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It was hell being Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) is best known for his development of the telephone, but Bell was also a scientist, though some of his research interests pushed the boundaries of reason.

For example, he believed that the rays of a full moon were harmful, and so he kept his bedroom windows permanently covered.

He tried to teach his dog to talk. (Maybe so he would have somebody to call on his newfangled phone.)

And he was convinced that ewes with extra teats gave birth to more lambs. He spent more than 30 years tabulating sheep nipples, stopping only when the U.S. State Department officially announced it could find no link.

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