12 Apr 2007
T. rex thigh reveals chicken family ties

I believe it.

Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic proof that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin to the modern chicken.

(link) [CNN.com]

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So It Goes - Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

"I've been smoking Pall Mall unfiltered cigarettes since I was 12 or 14. So I'm going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, who manufactured them. And do you know why? Because I'm 83 years old. The lying bastards! On the package Brown & Williamson promised to kill me."

Kurt Vonnegut interview with Rolling Stone, 2006

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