What is an invention that can earn millions or even billions?

Speaking of millions and billions, many ridiculous inventions have made it ridiculously big. Here are some absurd examples;

1. Luckily broke through the wishbone.

If you are unlucky in the annual turkey wishing bone contest, then breaking the wishing bone is very suitable for you. Ken aroni is behind this product. On 1999, when he was having a Thanksgiving dinner with his family, he saw that many people wanted to have their own desire bones, so he came up with this idea.

He decided to close his consulting business, set up Lucky Break Wishbone Corp, and officially started selling his unique fragile plastic wishing bone. In just two years, the company achieved nearly 1 10,000 sales through distributors in more than 40 States.

2. Yellow smiling face

This yellow smiley face was designed by Murray and Bernard Spain, with an estimated profit of $500 million. They want to open their own novelty store, so they decided to buy the exclusive rights of those yellow smiling faces. Now you can see these smiling faces almost anywhere. They even bought a matching slogan "Have a nice day". They put these words and images on anything, which paved the way for them to have a net worth of 50 million dollars in the first year and a half.

Beat the bracelet

You must have loved this when you were a kid. In fact, many children have five or more such cards, and some children even post all the cards at the same time. Clap circle was invented by Stuart Andrews, which helped him win the first prize. Before the invention, Andrews was just an ordinary high school workshop teacher. In 1990 alone, these bracelets brought him $6 million to $8 million.

4. Million Homepages

The story behind this million-dollar home page is so incredible that you may not believe it. This is the work of Alex Tu, an Englishman aged 2/kloc-0. He made a homepage and sold it for 1 million pixels, 1 dollar. In order to cooperate with his creation, he even touched the hearts of the public. His goal is to pay for college tuition with his home page. Tu's charity case caught the attention of advertisers. In a little over a year, all the pixels of the website were snapped up.

5. This kind of sack piece

The real reason for Snuggie's success is its advertisement. This kind of sleeping bag was invented by Scott Boilen of Allstar Products Company. In funny TV shopping advertisements, people wear tights to bake marshmallows or participate in sports events. Boilen said that he took this approach because the product was absurd, but it was very meaningful to advertise in the same absurd way. This method worked and earned more than 200 million dollars.

6. Santa's mail

Every year, thousands of children around the world write letters to Santa Claus, hoping that he can write back to them. Byron Reese saw the potential of this market. That's why he decided to launch Santa Claus mail service in 2002.

This service allows children to send their letters to the North Pole. Later, their parents only paid $9.95. In exchange, their children will receive a personalized letter written by Santa himself. In 2009, Santa Claus's email has been able to reply to about 300 thousand children. Do math! Earn $ 10 per letter, and you can figure out how much money Reese earned from this service.