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"Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter."

From Wikipedia: selected examples of serendipity in science and technology:

• # Scotchgard moisture repellant used to protect fabrics and leather, was discovered accidentally in 1953 by Patsy Sherman. One of the compounds she was investigating as a rubber material that wouldn't deteriorate when in contact with aircraft fuel spilled onto a tennis shoe and would not wash out; she then considered the spill as a protectant against spills.
• Another sweetener, cyclamate, was discovered by US chemist Michael Sveda, when he smoked a cigarette accidentally contaminated with a compound he had recently synthesized.
• The psychedelic effects of LSD by Albert Hofmann. A chemist, he accidentally ingested a small amount of it upon investigating its properties, and had the first acid trip in history, while cycling to his home in Switzerland; this is commemorated among LSD users annually as Bicycle Day.
• Discovery of the principle behind inkjet printers by a Canon engineer. After putting his hot soldering iron by accident on his pen, ink was ejected from the pen's point a few moments later.

Serendip is the old Persian name for Sri Lanka.

I guess my iPod reads Matthew Yglesias too - why else would it play three Gin Blossoms songs today ?

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I sure know my classic rock guitar solos !

100%!

It's not quite as hard as it could be, since all the samples had more than enough of the rest of the song behind the solo to give away completely. If they'd found someone playing the solos, solo, it'd be a bit harder.

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