Seek to Misconstrue + a
Failure: The Blog 
August 2018
- When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
- Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
- London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
- Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start
July 2018
- Fear This Instead Of Failure
- Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
Tomatoes Were Once Considered Poisonous
It may sound silly to you now, but back in the 1700s, tomatoes were feared. Europeans actually nicknamed the fruit “poison apples.”
The nickname came about because aristocrats would become ill and die after eating them. But really, the entire reason they became ill at all was due to the fact they would eat off of pewter plates. These are known to be high in lead content. Since tomatoes are so acidic, the fruit would leach the lead from the plate.
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The tomato got a bad rap back in the 1500s as well thanks to mistakenly being classified as toxic. It wasn’t until the 1880s when pizza became a widely loved food that they were regularly eaten again. The stigma around eating them actually helped make them more popular. Failing lead to success!
