The Birthday Paradox

<p>Theoretically, the chances of two people having the same birthday are 1 in 365 (not accounting for leap years and the uneven distribution of birthdays across the year), and so odds are you&rsquo;ll only meet a handful of people in your life who enjoy the same birthday as you. This leads many people to intuitively guess around 180.</p> <p>The correct answer is just 23.</p> <p>That means in each of your classes at school, amongst the fellow commuters on the bus to work and amongst the players on a soccer field, there are more than likely at least two people with the same birthday.</p> <p><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/the-birthday-paradox-ec71357d45f3"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>