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Some of the best things in science are discovered not on purpose, but by accident! John Kanzius, a man diagnosed with Leukemia, was trying an invention he made to kill cancer with radio waves. But his invention accomplished another task. He made saltwater catch fire! This accidental success occured when an assistant was testing a saline-filled test tube and accidentally bumped the tube, and ignited a small flash. When Kanzius struck a match out of curiosity, the water "lit like a propane flame." With this discovery, scientists are trying to research this new, cheap source of energy, and are hoping that this will be a promising one.