Whether its true or not apparently Humans were meant to get the bonus but a bug in the original code gave it to the Asslings oops Halflings.
I think that's why I was missinformed I have never actually played anything other than iksar or ogres for long enough to notice but i had read something back in the day that humans got the bonuse. The halfling bonus is new new to me but that will never make me ever want to play that race any more than i don't want to now