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Readability returns the longest html object as the most plausible if an article's header is longer than actual content

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When reader mode (or the standalone readability library) encounters an article on a page where a header has greater content length than the actual article or main content, then the object returned by readability will have members `content` and `textContent` matching the article header and not the actual article. This results in reader mode displaying incorrect content for a given article:

An example Blogger post where readability / reader mode work as expected: https://gnosticesotericstudyworkaids.blogspot.com/2023/11/learning-to-let-go-of-small-details-4902.html

An example Blogger page where readability / reader mode do not correctly return the article's main content: https://gnosticesotericstudyworkaids.blogspot.com/2023/11/really-understand-ego-or-anything-when.html

It appears that the logic in `_grabArtcile` is failing to nominate the actual article content as the most plausible: https://github.com/mozilla/readability/blob/main/Readability.js#L876

When reader mode (or the standalone readability library) encounters an article on a page where a header has greater content length than the actual article or main content, then the object returned by readability will have members `content` and `textContent` matching the article header and not the actual article. This results in reader mode displaying incorrect content for a given article: An example Blogger post where readability / reader mode work as expected: https://gnosticesotericstudyworkaids.blogspot.com/2023/11/learning-to-let-go-of-small-details-4902.html An example Blogger page where readability / reader mode do not correctly return the article's main content: https://gnosticesotericstudyworkaids.blogspot.com/2023/11/really-understand-ego-or-anything-when.html It appears that the logic in `_grabArtcile` is failing to nominate the actual article content as the most plausible: https://github.com/mozilla/readability/blob/main/Readability.js#L876
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