Stacker has chronicled social, scientific, and business inventions that changed America over hundreds of years.

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Throughout human history, certain inventions have fundamentally transformed the way we live, work, and interact with one another. From ancient breakthroughs to modern marvels, these innovations have ...

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An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces ...

From the electric tricycle to parachute coat, these are some of the most poorly received devices developed around the globe.

But despite the countless numbers of interesting, useful, and even groundbreaking inventions on the market, many other bizarre creations in history barely made it beyond their initial prototypes.