Ig Nobel Prize
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The Ig Nobel Prize, also known as the Ig Nobels or simply the Igs, is a satirical prize awarded annually since 1991 to promote public engagement with scientific research. Its aim is to "honor achievem
Winners are awarded a 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollar banknote.
The 2000 Ig Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Andre Geim and Michael Berry for the magnetic levitation of a live frog. Geim was awarded an actual Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010.
The Zimbabwean dollar was the name of four official currencies of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 12 April 2009. During this time, it was subject to periods of extreme inflation, followed by a period of hyperin
Ig Nobel Prize
…with the winners receiving a prize "made of cheap materials that are prone to disintegrate", and a solitary banknote for the amount of 10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars (US$0.04, but the banknote is worth more as a collector's item). In 2025, instead of the banknote, winners were presented with a single packaged moist…
The 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar banknote (1014 dollars), equal to 1027 pre-2006 dollars
A Series 2008 bearer cheque for 100 million Zimbabwean dollars
A selection of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe bearer cheques printed between July 2007 to July 2008 (now expired) ranging between 10 and 100,000,000,000 Z$ that illustrate the hyperinflation rate in Zimbabwe.