Sunday, June 04, 2017

Weird fact for the day: a puzzle obsession that went too far

"In June 2008, an Australian drugs-related jury trial costing over A$1 million was aborted when it was discovered that five of the 12 jurors had been playing Sudoku instead of listening to evidence. [37]
(Wikipedia; you can click on the 37 to see they weren't making it up.)

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