Despite headlines screaming “the worst oil spill in history,� it turns out the BP blowout disaster wasn't really as big a deal as you'd have thought.

Oh, well…sorry.

According to the feds, 74% of all the oil leaked into the Gulf has already been removed. “Much of the rest,� The New York Times summarizes a government report released today, “is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk of harm.�