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* Subverted by an experimental reactor in Switzerland. While the guy in charge had a "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]" attitude, the engineers considered this phrase a serious question, and [[Properly Paranoid|built the reactor in a cave just in case they got an answer.]] Naturally, they got an answer, and [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again|sealed up the cave]].
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/opinion/keller-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-iran.html?_r=1 This article] about a possible war against Iran is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] .
* The "Big Dig" in [[Useful Notes/Boston (useful notes)|Boston]]. "Let's replace the unsightly and congested Central Artery expressway with an underground tunnel! Then, let's reclaim the land where the old highway used to be, building parks, gentrifying the slums that developed around the highways, and de-congesting surface traffic! [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]?" Two decades, $15 billion, several lawsuits and four deaths later...
* [[The Rolling Stones]] hire [[Hells Angels]] to work security and pay them in beer. At least one audience member wound up dead.
 
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