Like trying to steer a car by looking in the rearview mirror, they hold hearings to figure out what went wrong and then write new laws based on oldfacts.
Kim Maier, executive director of the Old Stone House, offers a couple of other fun Dodger facts: The team was called the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers because trolleys running along Third Avenue made it tricky to get into the park.
Reached by IM, Thomas, a former colleague of mine and a stickler for facts, points out yet another example: he joined Red Herring when it was just three years old.
The 58-year old, who is one of the most influential figures in British television, says his big achievement is "making facts as entertaining as possible".