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#20106
The Cat

Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 10 Months ago  
A bit of useless but curious trivia. Looking through the 1851 Census for Durham City, I found that not only was there a George Martin and a George Harrison living there, but also an Eleanor Rigby. This Eleanor Rigby was the 6 yr old daughter of a Charwoman
 
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Richard B

Re:Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 8 Months ago  
A weird thought: could it be the same Eleanor Rigby? (Assuming the song was based on a real person - I don't really know the story behind it.)
 
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In The Know

Re:Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 8 Months ago  
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?
 
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Re:Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 8 Months ago  
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?
 
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Re:Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 8 Months ago  
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).
 
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In The Know

Re:Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 8 Months ago  
That's where I also saw it, JK !
 
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Re:Durham 1851 - The Beatles connection 16 Years, 8 Months ago  
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).
 
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