July 18, 2011

More You Know Monday - Birthday Edition!

First off, I can't tell ya'll how touched I am by all the birthday comments yesterday. And I know it was alllll just to win a little ol' prize.

Seriously, ya'll took the time and effort to write me some of the sweetest birthday messages I could have ever imagined. Thanks so much for being great bloggyland friends. I feel truly blessed!

I so would have done this yesterday if I had thought of it! (source)

I had a wonderful day yesterday. Here in Edmonton, where the weather has been less than impressive, it was finally sunny and warm! I got a very delicious ice cream cake, a super nice sushi dinner, and I have to say that the hubs (with the help of my awesome mother-in-law) did great on my presents. Spoiled much?!

:)

So, I am not sure who won the giveaway from yesterday just yet. Since it was through FTLOB, I believe it will be announced through their twitter account sometime today. As soon as I know, you'll know!

But onto another 'The More You Know Monday'!

This time, a birthday edition.

Has anyone ever heard of the 'Birthday Paradox'?

It is a 'phenomenon' that predicts that out 20-30 people it is very likely for two individuals in the group to share same birthday.

May come as a surprise to a lot of people. While most would assume that it would take many more people to find a common birthday, the probability of the shared birthday begins to climb at much lower numbers.

Now I won't get too into the mathematics of the problem, but if you are curious and a super smarty pants, you can check it out here.

Basically, if you ask someone randomly when his/her birthday is, the chance of the two of you having the same birthday is around .27%. Not great odds.

However, if you put 20 people in the room, it changes the fact that now each of the 20 people is asking 19 of them about their birthday. While each person has about a 5% chance of sharing a birthday with one person, they are asking 19 times. Hence increasing the odds of finding their own birthday out there. 

Ahhhhh, head exploding! (source)

Confused??? Sorry, don't be! Why don't we just try this baby out ourselves??

I figured, I get around 30 comments per post (if I leave it up for 2 days). Just about the number I think it will take to find two matching birthdays

Here is what you do, leave your birthday (no year, I don't want any internet stalkers out there) and see how many it takes for us to get two of the same.

I'll even start mine off, my birthday is (obviously) on 7/17.

When is your birthday??
Think we will come up with two same birth dates within 30 comments?!?!

Come on, play along! :) You never know, maybe you will find your birthday twin!

Seeeee, they already did! :) (source)

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38 comments:

  1. glad your birthday was great, but then again you were there so it had to be great...

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  2. Happy Belated Birthday!! Glad you had a great day!! My birthday is April 25th!

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  3. Mine's 29th June. I have a twin, also on my blog someone stumbled upon my birthday post AND had the same birthday. If that's not enough match, I was chatting to a random on a night out when I was in NYC in February and he had the same birthdate too!!!! My birthday just got a whole lot more squashed :-( hahah!!

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  4. May 20th. I celebrate half birthdays though so I celebrate in November.

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  6. You don't even need 20 people to post--mine is the same as Mrs. K's (April 7)! :-)

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  7. I totally believe in this paradox of paradoxes! My girl and my brother both have the same birthday as me :)

    But let's see what readers do to!

    June 28th

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  8. I am in shock, it only took 8 people to comment to find two birthdays!!! Granted, you are more likely to comment if you see your birthday, but still. I think my little social experiment was a success, lol. Let's keep it up! Thanks to ya'll for participating. Now just leave your social security number, bank account and pin info and see if any of those match too. Hahah, of course just kidding :)

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  9. Happy belated birthday pretty lady!!! So pleased you had a fabulous day. My birthday is April 25th and it is a public holiday every year where I grew up in New Zealand. To bad its not the same in Germany!

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  10. Happy, Happy but Belated Birthday! My apologies for not posting on your big day, have a houseful of family here who will soon be flying back to Florida...:((((

    My BD is....September 7th...ugh; almost another year down the loo.

    Birthday Hugs!
    Patty

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  11. Oppp! And another, two April 25ths. See, this is just plain weird. Thanks for the belated birthday wishes!!

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  12. How very Lost-ian. I never knew a formula like that existed.

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  13. Mine is June 24th, happy belated birthday.

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  14. Glad your Birthday was so special - NICE
    How about a "Beware of the Ides of March" - yeah, Julius Caesar and I have that in common - he died, I was born - I guess I got the best of that deal, eh.
    Cheers, Saucy

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  15. I am sending you a day late Happy Birthday Bloggy Comment LIVE from my new computer. Apologies I know will be accepted for my lack of commenting & blog love due to my crappy HP mini being a little hooker and catching a virus. LOVE LOVE LOVE you long time :)

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  16. Thanks guys!! Ya'll are great and still making me smile. Just wanted to say that yes, it is very Lost-ian. Hmmmm, maybe Locke had something to do with this....

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  17. So glad you had a nice birthday! I am sad the experiment is already complete but I am still going to tell you my bday for future reference;-)

    March 16

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  18. I was unplugged most of the weekend and missed your birthday!! And your giveaway :(( But it sounds like you had a wonderful day! Happy happy belated birthday! Bonne fete!

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  19. Happy Belated Birthday! I am close to others in the group but on my own with April 9th - which I share with Hugh Hefner...

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  20. Happy Belated Birthday!!! Mine is January 18

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  21. Happy Belated Birthday! And thanks for stopping by my blog.
    Math so early? ugh.
    but in the interest of science, will refresh coffee and apply myself (hey better late than never Grade 4 math teacher, right?)
    DOB May 13th

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  22. soooo im a bit late, but my bday is july 28 ;-) 9 dayyyyss

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  23. Ah! I missed so many birthdays being gone this weekend. So...happy belated b-day! Hope you had a blast, and here's to an awesome next year of life!

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  24. Not my birthday, but the hubby's is April 25... that makes 3! :) Mine's December 30. Glad you had a good birthday!

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  25. Glad your birthday was awesome! Very cool little experiment here. Mine is April 5th. I'm amazed at how many April birthdays there are!

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  26. Mine is February 28! (My dad's is April 7!)

    {weird & confusing comment alert, ha} My brother's bday is the same day as 1 of his best friend's mom's. And his 2 best friends' birthday is the same day as our mom's. Match(es) made in heaven?

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  27. There really are a lot of April birthdays!! So much for the theory that August has the most birthdays. And three 25ths in August, now that is just getting creeptastic :)

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  28. I saw the FTLOB post about best in category and voted for you and a few other favorites before posting on my blog. Good luck! Can we vote just once or once per day?

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  29. Hope you had an amazing birthday pretty lady! I love birthdays - the one day a year that gets to be all about you!

    And I see a lot of April birthdays, but none of them aer mine - April 11th! :)

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  30. Happy late bday!! -March 9 for me!

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  31. Oooh, I think you can vote oncer per blog per day. I just voted for you again and the number went up so I think it works!

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Whoomp, there it is!