> That looked pretty suspicious to me - but it turns out, it's
> true. Ah, the web. How else would we ever have been able
> to check useless statistical claims like this?
Well, son, a long time ago, people used to use "Almanacs", which were paper
books full of facts. Now all that's left of them is dangling web pointers
such as
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0886878209/r/2200-9201398-659993
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0886878209/r/2200-9201398-659993> .
Very sad, really.
And a very long time ago, there used to be "Librarians" whom one could call
to ask questions.
- Joe