On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
Like I say, this story itself may be an urban myth,
and certainly
even if it happened to be in fact true, it would reference a very
early edition of Britannica, perhaps even one of the very first
editions. I am sure even their editorial standards have not
always been as high, as they are today.
If you're not trying to imply anything about Britannica's current accuracy,
and you're not even sure it's true, then I don't even get the point of
mentioning it.