Are flamingos pink because they eat shrimps? (2001)

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by pif • 11 years ago

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pif• 11 years ago

For once, an article title that defies Betteridge's law!

dalke• 11 years ago

If you look in the archive you'll see that many of the questions are answered with "yes". Perhaps a qualified yes, but still a yes.

"Is animal testing still common?" - "So yes, animal testing is, unlike the animals themselves, alive and well."

"Is there a case for legalizing prostitution?" - "We need to protect the women involved to the extent we can and not just drive them underground. If that means decriminalization plus inspections, licensing, and other bureaucratic accoutrements, spare me the moralizing — that's what we should do."

"Has anyone gotten hurt or killed following bad GPS directions?" - "A Senegalese man driving through Spain wasn’t so lucky. He was following GPS directions at night when the road just ended, his passenger said later. He drove into a lake and drowned."

While I think more are answered with "no", it's not rare enough to be a shocking surprise.

Are flamingos pink because they eat shrimps? (2001)

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