Two (not very good) scientists, who lived in different continents but who knew each other, both had an idea for the same experiment at the same time. They wanted to do a experiment where they put a belladonna plant and a nest of wasps in the same small place and see what would ensue - which would poison the other first. So they made it a joint experiment. They both set up the project in their own labs and made observations. After several weeks, both the plant and the insects were thriving. It was only then that they read the literature which showed that the belladonna was of no interest to the wasps so there was no contest. The toxin of both the plant and the insects never got ingested by the other!
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