- July 2, 2007 • 1:57 pm PDT
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"Q: Why is the sky blue?
Robert Winston: Oh bugger, I can't remember now. Um. Oh Jesus. It isn't really blue actually. It doesn't actually have a colour at all. It just simply appears blue."
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