Only Fake Facts

Vol. I, No. 16 Wednesday, November 4, 2026 Fact-checked, and found false

Animals

Flamingos are pink because they are mildly embarrassed at all times.

False

Chicks hatch grey and only start blushing once they are old enough to understand what they look like standing on one leg. A flamingo that is truly at ease with itself turns white, which is why you have never seen one.

According to the Proceedings of the Society for Avian Feelings, vol. 4, which also does not exist.

Filed under birds, colour.

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