DW & RW: It seems our government has a lot of money to spend on grants. Numismatic research should be an easy get considering this is one of dozens of grants passed out:
Sex, drugs, and… quails
The government spent at least $518,000 in federal grants to study how cocaine affects the sexual behavior of Japanese quails. Sounds pretty outlandish, but the researchers had their reasons. They were trying to look at how cocaine abuse affected risky sexual behaviors in humans, and the sex habits of quails are easy to measure in a lab setting. If you think this is bizarre, learn about these 10 secret U.S government operations—revealed.