| Did you know that your brainwave would
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| | about it.
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| measure differently when you chew
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| | 2) In 1996, executives of tobacco
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| different flavors of gum? And that if
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| | companies received this award for
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| trained, pigeons can tell the difference
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| | testifying in front of the US Congress
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| between an original Picasso to a Monet?
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| | that nicotine is not an addictive
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| Moreover, did you know that the people
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| | substance.
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| who discovered these notable achievements
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| | 3) In 2001, a Canadian professor was
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| have received an Ig Nobel Prize?
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| | awarded for his study on injuries from
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| The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded every
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| | falling coconuts.
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| year to research in the fields of
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| | 4) In 2004, the prize was shared by a
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| science, medicine, and technology that
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| | group of American psychiatrists who had
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| have made people laugh and then made them
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| | studied the influence country music has
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| think. In other words, the Ig Nobel
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| | on suicide.
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| winners are responsible for creating the
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| | 5) In 2005, a Missouri inventor was
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| most ridiculous and unnecessary studies
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| | awarded for creating artificial testicles
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| in their respective fields.
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| | for dogs.
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| However, the Ig Nobel Prizes are not a
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| | Psychology 1) The 1993 award was given
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| laughing matter. A real Nobel Laureate
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| | to researches who came to the conclusion
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| selects the nominees and presents the
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| | that people who claimed they were
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| award to the genuine researchers in a
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| | kidnapped by aliens from outer space were
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| ceremony that takes place every year at
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| | probably kidnapped by aliens from outer
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| Harvard University, usually around the
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| | space.
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| same time when the prestigious Nobel
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| | 2) The 1994 award was presented to the
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| Prizes are announced.
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| | former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee
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| The first Ig Nobel Prizes ceremony took
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| | Kuan Yew, who has been investigating for
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| place in 1991. Then, only three prizes
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| | 30 years the effects of punishing three
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| were awarded for achievements that
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| | million citizens whenever they spit, chew
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| cannot, or should not, be reproduced.
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| | gum, or feed pigeons.
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| Since then, dozens of researchers from
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| | 3) The 1995 prize was presented to a
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| different fields of knowledge and from
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| | group of professors from the Keio
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| different parts of the world were awarded
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| | University in Japan who had managed to
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| for their forgettable achievements. Here
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| | train pigeons to discriminate between
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| you can read about some of them.
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| | paintings by Picassos as against those by
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| Biology 1) In 1991, Robert Klark Graham,
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| | Monet.
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| was awarded for developing a sperm bank
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| | Peace 1) The 1995 award was presented to
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| that accepts donations only from Nobel
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| | the Taiwan National Parliament for
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| Prize winners and Olympians.
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| | claiming that politicians can gain more
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| 2) The 1996 prize was shared between two
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| | by punching, kicking and gouging each
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| Norwegian professors who had investigated
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| | other than by waging war against other
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| the influence of ale, garlic, and sour
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| | nations.
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| cream on the appetite of leeches.
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| | 2) The 1996 prize was awarded to the
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| 3) In 1997, three different professors
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| | President of France, Jacques Chirac, for
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| from three different countries were
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| | celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of
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| awarded for measuring brainwave patterns
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| | Hiroshima with atomic bomb tests in the
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| while people chewed different flavors of
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| | Pacific.
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| gum.
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| | 3) In 2000, the British Royal Navy
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| 4) In 2005, a large group of professors
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| | received this award for replacing the
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| and representatives of the perfume
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| | usage of live cannon shell with the usage
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| industry were awarded for cataloging the
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| | of the shout Bang!
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| specific odors produced by 131 different
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| | And the list can goes on. Ig Nobel Prizes
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| species of frogs in a state of stress.
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| | have also been selected for weird and
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| Medicine 1) In 1992, a group of Japanese
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| | funny achievements in the fields of
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| researchers were awarded for coming to
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| | literature, economics, physics,
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| the conclusion that people who believe
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| | nutrition, education, archeology,
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| they have foot odor are right about it
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| | chemistry and more. Just look out for the
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| while people who do not, are also right
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| | upcoming 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes.
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