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TIL The average POTUS has been charged with two felonies.

thepoliticswatcher.com The Scandals and Indictments of US Presidents: A Historical Overview

Exploring the scandals, indictments, and legal issues faced by US presidents.

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That article has all the feeling of being written by a high school sophomore 1 hour before it was due. I especially enjoyed the "In conclusion" to kick off the final paragraph.

And to save you a click:

The average US president has been charged with 2 felonies. However, this statistic is heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, who became a statistical outlier due to the multiple legal issues he faced during his tenure.
- Definitely reads lile OpenAI shit it out.
  
  we're gonna make 'em eat our shit, then shit out our shit, then eat their shit which is made up of our shit that we made 'em eat. Then all you motherfuckers are next. Love, Jay and Silent Bob.
The only thing worth learning about this is sometimes the average isn't really useful.

trump has an absolutely crazy amount of felonies, and we've had a relatively small amount of presidents
- The problem with averages is more often than not the type of average being used is not specified.
  
  There can be a vast difference between Mean, Median or Mode.
  
  And I regularly catch shit for saying the measure of central tendency could be any of those, and that "average" only usually means "arithmetic mean" but could be any number of measures...
  
  Central Limits Theorem
Spiders Donald is a statistical outlier and should not have been counted
Gotta exclude outliers
- I am too lazy to find the mean. But yes distribution is an important thing to thing.
If you live in America today, the one historical fact you are most likely to have heard is that former President Donald Trump is the first president to be impeached twice.

What is this writing? The one historical fact haha
This website is god awful on mobile without an ad blocker wtf. The ads covered like 80% of the screen. I blame you for linking me that
- Use Firefox + uBlock Origin. Most of the ads will be gone after that.
The average number of legs per person is less than two....
average president charged with 2 felonies statistic actually incorrect. average president does not get charged with many felonies. felonies donald, who has been charged with a shitload of felonies, is an outlier and should not have been counted

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