James McCormick tricked the Iraqi government into buying tens of millions of dollars worth of dowsing rods to find bombs. Hilarity did not ensue.
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sources:
https://slate.com/technology/2013/04/dowsing-for-bombs-maker-of-useless-bomb-detectors-convicted-of-fraud.html
https://borderlandsciences.org/journal/vol/ie/Janks_Empirical_Evidence_for_Dowsing.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html
