Spectacular Failures: From New Coke to Segway

Midnight Facts for Insomniacs · Nov 5, 2020 · 33m

Not just your garden-variety screwups; these were epic, painful misfires that everyone should have seen coming. (We’re lookin' at you, Quibi.)

In this episode:

Microsoft BOB

New Coke

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Olestra (Olean)

Subprime Mortgages

The Pontiac Aztec

The Segway

The No-Phone

Toilet Golf

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