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This is improbable too synchronized cows, speedy brain extractors and more WTF research

Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative, and the brilliantly improbable from around the world. Here he investigates research on the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body (brain included). This Is Improbable Too explores the odd questions that researchers are asking, such as: What''s the best way to get a monkey to floss regularly? How much dandruff do soldiers in Pakistan''s army have? If you add an extra henchman to your bank-robbing gang, how much more money will you earn? Why is it so impossible to estimate the number of stupid people in.

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  • "Marc Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, offers an addictive, wryly funny expose of the oddest, most imaginative, and just plain improbable research from around the globe."
  • "Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative, and the brilliantly improbable from around the world. Here he investigates research on the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body (brain included). This Is Improbable Too explores the odd questions that researchers are asking, such as: What''s the best way to get a monkey to floss regularly? How much dandruff do soldiers in Pakistan''s army have? If you add an extra henchman to your bank-robbing gang, how much more money will you earn? Why is it so impossible to estimate the number of stupid people in."@en
  • "Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative and the brilliantly improbable. Here he turns to research on the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body (brain included): What's the best way to get a monkey to floss regularly? How much dandruff do Pakistani soldiers have? If you add an extra henchman to your bank-robbing gang, how much more money will you 'earn'? How many dimples will be found on the cheeks of 28,282 Greek children? Who is the Einstein of pork carcasses?"

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Humor"
  • "Miscellanea"@en

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  • "This is improbable too synchronized cows, speedy brain extractors and more WTF research"@en
  • "This is improbable too : synchronized cows, speedy brain extractors, and more WTF research"
  • "This Is Improbable Too : Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors, and More WTF Research"@en
  • "This is improbable too : synchronized cows, speedy brain extractors, & more WTF research"
  • "This Is Improbable Too : Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More Wtf Research"@en

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