stackyFACTSNature’s most majestic pink birds have been thoroughly out-bred by cheap petroleum byproducts. Thanks to a 1957 invention, the plastic flamingo became a kitschy cultural staple. Today, millions of these tacky ornaments exist, vastly overshadowing the few hundred thousand actual flamingos.
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