What is the connection between explosives and diamonds, Coca-Cola and the birth rate, kisses and allergies? What is it like to live in the skin of a goat or fly between the drops like mosquitoes? Do plants have rights? Where does a bee sting the most? There is only one step from a frivolous question to a real discovery... And science is not at all a dull conveyor belt for the production of knowledge; it is full of errors, misconceptions, curious cases, and non-standard approaches to the problem. Scientists who are not afraid to look at the world without prejudice sometimes become laureates of the Ignobel Prize “for achievements that make you laugh first and then think.” In their book, authors Heinrich Ehrlich and Sergei Komarov talk about these incredible discoveries, experiments of researchers (including on themselves), parallels (for example, between the structure of hell and black holes), far-reaching conclusions (restoring protein structure and turning back time) , and most importantly, about inexhaustible human curiosity, the ability to ask questions and, of course, a sense of humor.