stackyFACTSWhen grant money needs to be spent, academics get wildly creative. Massive amounts of public funds have historically been directed toward incredibly bizarre university experiments, including building miniature exercise machines to measure how tired mollusks get while moving.
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Sometimes the most lucrative crop you can plant is absolutely nothing. To prevent soil erosion and control market prices, agricultural programs routinely…
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European agricultural protectionism is so extreme that the daily financial subsidy handed out for a single dairy cow is greater than the daily income of half…
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The armed forces unknowingly act as the ultimate financial savior for the wool industry. Mandates requiring military uniforms to be made entirely of domestic…
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Because abandoning a town entirely is apparently too practical. Depopulation leaves massive infrastructure completely unused, yet municipalities still receive…
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Governments frequently prop up dying sectors that produce items nobody actually wants, simply to appease very specific demographics. It results in mountains…
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Fast food dollar menus are economically sustainable only because the actual cost of raising beef and corn is heavily subsidized by the government, meaning…
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