1. Box Wine
Revolutionizing the cheap wine industry, the ol’ “bag in a box”, aka “Goon” aka “cardboard bound/imprisoned wine” aka “lady in a boa(t)”, made it not only easier for people to store and dispense their wine, but also do less damage when smashed over a relative’s head in a drunken holiday argument.

2. Felix the Cat
As the poor man’s deaf, mute Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat never had a theme park and never got any Nazi gold, but still managed a solid career out of shilling Chevrolets, being piñatas, and as a successful musician (right).

3. Flight Recorder
According to the NTSB, the odds of dying on a single plane crash are 52.6-million-to-1 while cars are 7.6-million-to-1. The odds of being killed by a giant marshmellow man are 19.5-million-to-1. Just sayin’.

4. Refrigeration
Let this serve as a reminder to us all: if you leave a barbeque pork burrito out of a refrigerator all day, then eat it, it will probably kill you. And, without fridges, where would we store our cold beer, leftovers, and Sunny D?

5. Speedo
While vastly decreasing swimmers’ times and revolutionizing the sport of swimming, the Speedo ultimately fell into the wrong hands and onto the wrong hips. Just check any New Jersey beach.