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I was always surprised the math maths for birthdays. Human birthdays are not random, and cluster around various dates and seasonal patterns.


Here is a statistical analysis of birthdays https://www.zippia.com/advice/most-least-common-birthdays/


Doesn't the clustering make collisions strictly more likely?




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