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The Case of the 150,000 ‘Dead’ Penguins

VIRAL MISTAKE

You may have read that an Antarctic colony of penguins was trapped by an iceberg and died, killed by climate change. But there’s a twist: All parts of the story turn out to be untrue.

Ben Collins

Published Feb. 22 2016 12:28AM EST

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Ben Collins

Ben Collins

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