They are priceless, multifaceted jewels of misjudgment. Masterworks of the moronic. Steroid-juiced stupidity wearing a size 9XX dunce cap embroidered with one simple word: “Duh.” And each is faithfully chronicled here in “100 of the Worst Ideas in History.””

On this rollicking romp through the bungles and stumbles of the distant and recent past, you’ll drink in the dental hygiene product that actually rots your teeth. Meet the confused chauffeur who helped start a world war. Get behind the wheel of the new Ford “Lemon Sucker.” Touch base with why baseball’s greatest home run hitter was never allowed to play in the majors. Learn how a missed appointment with his tailor likely cost a U.S. President his life. Plus so much more (of so much less).

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