Yes folks, it's that time again...
Time for the 'Ig Nobel' Prizes...
Findings that range from; Dung Beetles navigating by the stars to the 'discovery' that drunk people think they are more attractive.
Caledonian calculus...
"The probability prize was awarded to animal scientists at Scotland's Rural College for making two related discoveries. "First, that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that cow will soon stand up," read their citation. "And second, that once a cow stands up, you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down again.""
Oh, and yes, the thread title...
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Peace prize
Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, for making it illegal to applaud in public, AND to the Belarus State Police, for arresting a one-armed man for applauding."
"The truth is out there" So they say...
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/13/ig-nobel-prize-dung-beetles-navigate-stars