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posted by Zed on October 2 2002 23:49

Who says blondes are endangered? Not WHO.

It's almost an irresistible story for journalists: the World Health Organization publishes a study predicting the gene responsible for natural blond hair will be extinct by the year 2202.

And a number of news organizations around the world took the bait late last week, including the extensive and respected BBC News Web site. There was just one problem. The WHO neither commissioned nor published any research on the future of the blond gene. Nor can the organization find a shred of proof that anyone else did last week either.

(Thanks, Geoff!)

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=v= Well, so much for that pickup line. Guess I might as well just dump my Super Sun-In® down the drain ...

Posted by Jym on October 8 2002 09:31

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