Snopes is not a good reference to cite, they have changed many artlcles based on research they missed. They tend to just want to get a page up when a topic is popular, then research it later.
I mean, correcting factual errors is pretty good trait for a fact-checking site, right?
Yes, but surely you would do that first?
That's assuming that new facts never come to light over time.
Kind of a garbage article because coincidence or not they are similar widths.
It being a coincidence versus causal is entirely what makes it interesting or not