I wouldn't accuse you of trying to mislead anyone. I think you are sincerely seeking knowledge. However, saying that the quote is from straightdope.com is not very helpful--that's a big website. There's probably four million articles and posts there. I just provided a direct link--and it shows that you left off the quotation marks. You only included the quotation marks that were included on the webpage, you didn't include the marks that would have shown what was quoted from the Straight Dope.

Just trying to help.