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IG Nobel Prizes: Laugh and then Think

The 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on Thursday night, October 1, at the 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. These prizes are awarded “for achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK.” For example, the Medicine Prize was awarded to Donald L. Unger, of Thousand Oaks, California, USA, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand – but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand – every day for more than sixty (60) years. You can read the entire list here.

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