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Mars attacks sore throats
FEEDBACK was rather surprised, on opening a press release entitled “Mysterious rock on Mars identified”, to discover a new interpretation of a “doughnut-like” rock that appeared in front of the rover Opportunity. It was, we were informed, actually “a discarded bag of… Throat Drops” and referred us to “twin scientists” who had made the identification.
After a famous web search engine could find no trace of said researchers, we emailed the manufacturer of the throat drops. The company…
