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What are some commonly known facts that are too bizarre for you to believe to be true? (lemm.ee)
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For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some 'organic element' since I couldn't accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

it's not part of the paradox, but there are also days when people tend to have more sex
like new years, valentines, christmas etc. (in the west at least)
so you tend to get more people born 9 months after those days

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    In high school my graduating class was 38. The one before us was 21, the one after 18.

    Coincidently there was a massive blizzard that snowed everybody into their house for a week about 9 months before my birthday.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I listen to This American Life also.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i don't know what that is

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ! I just assumed, lol

    They have an episode where they talk about the birthday paradox and then follow it up with talking about how the math isn’t 100% correct as applied to humans bc birthdays aren’t normally distributed.

    https://www.thisamericanlife.org/630/transcript#:~:text=A%20simple%20way%20to%20think,those%20two%20share%20a%20birthday.

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