Another of today's headlines from the Beeb - "No evidence of mermaids, says US government"
"There is no evidence that mermaids exist, a US government scientific agency has said."
Well, no sh*t Sherlock is my reply. Although, as one wag pointed out on Twitter, "Thanks to their denial, belief in mermaids rises 3,000%"

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http://bbc.in/N6kyk1Hat tip to Greywulf.