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Please send us your views on what you consider to be mankind's worst inventions.
 
Here are a few to get you thinking: 

 

Nuclear Bomb
On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear test took place, code-named "Trinity," using a device nicknamed "the Gadget." The test released the equivalent of 19 kilotons of TNT, far mightier than any weapon ever used before.
 
Fast Food
A regular but not overly filling meal at Macdonald's of a Big Mac, large fries, and a McFlurry drink amounts to 1790 calories. A diet of approximately 2000 calories is consider a healthy amount of calories for an entire day.
 
The Electric Chair
The use of the electric chair has declined as legislators sought what they believed to be more humane methods of execution.
The Singing Fish
Looking deceptively like a normal stuffed fish mounted on a plaque, it is actually a robot that begins to sing and move when someone walks up to it.
Answerphone
invented in 1904 for automatically answering telephone calls and recording messages left by callers when the party called is unable to answer the phone.
 
Big Brother
A reality television show which lasts for around three months, a number of people live together under the continuous gaze of television cameras.
 
Borat Swim Suit
Fits from shoulder down to the khram and is the official swim suit Kazakh 2002 olympic swim. It is important that it is supported sufficiently when wearing it