Pursuits
Octopus Paul Swims Clear of Euro; Gets Tentacles on Book Deal
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Paul the Octopus oracle declined to give Bloomberg News an exclusive long-term forecast for the euro’s performance against the dollar.
From his tank at the Sealife aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, the eight-legged sage accurately foretold the result of all the German team’s matches in the World Cup soccer tournament by choosing between two mussels in separate containers marked with the relevant flag. He went on to predict, correctly, that Spain would beat the Netherlands in the final.