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Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
Essayist
Literary Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Heat
Flying
Bird
Ones
Becoming
Dinosaurs
Grew
Feathers
Started
Regulation
Birds

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