The Museum of Failure
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The Museum of Failure
Dr West gathered over 150 examples of failure and opened a museum in Sweden. The Rejuvenik was a plastic face mask with electrodes inside it. When you put it on, the mask would send small electric shocks onto different parts of your face. Its inventors claimed that the shocks from the mask would make people look younger but there was no evidence that it worked. Thalidomide causes serious birth defects in early pregnancy. It can damage a baby's brain, its eyes and its arms and legs. Many thalidomide babies were born with very short arms and legs - many died.
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