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| MLA Full: | "We Have Spent Millions of Dollars on Blue Roses." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 27 April 2026, www.youtube.com/watch?v=oby-7rVVAgA. |
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SciShow, "We Have Spent Millions of Dollars on Blue Roses.", April 27, 2026, YouTube, 08:20, https://youtube.com/watch?v=oby-7rVVAgA. |
We all know that roses are red and violets are blue. But how come you never see blue roses, too? Turns out, there's been over forty years of research into breeding genetically blue roses, and the results are.... a bit disappointing.
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