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AFAIK it's the pingbacks, which are hidden to avoid spam but still counted.
*** Bug 39755 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Nemo is correct; the discrepancy is because of pingbacks, which are hidden but still counted. This issue should become obsolete with the launch of the redesigned blog in a couple of weeks.
Looks fixed.