Two summers ago, you couldn't escape the Ice Bucket Challenge. The viral campaign raised awareness and funds for ALS research, but it was criticized as slactivism and a waste of water. While the Ice Bucket Challenge is easily written off as a silly stunt, some of the more than $115 million raised helped researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School isolate a gene that's connected to the debilitating disease. This is just one step in the long battle to end ALS, but the good news made us nostalgic for people's hilarious reactions after having ice water poured on their heads:
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