Kind of reminds me of PageRank in someway; the number of "backedges" is not guaranteed to equal number of "forwardedges", hence the difference in number of paths.

I'd assume very few articles lead in to "Consumption of Tide Pods", while many do to "Age of Enlightenment".

Meg Whitman -> Consumption of Tide Pods

https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/?source=Meg%20Whitman&...

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