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483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?

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Is Your Birthday August 20 Sixth?

There's a 50% chance that at least two of 23 people will have the same birthday. So, marcus, my birthday is august 20 sixth. What's yours? My birthday is also August 20 sixth. We should become a double act and goin tog this probability problem,. And we'll always be guaranteed to have two in the room. I wanted to make very clear that this wasn't about cutting corners. These are short cuts which get you to your go, but get you there without having to do a lot of laborious, boring, hard work.

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