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-{{A|g|[[file: Lentils.jpg|450px|center|thumb|Out of my cold dead hands.]]}}So it turns out we haven't been panic buying lentils after all. There is a benign explanation for the sudden disappearance of split peas from the nation's grocery store shelves. And it is all to do with when seemingly [[gaussian distribution]]s reveal themselves to be [[leptokurtic]]. Yes, you read that right.
+{{A|g|[[file: Lentils.jpg|450px|center|thumb|Out of my cold dead hands.]]}}So it turns out we haven’t been panic hoarding lentils after all. There is a benign explanation for the sudden disappearance of split peas from the nation's grocery store shelves.
-This is all about [[kurtosis]].
+And it is all to do with when seemingly [[normal distribution]]s reveal themselves to be [[leptokurtic]]. Yes, you read that right. This is all about [[kurtosis]].
 In ordinary times, our lentil-buying habits are regular: hippies and vegans (a small (but growing!) portion of the population) buy a lot of lentils, and everyone else buys none.