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Science is serious business, but sometimes new technology can look a bit silly before it’s widely adopted (and especially if it’s never adopted, like the PistoLaser or the Hoop Cycle.) In this archive gallery, we’ve rounded up nine men who, though incredibly solemn and impeccably dressed, just couldn’t maintain dignity in the face of cutting-edge science.
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