24 Weird Products That Made Their Inventors Laugh All the Way to the Bank

Pulling at the wishbone and making a wish is a beloved Thanksgiving tradition, and it was only a matter of time before someone tried to capitalize on it. Enters Ken Ahroni. He invented the “fake wishbones” or “plastic wishbones,” or by their official name, Lucky Break Wishbone, in the late 1990s.

The idea was to allow all family members around the dinner table to have their wishbone and participate in the beloved tradition. This also allowed vegetarians who normally refrain from touching the real wishbone to participate in the beloved tradition.