Thread: OT: Latering thinking puzzle "Why do more peoplre die on their bithday than any other day?"
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Default OT: Latering thinking puzzle "Why do more peoplre die on theirbithday than any other day?"
On 12/06/2021 16:46, MB wrote:
What is the probability that a person will die on their birthday?

https://stats.stackexchange.com/ques...their-birthday


Interesting. I still stand by my inductive hypothesis that the cnut was
winding people up with a problem *no one* knows the real answer to.


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