Monday, 5 January 2026

Alain Bombard: The Biologist Who Shipwrecked Himself to Prove a Point

quote [ In the autumn of 1952, a small black rubber dinghy drifted out of the Canaries and into the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean. Its lone occupant was a doctor, Alain Bombard, a young French biologist determined to answer a deadly question. ]

You know, that's why I'm shipwrecked
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[by ScoobySnacks@7:58amGMT]

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stv179 said @ 6:51am GMT on 6th Jan
Only in France you would receive death threats for being against Foie gras ..
mechanical contrivance said @ 2:20pm GMT on 6th Jan
It's worth killing people to eat foie gras, apparently.

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