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WASHINGTON – Scientists have debunked the cliché that “it is what it is” by proving that most of the the time it isn’t what it is.
“The research really shocked us,” said Dr. Noah Swayne, who headed the five year study at a cost to taxpayers of $8 million.
“Most surprisingly, we also found that ‘it always was what it wasn’t.’”
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