The Strange Things Thread

[kurchatovium]

Warm here but still not bad

 

[Edge]

Happy Anniversary...that was my uncle's birthday. Today is my brother's in California.

 

[milagros317]

Ah, a cluster of family birthdays. I have a niece and a grandnephew with exactly the same birthday, October 8th. My other niece was born on March 18th, one day off from my birthday.

 

[kurchatovium]

Clusters happen quite often. My primary care doc was born on August 16 th. Mine is on the 13th, I have a IK friend born today on the 3rd.

 

[Edge]

Yeah birthdays seem to fall in patterns which is definitely a "strange thing."

 

[milagros317]

I always thought there should be lots of birthdays around September 30th or October 1st, but apparently less than August to mid-September.

 

[kurchatovium]

I always thought there should be lots of birthdays around September 30th or October 1st, but apparently less than August to mid-September.

I know lots of people born in July as well. Not sure what the highest birthrate months ate.

 

[Edge]

I want to google it now.

 

[kurchatovium]

Yea would be curious what is the biggest birth month.

 

[Edge]

It's August in the USA.

 

[milagros317]

It's August in the USA.

That corresponds to the information that I found online, too.

 

[kurchatovium]

It's August in the USA.

Interesting

 

[Edge]

Not sure why most people I think I know have June.

 

[milagros317]

In my extended family, more people were born in March than any other month.

 

[kurchatovium]

See,s July is more common for me .

 

[Edge]

Interesting I think I only have one friend I can think of born in July...well oops my mom too!

 

[milagros317]

My mother was also born in July, but nobody else in my extended family was born in that month.

 

[kurchatovium]

Seems all my girlfriends end up being born in July for some reason lol

 

[Edge]

Well Kurch that's an interesting fact.

 

[milagros317]

Seems all my girlfriends end up being born in July for some reason lol

Actually, they all begin life by being born in July. 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

I have heard that birthday matches are really not that rare.

 

[Edge]

I guess Kirk's pickup line should be "So were you born in July?"

 

[milagros317]

I have heard that birthday matches are really not that rare.

If you select just 23 random people, the probability that at least two have a matching birthday is slightly over 0.5,
[Using the obvious mathematical model, it is exactly:
1-(364/365 x 363/365 x 362/365 x 361/365 x ... x 343/365) ]

 

[kurchatovium]

If you select just 23 random people, the probability that at least two have a matching birthday is slightly over 0.5,
[Using the obvious mathematical model, it is exactly:
1-(364/365 x 363/365 x 362/365 x 361/365 x ... x 343/365) ]

Yea I knew it was surprisingly high. Thanks for the info. 👍

 

[milagros317]

And with only 40 people, the probability rises to over 88% of at least one match.