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Warfarin (Coumadin) is used as a blood thinner, but was created as rat poison
I mean, Ozempic is still very much a diabetic drug, its just that its gained popularity, far and away, beyond diabetics for its weight loss properties in everyone.
Dynamite TNT. In 1863 Julius Wilbrand synthesized trinitrotoluene (TNT) while experimenting with new yellow dyes for the textile industry.
And I was just now years old when I learned that TNT is not dynamite:
Dynamite wasn't exactly an accident, but a deliberate invention by Alfred Nobel, born from a tragic accident: his nitroglycerin factory exploded, killing his brother. This spurred Nobel to tame the volatile liquid; he discovered that mixing nitroglycerin with an absorbent material like diatomaceous earth (kieselguhr) created a stable, putty-like paste that could be formed into sticks, making it safe to transport and detonate controllably with a blasting cap, a discovery patented in 1867.
So TNT is the stable trinitrotoluene while dynamite is the less stable nitroglycerin.
Latisse was originally developed to treat glaucoma but the doctors noticed the patient's eyelashes were becoming bolder and darker so they repackaged it as a cosmetic prescription drug to lessen people's dependence on mascara ๐
Minoxidil started as a heart medication
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