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How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia::Windfarm critics claim projects will harm marine life. Scientists say that’s not backed by credible evidence

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That reminds me the pamphlet stating that cows milk would turn when a train passes too close to them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

This commercial had people thinking spaghetti grows on trees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ZtGoXkI58

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The BBC did an April Fools day joke along these lines too. Perhaps one is based upon the other.

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