3M scientist Spencer Silver tried to invent a super-strong glue —
and created something that failed spectacularly.
What became of it?

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Weak, repositionable adhesive — which eventually became the glue for Post-it Notes. — It took 12 years for anyone at 3M to figure out what to do with the 'failure'. Now on every office desk in the world.

3M scientist Spencer Silver tried to invent a super-strong glue — and created something that failed spectacularly. What became of it?