The Relativity Ruckus: 100 Years of Epic Failures

Here are the most epic, the most legendary, the most utterly bewildering fails in the history of relativity, carefully curated for your entertainment.

1905: The Big Bang of Bad Ideas

Einstein's theory of relativity, hailed as the greatest scientific breakthrough of the 20th century, was actually just a bunch of nonsense.

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1920s: The Lost Decade of Lost Time

When relativity was all the rage, people forgot how to tell time. Literally. They lost track of the seconds, the minutes, the hours... it was chaos.

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1950s: The Quantum Quagmire

Physicists got so caught up in quantum mechanics, they forgot about the simple laws of relativity. Who needs Schrödinger's equation when you have a good old-fashioned time paradox?

Get lost in the quantum quagmire

2015: The Time-Traveling Toaster

Somebody thought it was a good idea to build a toaster that also served as a time machine. Spoiler alert: it did not end well.

The tale of the ill-fated appliance

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