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2004 Ig Nobel Prizes Announced

Posted by michael on from the she-blinded-me-with-science dept.

ancice writes "The 2004 Ig Nobel prizes are out. Article by New Scientist. An 'invisible gorilla has scooped the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize for Psychology'. And 'dropped food is safe to eat if it has spent no more than five seconds on the floor' - Public Health. Finally, there's proof for the 5 second rule! And for Engineering, 'Patenting of the combover'. Official page with ceremony and lectures."

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  1. Re:Winner by Surt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is the foot/hand one supposed to be hard ... I do it right every time. Granted, I'm pretty non-flexible, so the rotations don't get very far.

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