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Some famous understatements throughout the history of the world

"He Chose... Poorly." - from Grail Knight in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"

“Computers in the Future May Weigh No More than 1.5 Tons.” - Popular Mechanics, 1949

"It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material." - Watson and Crick's dry account of DNA's structure was one of the most famous understatements in the history of science

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