Ig Nobel awards 2011

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Hadta laugh at this year's Ig Nobel Peace prize...


"The peace prize was won by Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, in Lithuania, for his crackdown on illegal parking. Mayor Zuokas ran over offending cars with a tank."

I could think of a few cars I'd like to run over with a tank...

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I really love this American parody of the Nobel Prizes which gives ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research every year. I was able to read an article related to this topic please allow me to share it here. A service was held at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre Thursday honoring the 2011 Ig Nobel Award winners. The prize honors the years' silliest in improbable scientific research. This year the awards went to such diverse research as why discus throwers get dizzy and why a certain beetle makes love to a beer bottle. Source for this article: Ig Nobel Awards honor the wackiest scientific studies of the year. Wish I would be lucky enough to attend this kind of awarding.