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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary

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The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

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The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wait Tenerife is not in american airspace.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Correct.

    The episode on Tenerife proclaimed it to be "The worst aviation accident in history."

    Later episodes of the show about different, unrelated accidents had to start undershooting that mark, like "The worst aviation accident in American history" or "The worst aviation accident in Swiss history" until they start talking about a rough landing in a Beech 1900 where everyone got hangnails and it's "The worst aviation accident at an uncontrolled field to take place during the daytime over a federal holiday weekend involving one twin-engine propeller plane."

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