Blame It on the Large Hadron Collider Day
September 10 · Level 9 · #261 of 2238
On this joke day, any mishap may be blamed on the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. It is a cheerful excuse to laugh at how readily we look for someone to blame.
How it is celebrated: people pin lost socks, flat phone batteries and rainy weather on the collider, and science fans use the chance to explain to friends what the machine actually does.
The first proton beams circulated around the collider on 10 September 2008. Its ring is 27 kilometres long and runs underground near Geneva, across the Swiss-French border.