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Statistically the rule is true.
Especially when including the entire rule, which includes all the exceptions:
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/11/07/i-before-e/#:~:text=How%20well%20does%20the%20spelling,holds%2054%25%20of%20the%20time.
See, simple
I before e, except after c, or when sounding like a, as in "neighbor" or "weigh", and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
A+ for the Brian Regan reference. He’s magic.
I hoped someone would recognize it.