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<div align=right>Justin Mullins<br> New Scientist <br> March 24-30, 2007, p 52</div></blockquote>
<div align=right>Justin Mullins<br> New Scientist <br> March 24-30, 2007, p 52</div></blockquote>


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Luis Carlos Silva provided the following Forsooth:  
Luis Carlos Silva provided the following Forsooth:  


We were eleven people obtainig those 30.000 millions. I want the 11% that corresponds to me.  
We were eleven people obtainig those 30.000 millions. I want the 11% that corresponds to me.  


A politician of Madrid in a phone dialogue recorded by the police. “El País”, 20th October, 2006.  
A politician of Madrid in a phone dialogue recorded by the police. “El País”, 20th October, 2006.


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Revision as of 19:01, 5 April 2007

Quotations

It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the

leading causes of statistics.

Fletcher Krebel
Reader's Digest (December 1961)

Forsooths

He (Persi Diaconis) proved that it takes seven shuffles to perfectly randomize a pack of cards.

Justin Mullins
New Scientist
March 24-30, 2007, p 52

Luis Carlos Silva provided the following Forsooth:

We were eleven people obtainig those 30.000 millions. I want the 11% that corresponds to me.

A politician of Madrid in a phone dialogue recorded by the police. “El País”, 20th October, 2006.

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