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To laugh, then to think

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  • wtgW Offline
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    wrote on last edited by wtg
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    The 2025 Ig Nobel Awards.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/meet-the-2025-ig-nobel-prize-winners/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

    I read this:

    for studying whether ingesting alcohol can impair bats' ability to fly and also their ability to echolocate.

    as

    their ability to eat chocolate

    Oops.

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      Mr SK was telling me about the Japanese team that won. Apparently there are often Japanese winners of the Ignoble Prize 😄

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