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Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest

Posted by samzenpus on from the test-and-re-test dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Some historical figures are just too interesting to leave alone, even when they're supposed to be moldering in the grave. That's why medical researchers dug up Tycho Brahe, bombarded Napoleon's hair with neutrons in a nuclear reactor, and did everything they could think of to King Tut. Discover Magazine has 8 stories of delayed diagnoses and extreme postmortems."

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  1. Scientists Dead People Won't Let Rest by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else get dyslexia over this one? What I thought I saw before doing a double-take:

    Zombies invade university laboratories, scientists assaulted

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    Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
  2. Quick question by ddd0004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the picture, did that one guy wear a sweater that his mom made him?

    1. Re:Quick question by Misanthrope · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude, that's the benefit of being a scientist. You get to wear Cosby sweaters or Hawaiian shirts and it's not only socially acceptable it's almost required.