Ordinary Marble Over A Flame Then Immediately Drop It Into Cold Water

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#13 This Is What Happens When You Leave A Bike Outside Too Long

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#14 What Happens When Nature Takes Over- This Boat On A River In Frankfurt, Germany

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#15 This Is What Happens When You Take The Ice Tray Out Of A Freezer With An Automatic Ice Maker

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#16 Here’s What Happens When You Leave Half A Cabbage In The Fridge Too Long.

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#17 This Is What Happens When You Fall Asleep In A Bath

#18 This Is What Happens When You Drive Over Chalk Paint On A Hot Day

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#19 This Is What Happens To Mesh Patio Furniture In An Ice Storm

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#20 This Is What Happens When You Try To Display Candles On A Hot Patio

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#21 What Happens When A Leaf Gets Powersprayed

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#22 This Is What Happens If You Take A Negative Picture Of A Negative Screen.

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#23 What Happens When You Open A Dollar Bill In Photoshop.

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#24 What Happens When An Oil Drip Pan Gets Rained On Overnight.

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#25 What Happens When The Mist Around A Waterfall Freezes

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#26 This Is What Happened To A Sign Left Out In The Sun Too Long

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#27 What Happens To A Long Sleeve Shirt In 180mph Winds

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#28 This Is What Happens When You Leave A Pack Of Gummy Bears In An 105 Degree Car.

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#29 What Happens When You Leave Potatoes In The Cellar For 6 Months

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#30 I Left A Summer Roll On My Desk For 4 Days. The Bean Sprouts Are Sprouting.

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#31 This Is What Happens When You Put Horizontal Mirrors On A Shack In The Desert

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#32 What Happens When 50 Mph Winds, Freezing Temperatures And Lake Erie Hits Your House.

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#33 This Is What Happens When You Put A Highlighter In The Microwave In Case You Were Wondering

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#34 Apparently This Is What Happens When Light Passes Through The Blinds And Hits My Trash Can…

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#35 What Happens When Water Freezes On A Spinning Wheel.

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#36 What Happens To Gummy Worms When You Freeze Dry Them

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#37 What Happens When You Take A Vertically Panoramic Photo Of Something Moving Towards You

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#38 This Is What Happens When The Triple Foam Breaks At The Car Wash

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#39 What Happens When An 8-Year-Old Puts His Hand In A Petri Dish Of Agar

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#40 What Happens When Water Gets Really, Really Cold.

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#41 I Am Shortsighted On The Left And Farsighted On The Right Eye. This Is What Happens When The Sun Shines Through My Glasses.

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#42 This Is What Happens To A Basketball Court When The Pipes Burst

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#43 What Happens When You Get A Burn Over A Faded Tattoo.

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#44 Unedited: This Is What Happens When You Take A Picture On An iPhone At The Same Time A Flash Goes Off On Another Camera.

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#45 This Is What Happens When You Vacuum Seal Garlic.

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#46 Look What Happened When I Cut A Stack Of The Same Picture

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#47 This Is What Happens When You Fail To Thin Out Your Carrots.

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#48 This Is What Happens To An Uncooked Egg When You Soak It In Vinegar For 24 Hours, Corn Syrup For 24 Hours, And Then Distilled Water For 24 Hours. It Was My Sister’s Science Experiment To Show Selective Permeability.

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#49 What Happened When I Tried To Take A Picture Of An Airplane Propeller…

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#50 This Is What Happens When Lightning Strikes Asphalt

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#51 This Is What Happens If You Throw Hot Tea Into The Air In Arctic

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#52 This Is What Happens To Expired Pizza Dough

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#53 My Dad Keeps Bees. This Is What Happens When You Accidentally Leave The Lid Off Of A Jar Of Honey.

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#54 What Happens When Three Trees Merge Into One.

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#55 This Is What Happens When You Don’t Pick A Head Of Lettuce

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#56 What Happened To My Coffee Cup After I Left It Sideways For A While…

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#57 What Happens When A Biodegradable Shopping Bag Degrades. It Gets Everywhere!

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#58 Here’s What Happens To A Wooden Guitar Pick After A Year Of Use.

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#59 What Happens To Windmills When There’s Fog

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#60 I Harvested The Cookie Dough From My Ice Cream And Baked It. This Is The Result.

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#61 Found Out What Happens When You Point A Violet Laser At Transition Lenses.

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#62 Let An Onion Go Bad In The Fridge. This Is What Happens Apparently.

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#63 What Happens When The Ophthalmologist Only Puts Dilating Drops In One Eye.

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#64 This Is What Happens When A Padded Envelope Is Soaked And Frozen Overnight.

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#65 This Is What Happens To Tennis Ball After Staying In Roof For Years.

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#66 What Happens When A Tree Grows Into A Power Line

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#67 What Happens When A Train Gets Wheelspin

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