Since 1991, unusual and trivial achievements in various fields have been annually rewarded with the Ig Nobel Prize. This award ceremony, which takes place at the Sander Theater at Harvard University, is meant to "first make people laugh, and then make them think" per the awards' mission statement.
These are some of the amusing discoveries/inventions by some deep thinkers that were honored with the Ig Nobel Prize this year! Here's the best of the Ig Nobel Prizes 2011.