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Weapons, mobile phones, cars and religion all made the top ten in a list of the world’s worst inventions.

More than 4,000 people to part in an online survey on the issue for BBC’s Focus magazine.

The top 10 “worst inventions” (with the percentage of people who voted for it) are:

1. Weapons - 35 per cent
2. Mobile phones - 17 per cent
3. Nuclear power - 9 per cent
4. Sinclair C5 - 9 per cent
5. Television - 9 per cent
6. The car - 6 per cent
7. Cigarettes - 6 per cent
8. Fast food - 3 per cent
9. Speed cameras - 3 per cent
10. Religion - 2 per cent

Your thoughts?

StrangeSights is now running a regular ‘bit’ on odd labels/signs.

Here’s one to get us started, a case of unfortunate line spacing (note the fifth line down):

Let me know if you come across any that might be worth a mention!

A British online poll has identified the sound of a person vomiting as the most horrible sound in the world.

The poll, which recorded more than 1.1 million votes, was conducted on the BadVibes website where visitors were invited to listen to a range of sounds and then rank them according to their distaste.

Other sounds which made the top of the list include a dentist’s drill, fingernails scraping on a blackboard and aircraft flying past.

The experiment was conducted by Professor Trevor Cox of the University of Salford’s Acoustic Research Centre.

What sounds turns your stomach?