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Topic History of: Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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zooloo
On a side issue...
With a random selection of numbers the numeral 1 is the most frequent. IRC about 30%
They actually caught somebody fiddling because there weren't enough 1s(he changed them to 7 or 9).
In The Know
That's where I also saw it, JK !
JK2006
Actually there was an interesting feature on TV yesterday - apparently if you approach 35 random strangers there's an 80% chance of two exact same birthdays (day/month not year).
Anthony
You would have to approach 365 people to have an even chance of finding someone with your birthday. Stands to sense. If you have a group of 20 people, then there's an above even chance that two of them will share the same birthday. That's beacuse there are 400 potential pairings.
When did I start getting so pedantic, I wonder?
In The Know
and did you also know that statistically you would only have to approach 35 strangers before you found someone who had the same birthday as you?