Несмотря на общий успех технологического развития 20-го века, некоторым инновациям всё же не было предназначено попасть в учебники истории, – по причине их идиотизма.

Hugo Gernsback wearing his TV Glasses. (1963, LIFE magazine).

M3 sub-machine gun with a curved barrel for shooting around corners. It’s the perfect gun for the “shoot first, look where you’re shooting later” kind of guy. (1953, LIFE magazine).

L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology, uses his Hubbard Electrometer to determine whether tomatoes experience pain. His work led him to the conclusion that tomatoes “scream when sliced”. (1968, LIFE magazine).

Robert L. Stern, President of Zeus Corp., smoking a cigarette from his self-designed rainy day cigarette holder. (1954, LIFE magazine).