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Old 20-August-2008, 07:09 PM
jfribrg jfribrg is offline
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"Did you know that the distribution of Olympic swimming medallists against the tropical astrological zodiac signs can be almost exactly mapped by a polynomial function of the third degree?
Why stop at third degree? You can remove the "almost" from the above quote by using a polynomial of the 12th degree.

Also, I wonder how accurate the birthdate data is, especially considering that Phelps is not a pisces (Please don't anyone call me a woo-woo for looking this up). Most everyone assumes that the data is correct, but nobody (including me) bothers to validate it.
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