A Coffee Maker For Your Car? These Are The Weirdest Inventions From The Past

In fact, a few of the devices were actually big hits at the time — that is, until consumers realized they were insane or just didn’t work as promised.

Here are 20 of the weirdest inventions from history. FYI, #8 is a good way to unintentionally kill babies.

Car Coffee Maker

Make coffee in your car? Sorry, but we have the Starbucks drive-thru for that now. This seemed like a good idea on the surface, but boiling hot coffee while flying around at 65 miles per hour is not smart. Pouring a cup of coffee while driving is also not a very good idea — remember the McDonald’s lawsuit?