Not So Notable Discoveries

Do you ever wonder…

…why woodpeckers don't get headaches?
…if can people swim faster in syrup or in water?
…if magnets can levitate a frog?
…if there's any scientific validity to the Five-Second Rule?
…why, when you bend dry spaghetti, it often breaks into more than two pieces?
…if brains of London taxi drivers are more highly developed than those of their fellow citizens?
...other ponderous questions about the universe?

Also, learn the potential benefits of an alarm clock that runs and hides when going off, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard, and what we can learn by electrically monitoring the activity of a brain cell in a locust while watching selected highlights from the movie "Star Wars."

This information and more can be discovered at Ig-noble.