http://mashable.com/2013/01/16/google-says-it-didnt-kill-that-donkey/

Google on Wednesday answered a query that had been consuming the blogosphere for 24 hours: Why did the donkey lie down on the road? The speculation began when an image of a donkey lying on its side in the middle of a dirt road in the Kweneng region of Botswana emerged on Street View.

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