The Most Expensive Mistakes In Modern History
- 6 years ago
We all have made mistakes, pretty much every day we may forget to do one thing or another. But there are some mistakes that are so expensive, they have made history. From misaligned bridges to misspelling costing millions, here are the most expensive mistakes in recent history.
#11 An Apple Very Expensive Now
Ronal Wayne unfortunately did not have the foresight of Steve Jobs or Steve Wosniak. Fearing a potential bankruptcy, in 1976, Ronal Wayne sold his 10% of the Apple company for 800 UDS. If he would have kept it. His shares would be worth about 80Billion now!!
#10 The Most Expensive Trash!
Englishman James Howell had purchased bitcoins in 2009 when the digital currency was very cheap.
#9 The New Jersey Grant Writen Wrong!
In 2010, the state of New jersey applied for the Race To the Top Grant giving the school system billions of dollars to improve state schools…
#8 Cost of Oil: Wildlife Pays The Price
the Exxon Valdez may have been to blame. In 1989 The oil tanker bound to California from Alaska crashed, spilling millions of gallons of crude oil…
#7 The “Wobbly” Millennium Bridge
The Millennium bridge is now stable yet the nickname the “wobbly Bridge still remains.
#6 The Challenger Explosion & The Seal
In 1986 the world had their hopes up for the Space Shuttle Challenger launching from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex…
#5 The Lifesaving Bacteria That Never Was
rhizobia could deliver nitrogen directly back to the soil and act as a self-replenishing fertilizer…
#4 Wide Wagons Through Paris
In france, the (national Society of French Railways) wanted to modernize the train wagons and ordered 2,000 new trains!!
#3 The Sinking Spanish Submarine
At the beginning of the project, a decimal was misplaced during the original calculations. This mathematical slip had to be fixed and the Isaac Pearl ended up costing 9 million lb. more and 3 years to rectify it!
#2 Collapsing Buildings
The lotus Riverside residential complex in Shanghai, China…In 2013, Medellin Colombia the residential complex “Space” collapsed its 6th...
#1 Non-Matching Ends of the Bridge
Inner Belt Bridge, does not line up with the bridge support by 3 feet. … a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, Korea. In 1994 a section of the bridge fell into the river during rush hour.
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m3S7coMjMqWNc_YrpLKTkmytWcSvmqJQ
#11 An Apple Very Expensive Now
Ronal Wayne unfortunately did not have the foresight of Steve Jobs or Steve Wosniak. Fearing a potential bankruptcy, in 1976, Ronal Wayne sold his 10% of the Apple company for 800 UDS. If he would have kept it. His shares would be worth about 80Billion now!!
#10 The Most Expensive Trash!
Englishman James Howell had purchased bitcoins in 2009 when the digital currency was very cheap.
#9 The New Jersey Grant Writen Wrong!
In 2010, the state of New jersey applied for the Race To the Top Grant giving the school system billions of dollars to improve state schools…
#8 Cost of Oil: Wildlife Pays The Price
the Exxon Valdez may have been to blame. In 1989 The oil tanker bound to California from Alaska crashed, spilling millions of gallons of crude oil…
#7 The “Wobbly” Millennium Bridge
The Millennium bridge is now stable yet the nickname the “wobbly Bridge still remains.
#6 The Challenger Explosion & The Seal
In 1986 the world had their hopes up for the Space Shuttle Challenger launching from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex…
#5 The Lifesaving Bacteria That Never Was
rhizobia could deliver nitrogen directly back to the soil and act as a self-replenishing fertilizer…
#4 Wide Wagons Through Paris
In france, the (national Society of French Railways) wanted to modernize the train wagons and ordered 2,000 new trains!!
#3 The Sinking Spanish Submarine
At the beginning of the project, a decimal was misplaced during the original calculations. This mathematical slip had to be fixed and the Isaac Pearl ended up costing 9 million lb. more and 3 years to rectify it!
#2 Collapsing Buildings
The lotus Riverside residential complex in Shanghai, China…In 2013, Medellin Colombia the residential complex “Space” collapsed its 6th...
#1 Non-Matching Ends of the Bridge
Inner Belt Bridge, does not line up with the bridge support by 3 feet. … a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, Korea. In 1994 a section of the bridge fell into the river during rush hour.
The material credited in the link below was used, some with modifications, with rights provided per the publishing of said material under a CC-BY license. A material list and all attributions will be found there.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m3S7coMjMqWNc_YrpLKTkmytWcSvmqJQ