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Welcome to watchmojo, and today we're counting down our picks for inventions that probably should have stayed unmade.

These inventions are well known and infamous, but they're not necessarily dangerous.

Almost all ended up in landfill number 10.

Venetian blind sunglasses Also known as shutter shades, this style was advertised as early as 1942, and

they rose to mainstream popularity in the 1980s.

Venetian blind sunglasses appeared in several music videos from the decade, and

then they thankfully died out for about 20 years.

But in 2007, Kanye west wore them in the music video for his song Stronger and restarted the unsightly trend.

Shutter shades were everywhere in the late 2000s, despite the vision obstruction and lack of UV defense.

Maybe these accessories should stay in the past for good this time.

Headon Homeopathic medicines don't always work, and Headon gives us a perfect example of that.

Headon Apply directly to the forehead Head on Apply directly to the forehead.

This, as seen on TV product made by Mirrorless Healthcare initially claimed to be a topical cure for headaches.

However, the stick of wax actually did nothing.

Later ads edited out all mentions of benefits.

Headon is available without a prescription at retailers nationwide.

And let's not forget that awful commercial that spawned parody videos, memes, and endless jokes.

That commercial alone is much more likely to give you a headache than to cure one.

Wait, how am I supposed to apply this again?

Bump it if you paid any attention to women's hairstyles back in the 2000s, chances are you remember.

Do you go through a can of hairspray trying to get that full, volumized look?

Taking inspiration from 1960s bouffant hairstyles, the Bump it aimed to add height to hair without the hassle of teasing it.

However, it often slipped out of place, and

it never looked quite as good as the hair on those 60s glamour icons.

The Bump it faded from view during the worsening Great Recession in 2009.

Imagine being able to create today's hottest hairstyles in seconds.

But that didn't stop Time magazine from calling it one of the 50 worst inventions of all time.

Unfortunately, celebrities are bringing the HairStyle Back in the 2020s, you could see bump its gaining traction on stars like Anne Hathaway and Angelina Jolie.

Whether you like them or not, wear bump its anywhere every day.

They're the easiest, most versatile hair accessory you've ever worn.

Juicero A stunning display of unnecessary technology.

Juicero was founded in 2013 with the goal of squeezing the healthy juice craze for all it was worth.

The easiest, freshest, most delicious way to get juice.

For several hundred dollars, you could buy a wi fi connected juicing machine with an app.

But it couldn't even juice anything you wanted.

It will take a couple of minutes for the press to make the juice.

It only worked with its own brand of produce packs, which were later exposed to create the same exact product when opened by hand.

No need for a QR code, an app, or a wi fi connection.

No one was shocked when the company folded just four years later in 2017.

I think that Juicero was killed in the first inning, right?

And you know, normally a baseball game is nine innings.

They're very light, they float around, they get twisted around things.

They're one of the most difficult things to recycle.

In the 1950s, paper and cloth bags were the only options for use in grocery stores.

But paper bags in particular were seen as bad for the environment because of deforestation.

Swedish engineer Sten Gustav Tulin invented plastic bags as an environmentally friendly solution.

Even though these new bags were sturdier and cheaper than paper, they were still pretty flimsy.

Plastic shopping bags soon took over, and

now they're one of the biggest contributors to landfills and ocean pollution.

And when they finally do break down, we get dangerous microplastics.

Plastic bags blowing in the wind have become a litter problem nationwide.

Even before the rise of the smartphone, selfies taken on other cameras were popular.

The downfall was that your arm can only stretch out so far, so the background will definitely be cut off.

In 1983, after Japanese engineer Hiroshi Iweda had his camera stolen in a museum, he patented the first selfie stick called an extender stick.

Now he wouldn't have to rely on strangers to take pictures of the whole family.

To Iweda's disappointment, the invention didn't catch on.

But you just wait a couple decades and you'll find selfie sticks everywhere, especially in the hands of tourists.

We're used to selfies, but what about the stick?

They quickly became sources of ridicule and annoyance.

They're even banned at many museums, historical sites, and concert venues.

New Coke Coca Cola has gone through quite a few changes since it was introduced in 1886.

The least popular change came in 1985, when senior executives thought the drink needed revamping for a new audience.

After a century of dominating the world's soft drink market, Coca Cola is changing.

New Coke was sweeter than Coca Cola Classic, and it performed well in blind taste tests.

But when it launched to replace classic Coke, the market exploded in a fury.

Consumers thoroughly objected to the change.

Angry letters and phone calls flooded the offices.

The backlash was so severe that classic Coke returned 79 days later.

New Coke hung around a few years, but was gone by 2000.

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