2026 Ignobels

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https://improbable.com/ig/winners/. scroll down the page at this link for...

 

for burying 1000 identical pairs of underpants in more than 25 countries, and then digging them up after two months.

 

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My personal favorite 😀

MEDICINE PRIZE [UK, USA] — Brian Witcombe and Dan Meyer, for their penetrating medical report “Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects.”

REFERENCE: “Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects,” Brian Witcombeand Dan Meyer, British Medical Journal, December 23, 2006, vol. 333, pp. 1285-7.

WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Brian Witcombe and Dan Meyer

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Tom accidentally took eight times the recommended dose of a fake version of retatrutide and says he nearly ended up in hospital..

But the eight girls he'd hired accidentally, to pleasure him, told him to calm down and relax , whilst he was nearly passing out in front of the eight large screen TVs he'd accidentally bought.

Tom also thinks people should send him money .

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Vials purporting to be "reta" as it's become known, are being sold in the UK in gyms, nail and beauty salons, hairdressers, on social media and even by flower sellers on the street. LINK

 

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retatrutide  - reta tru tide

for the easily conflubbled amongst us:

amendment needed, retarddude - retard dude