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46. Sorry it was the wrong head on an apatosaur

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 07:52 PM

Sep 2012

Here it is:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/371/is-it-true-the-brontosaurus-never-really-existed

So, no, the Brontosaurus never existed.

He was my favorite.

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