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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's a while since I worked out the numbers - I'm sure you're right. The real point, though, is that the number of people you need to get a coincidence of birthdays is far smaller than most people think it "should" be.
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Yes, I know. I just checked it since I remembered another number for 50% and I thought intuitively (yes, I know you should not trust your intuition but it was correct in this case) that 30 was to small for nearly sure.