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Article: Save the World - with a hosepipe.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Byline: James Delingpole
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Superfreakonomics, like its predecessor Freakonomics, is a highly entertaining light read ideal for casual browsing; abundant with glorious trivia well-suited to the bathroom or downstairs loo. Did you know a drunk walker is eight times more likely to get killed in a road accident than a drunk driver is likely to kill himself or someone else?
At least that is according to authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Although it's true that in the United States a mere 1,000 drunk ...