Slate offers up a classic misquote correction:
This post originally quoted photographer Tom Sanders as saying it takes him five years to get on the dance floor. It takes him five beers.
Hat tip to Matt Novak.
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Slate corrects: Man needs ‘five beers,’ not ‘five years’ to dance
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