In 1962 a four-piece band called The Beatles auditioned for Decker Records in London.

Decker rejected the group because they weren't saleable.

In 1985 the New York Times ran an article declaring the death of the laptop, because who really wants a computer to carry with them?

In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit with a faulty optical system.

A second mission in 1993 corrected the problem so now Hubble effectively wears glasses.

In 1982 Stephen Spielberg called up the chocolate manufacturer Mars to ask if he could use their M&M's product in his upcoming movie E.T. Mars refused and sales of Reese's pieces rocketed

65%. In 1812 Napoleon boldly invaded Russia, losing over half a million troops before finally

being escorted back to France by the Russian army.

And in 2015 Mike Hall fucked up yet another episode of Skeptics with a Kay by misconfiguring his laptop during the recording of the show, resulting in a barely audible recording which required a huge amount of digital processing.

This impromptu sojourn into the greatest mistakes of history has been brought to you by the words humble, contrite, and apologetic. It is a It is Thursday the 9th of April 2015 and you're listening to Skeptics with the Kay, the

podcast for science reason and critical thinking. Skeptics with the Kay is a production of the

Merseys Skeptics Society, Kay is a production of the Merseys Skeptic Society, a non-profit

organisation for the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseys around the UK and

internationally.

I am your host Michael with me today is Marsh.

Hello? And it is Marsh. Hello?

And it's Alex.

It's April and ready.

It is April already.

I remember just in 2015, our first show in the year like two weeks ago.

Or something was.

It was awesome quickly.

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