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In the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, a recent creature of the revived series are the Weeping Angels, which demonstrate the Quantum Zeno effect perfectly as they cannot move and stay still whilst being observed by any living thing
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“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
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