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| Mankind has invented many wonderful things, but lest you think we cannot also fail, let's take a look at three "questionable" inventions. | |
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| In 1953 the military invented an M3 sub-machine gun with a curved barrel for shooting around corners. | |
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| That didn't really work out so well so it never got utilized. The next thing was even more bizarre. | |
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| In 1954 the President of Zeus Corp., Robert L. Stern, invented a rainy day cigarette holder which had a tiny umbrella over the tip of the cigarette. | |
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| It had very poor sales but Jack Paar used one on the Tonight Show in 1957 for a laugh. The best however is kept for last. | |
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| In 1964 a robot was designed by Claus Scholz of Vienna to answer the phone for people. It could not speak but the caller would hear the robot gears turning. No one ever bought one. | |
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