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The Best Episodes of Oops I Changed the World

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 1 - Conditioned
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    #1 - Conditioned

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    Pavlov's investigations into dog digestion lead to phone addiction. A failed quest to find a safer refrigerant creates Teflon. A damaged delivery crate is instrumental in the invention of dynamite. And a chance encounter with a composer leads Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr to invent the basis for wifi.

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  2. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 2 - Blue Genes
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    #2 - Blue Genes

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    The failed experiment and the world's greatest crime-fighting tool. A clumsily dressed cut leads to the invention of plastics. How chance conversation and sausage poison changed the face of Hollywood. And a broken thermometer sets in motion a chain of events that frees a country from colonialism.

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  3. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 3 - The Beat Goes On
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    #3 - The Beat Goes On

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    A clumsy movement throws a sample onto a stove invents vulcanized rubber. The wrong resistor leads to the pacemaker. A failed experiment results in a safe way to create fire. A search for new galaxies leads to hope of extraterrestrials.

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  4. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 4 - Flash of Success
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    #4 - Flash of Success

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    Broken thermometer fumes cause the invention of photography. Radar parts and a melting snack bar lead to the microwave. Spilled chemicals result in Scotchgard. A trial heart drug works better on another organ and becomes Viagra.

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  5. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 5 - Sweet Success
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    #5 - Sweet Success

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    A dirty laboratory and a vacation lead to the discovery of our first real weapon against bacteria: penicillin. A scientist's determination to test the ‘wrong' solution gives us Kevlar. Unwashed hands and some unexpectedly sweet bread is to thank for Saccharin. A failed laser becomes the LED light.

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  6. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 6 - Acid Test
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    #6 - Acid Test

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    A swiss chemist's attempts to make a lung drug results in LSD. The son of enslaved parents tires to reverse the fortunes of sharecroppers and inadvertently gives rise to PB&J. A failed dye becomes TNT. And a prison camp doctor and a fridge full of urine lead to improve mental healthcare.

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  7. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 7 - Hair Raising Science
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    #7 - Hair Raising Science

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    A failed blood pressure medicine and an unexpectedly hairy woman lead to a cure for baldness. How messing around with a scientific toy gave us the x-ray. An attempt to stop the paper curling in a newspaper printer becomes air conditioning. And why war is responsible for the slinky.

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  8. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 8 - Discovering Drink
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    #8 - Discovering Drink

    S1:E8

    A clumsy lab worker leads to the invention of superglue. And the accidents behind neuroscience, beer, and chemical hair relaxant.

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  9. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 9 - Bigger Bang
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    #9 - Bigger Bang

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    A misguided attempt to make plastic wallpaper results in bubble wrap. The precursor to a blood clotting drug becomes rave favorite, MDMA. A mopped-up kitchen spill brings us smokeless explosive guncotton. A defective satellite lens leads to a new way to identify breast cancer.

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  10. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 10 - Laxative Lunacy
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    #10 - Laxative Lunacy

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    The accidents behind the inventions of post-it notes, Ex-lax, Graphene and the way a walk in the snow almost leads to nuclear Armageddon.

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  11. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 11 - Get a Grip
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    #11 - Get a Grip

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    A failed metal gun barrel recipe becomes kitchen favourite: surgical steel. Messing around in a spectacle maker's shop leads to the telescope. A bag of dirt from a remote island contains a bacteria that helps stop aging.

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  12. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 12 - How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day
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    #12 - How Saran Wrap Saved D-Day

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    The search for artificial quinine creates the first artificial dye, Mauvine. A failed dry-cleaning fluid results in Saran Wrap. An attempt to grow bacteria leads to a cancer killing drug, and Western Front nurses invented sanitary towels.

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  13. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 13 - Sleeping on the Job
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    #13 - Sleeping on the Job

    S1:E13

    A 19th Century party drug and a banged knee lead to the invention of anaesthetics. The story behind the invention of telephone. A shattered experiment results in smart dust, and an ancient attempt to make cheese gave us tofu.

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  14. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 14 - Teas & Tipple
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    #14 - Teas & Tipple

    S1:E14

    The unexpected stories behind the inventions of the teabag the gin and tonic Disulfiram and American female politicians.

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  15. Oops I Changed the World Season 1 Episode 15 - Lenin to Lady Gaga
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    #15 - Lenin to Lady Gaga

    S1:E15

    A failed poison gas detector results in the smoke detector. An experiment to measure gas density produces the Theremin musical instrument. A broken beaker leads to bulletproof glass, and a search for a new gunpowder gives us iodine.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Conditioned" is the best rated episode of "Oops I Changed the World". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blue Genes".