6:58How This Dumb Product Made $1,000,000
Expectation Violation
- The title calls it dumb and the picture agrees, a bar of soap made from solid steel.
- Dumb things are not supposed to make a million dollars.
- That clash between silly object and serious number is the whole pull.
Title
The title pits a dumb product against a serious number.
Thumbnail
The image reveals the odd object, steel soap gripped mid-wash.
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Silly thing, serious number, the clash is the click
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