(The fact that they find the coincidence remarkable is more evidence for human beings' lousy intuition about probabilities.) (It's also worth pointing out that a very high 7% of all words in my Quechua sample text begin with m. This initial isn't particularly common in Chinese, but one...
Wait, why is this among the fun facts about Italy. It’s just common knowledge. But do you know how much Italians love pasta? Evidence suggests that it’s not a coincidence that the Italian chefs know so many good pasta sauces. They had plenty of years to perfect the craft. It turned...