Last week I inadvertently demonstrated to you that fairly intelligent people (meaning me) sometimes do stupid things. I had done my math wrong in the blurb about how much we each pay to fund the National Gallery of Art. I said "slightly under $2." That would be true if one were to divide 310 million people by 162.8 million dollars ... instead of the correct method of dividing dollars by people. So! Revised conversational tidbit: we each pay 53 cents (0.52516129, rounded up) to fund the National Gallery of Art for one fiscal year.
Remember to exercise both hemispheres of your brain, don't do math at 3 a.m. unless you can literally do it in your sleep, and have a great week!
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