483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?
Freakonomics Radio
The Power of Statistically Representative Samples
In order to have a 50% chance of two people having the same birthday, you only need 23 people in a room. This is because the number of different pairs that can be formed with 23 people covers over half the possible birthdays in a year.
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