Why are some chicken eggs white and some brown - is it because of the colour of the chicken? 
The colour of a chicken's eggs is determined by the colour of her earlobes. If the earlobes are white, the hen will lay white eggs. If the earlobes are red, she will produce brown eggs. The pictured chook will lay brown eggs because of the red earlobes - the earlobes are that bit of flesh to the left of the wobbly bits under the beak.
Was there an Olympic Champion female who turned out to be a man? 
Yes and No. Stella Walsh was a dominant sprinter of the 1930s and 1940s who emigrated to USA. She competed for Poland at the 1932 Olympics and won gold in the 100-meter dash. She continued to compete as an amateur until 1954 and was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975. Five years later she was killed by a stray bullet at a Cleveland shopping center.
An autopsy surprised everyone by showing that Walsh had male genitals and both male and female chromosomes -- a condition known as mosaicism.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
From Chickens to Olympians
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Stella Walsh was not a man. She had an gender disorder and was neither male or female.
Thanks for that - you are correct. I shall change the Yes to read Yes and No as I beleive that would be the correct statement. Cheers
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