Mathematician predicts SPOTLESS Sun, possible mini ICE AGE from 2030
Astronomers working in the years 1645 to 1715 observed rather fewer sunspots than they were accustomed to seeing. Once they'd finished saying their prayers, and arguing over whether to say them in Latin or their national tongue, they could then scratch their results onto vellum before picking off some medicinal leeches they used to ward off any nasty colds brought on by the years of unusually cold temperatures that accompanied the sunspot slump."