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The Ig Nobel Awards: Celebrating Unconventional Scientific Research
TLDR The Ig Nobel Awards recognize and celebrate unconventional scientific research, including studies on a "gay bomb," woodpeckers' lack of headaches, mindless eating, and the use of Viagra to help hamsters recover from jet lag. The awards have faced criticism from some scientists, but they continue to highlight unique and thought-provoking studies.
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The Ig Nobel Awards are coming up in about a month.
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The Ig Nobel Awards recognize genuine scientific research that is often left of center, and they will be live webcasted on October 1st.
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The Air Force won the 2007 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for their research on a "gay bomb" that would use chemicals to affect human behavior and disrupt enemy units, but they did not show up to receive the award.
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A scientist criticized the Ig Nobel organizers and said they should never award another prize to anyone from England, causing a backlash in the scientific community.
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Dr. Peck Van Andel won the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for medicine for making the first MRI video of human reproductive organs during intercourse.
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The Ig Nobel Prizes include research on why woodpeckers don't get headaches, people's appetite for mindless eating, how to ensure nobody in a group photo has their eyes closed, and the use of Viagra to help hamsters recover from jet lag.
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The winner of the biggest badass of World War II contest is Simo Haiha, also known as White Death, who killed 505 Russians as a sniper with just a standard bolt action rifle.
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The White Death, with over 800 kills in under 100 days, is considered the biggest badass of World War II.
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