Awkward moment: 10 failures in the history of

You fell, you drenched with water? Cat wrote to you in the shoes you buy expired milk? Do not get discouraged and do not consider yourself a loser decades because history knows more absurd cases of bad luck.

1. Rejected by JK Rowling

12 publishers rejected the manuscript of 'Harry Potter' before Bloomsbury finally agreed to publish the immortal story of a boy who survived. It turned out kind of magic thanks to the advice of the head of the eight-year daughter Alice publishing. Books were eventually translated into 60 languages, and Rowling has earned about $ 1 billion.

2 ejected securities of the Bitcoin folder

James Hauels bought 7500 Bitcoin in 2009, when their value was nearly equal to zero. By 2013, one Bitcoin became valued at 613 pounds sterling. Thus, securities Hauelsa worth 4, 5 million pounds. The problem was only that Hauels left his driver with the data in a drawer and forgot about it, and then tossed with unnecessary paperwork. After realizing the terrible he tried to find the driver, but he was told that he was on a total dump and could be anywhere.

3. Loss of buying Google for $ 1 million

The owners of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have entered into negotiations with the founder of Excite George Bell in 1999 because they wanted to sell the search engine for $ 1 million. Bell was willing to pay no more than $ 750 000. Well, today Google is estimated at $ 365 billion . Oops.

4. profukali Kill Hitler

In 1914, a British soldier Henry Tandy, who is among the rank and file was marked by the highest number of medals in the First World War, he passed an unarmed and wounded Adolf Hitler lying in the gutter, but decided not to finish.

5. Sale of 610 000 shares in lieu of a

, in which he sold 610,000 shares at a price of 1 yen (50p) instead of having to sell one share for 610,000 yen in 2005, a Japanese exchange worker to assess their company 190 million pounds after exchange trading mistakes and as he was told. Exchange rejected the company's request to cancel the sale, so the company was forced to buy back its own shares.

6. The enraged Khan

First Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan attempted to establish diplomatic and trade relations with Ala ad-Din Muhammad, Shah Harezmshahov neighboring states (the territory of modern Iraq and Iran) in the XIII century. However, after all the proposals were rejected by Genghis Khan and the Mongolian diplomat beheaded Khan reacted violently to this form of failure and sent 200,000 soldiers to destroy the state.

7. The failure to Brian Acton and Jan Kumu

Facebook Company rejected programmers Brian Acton and Jan Kuma when they were interviewed in 2009. After a few years Facebook has bought programmers rejected their project WhatsApp pf $ 19 billion.

8. The order is too broad trains

The French State Railway spent $ 16 billion on a new train set. Unfortunately, the trains were too wide for more than 1,300 platforms at stations across the country. The solution is worth another $ 50 million. It is almost like buying a car and see if it will fit in your garage.

9. The contract with Brian Pulem and The Tremeloes

In 1962 Decca recording studio was looking for new groups and new artists to sign them on the label. They listened to the two groups in their studios in London and signed a contract with Brian Pulem group and The Tremeloes. Do you know which group they were denied? The quartet from Liverpool, who would later become famous as The Beatles.

10. An error in the company's name

On British government sued for damages in the $ 9 million after a bureaucratic error, resulting in an extra letter was written in the name of the company, and the company was liquidated by mistake. More than 250 people lost their jobs when the company Taylor and Son took over the bankrupt in 2009. Taylor and Sons.