10 Unbelievable Billion Dollar Inventions


#7 Tamagotchi

1996, the year when kids started having virtual pets rather than imaginary ones and what’s more, they were cleaning its e-poop! Tamagotchi is a handheld digital pet created by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Japan. As of 2010, 74 million Tamagotchis had been sold, grossing about $900 million. Moreover, the toy has led to two films, three animated series and several Nintendo games. 

#6 The Plastic Wishbone

You have to love this invention if you are a vegetarian, if not, well, then it still beats breaking an actual bone. The fact that only two people can make a wish at a thanksgiving table seemed outrageous to Ken Ahroni and he started Lucky Break Wishbone Corp. in Seattle. Now, everybody can break a bone wherever and whenever they want to, all thanks to plastic wishbones and according to the reports, people have been at it right from the very start, the business now makes 30,000 plastic bones a day and reports sales of over $2.5 million each year. Break a leg?

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