BMW: Not Born From Planes

I have a hard time throwing away old papers when I find myself stumbling across articles like "Nope, Not Born From Planes" by Stephen Williams in the January 10, 2011 NY Times. 

The BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke) roundel widely assumed to represent a propeller is actually derived from the flag of the Bavarian Free State.  The article was also cited by a blog which had this image:

In true insouciant fashion one response to that blog was: Yeah. Uh huh. And "Puff the Magic Dragon" had nothing to do with drugs, and neither did "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

I suspect the real value of the article will be in the money which will be won in bar bets.

(As a side note, the headline of the online version is "BMW Roundel: Not Born From Planes".)