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In 1961, J.R.R Tolkien was rejected…

January 22, 2022Weirdo

In 1961, J.R.R Tolkien was rejected for a Nobel Prize, on the grounds of his poor storytelling.

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Upon finding out he won the Nobel…

March 10, 2021Weirdo

Upon finding out he won the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on irrational decision-making, American economist Richard Thaler said he would spend the prize money as “irrationally as possible.”

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J.R.R Tolkien was rejected…

September 28, 2020Weirdo

J.R.R Tolkien was rejected for a Nobel Prize, in 1961, on the grounds of his poor storytelling.

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J.J. Thomson won the Nobel in Physics…

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020Weirdo

J.J. Thomson won the Nobel in Physics in 1906 when he showed electrons were particles. His son G. P. Thomson won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937 for showing that electrons are waves.

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The “Nobel Prize in Economics” isn’t…

November 26, 2019Weirdo

The “Nobel Prize in Economics” isn’t a real Nobel Prize. It was established over 70 years after the death of Alfred Nobel, is sponsored by a bank and is officially only “in memory of Alfred Nobel”.

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C.S. Lewis nominated J.R.R….

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019Weirdo

C.S. Lewis nominated J.R.R. Tolkien for the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was rejected on the grounds that his writing “has not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality.”

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A Hungarian chemist during WWII…

March 22, 2018Weirdo

A Hungarian chemist during WWII hid his Nobel Prize by dissolving it in acid and leaving it on a shelf due to the Nazi ban on its citizens from accepting the Nobel Prize. After the war, he reconstituted the gold from the acid, returned it to Sweden, and got the medal cast again.

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J.J. Thomson won the Nobel in Physics (1906) when he showed….

November 30, 2014Weirdo

J.J. Thomson won the Nobel in Physics (1906) when he showed electrons were particles. His son won it in 1937 for showing that electrons are waves. And they were both right.

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After being mistaken for dead, dynamite …

November 30, 2013Weirdo

After being mistaken for dead, dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel was shocked to read his obituaries, one of which dubbed him “The Merchant of Death”. He thought to redeem himself by donating his wealth in trust to celebrate life achievements. The Nobel Prize.

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Robert Lucas, upon receiving a Nobel Pri …

October 12, 2013Weirdo

Robert Lucas, upon receiving a Nobel Prize in economic sciences, was only awarded half the prize money. His ex-wife had placed a clause in their divorce settlement in 1988 stating she would receive half the prize money if he won the prize in the following 7 years. He won in the year 1995.

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