Things aren’t always want they seem to be, especially when it comes to everyday products you use. What you thought had a clear-cut function, actually may have had a different purpose when it was first created.
…or sticky notes, as they’re often called. These handy pieces of adhesive paper were created after inventor Dr. Spencer Silver was trying to invent a super-powerful glue that would bond hard materials like wood and metal. Instead, he ended up with a very weak adhesive that turned out to work extremely well with paper. The rest is history!
