Medical doctor Donald Unger cracked the knuckles of his left hand every day for more than sixty years, but he did not crack the knuckles of his right hand. No arthritis or other ailments formed in either hand, earning him the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine.
The Ig Nobel Prize (/ˌɪɡnoʊˈbɛl/) is a satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. Its aim is to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.” The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the word ignoble.
So. There you have it.
On both counts. Go figure and go figure.
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“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
— Bertrand Russell
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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
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The nobel, nobel prize. Sort of.
