Margaux Dupont

Food & Culture Writer

A food historian who has eaten her way across six continents. Believes that every dish tells a story and every ingredient has a secret. Will absolutely judge your ketchup opinions.

Food & Drink History Accidental Inventions

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The Resistor That Rewired Medicine

A 1956 component mix-up led engineer Wilson Greatbatch to invent the implantable pacemaker—a device that would eventually save millions of lives. He grabbed the wrong resistor, and the mistake changed cardiac medicine forever.

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