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BLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

Hey Bluetooth! All that yabbering on your phone may be the reason why human civilization is about to perish. Many scientists believe that radiation emitted by mobile phones is messing with the internal navigation system of bees, and causing them to lose their way back to their hives. As a result,

bee colonies are collapsing

rapidly - more than half of the bee population in the US dropped dead this year. Dead bugs don't seem like such a big deal until you remember that bees pollinate one third of the world's crops. No pollination = Famine = Armageddon. So, do us all a favour: shut the fuck up.