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 ==Trivia==
-*In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/76/probability_comparisons.png original version of the comic], in the 39% probability section, it incorrectly said "two free throw" instead of "two free throw'''s'''" and, in the 88% probability section, "outside" was spelled incorrectly as "outside". After Randall fixed the first typo, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/c/c8/20250302121606%21probability_comparisons_new.png the second remained], until it was fixed later.
+*In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/76/probability_comparisons.png original version of the comic], in the 39% probability section, it incorrectly said "two free throw" instead of "two free throw'''s'''" and, in the 88% probability section, "outside" was spelled incorrectly as "outide". After Randall fixed the first typo, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/c/c8/20250302121606%21probability_comparisons_new.png the second remained], until it was fixed later.
 * The (seemingly unimportant) odds of LeBron James' versus Stephen Curry's free throws, names in Scrabble, and social security numbers refer to [[2002: LeBron James and Stephen Curry]].
 * If you were to act out all the M&M-related probabilities, you would draw (or flip) 32 M&Ms in total. In addition, you would draw 8 Scrabble tiles in total for each Scrabble-related probability.

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 ==Trivia==
-*In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/c/c8/20250302121606%21probability_comparisons_new.png original version of the comic], in the 88% probability section, "outside" was spelled incorrectly as "outide", and, in the 39% probability section, it said "two free throw" instead of "two free throw'''s'''".
+*In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/76/probability_comparisons.png original version of the comic], in the 39% probability section, it incorrectly said "two free throw" instead of "two free throw'''s'''" and, in the 88% probability section, "outside" was spelled incorrectly as "outside". After Randall fixed the first typo, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/c/c8/20250302121606%21probability_comparisons_new.png the second remained], until it was fixed later.
 * The (seemingly unimportant) odds of LeBron James' versus Stephen Curry's free throws, names in Scrabble, and social security numbers refer to [[2002: LeBron James and Stephen Curry]].
 * If you were to act out all the M&M-related probabilities, you would draw (or flip) 32 M&Ms in total. In addition, you would draw 8 Scrabble tiles in total for each Scrabble-related probability.

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 ==Trivia==
-* In the original comic, "outside" in the 88% probability section is spelled incorrectly as "outide". In addition, the 39% section had "two free throw" instead of "throws".
+*In the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/c/c8/20250302121606%21probability_comparisons_new.png original version of the comic], in the 88% probability section, "outside" was spelled incorrectly as "outide", and, in the 39% probability section, it said "two free throw" instead of "two free throw'''s'''".
 * The (seemingly unimportant) odds of LeBron James' versus Stephen Curry's free throws, names in Scrabble, and social security numbers refer to [[2002: LeBron James and Stephen Curry]].
 * If you were to act out all the M&M-related probabilities, you would draw (or flip) 32 M&Ms in total. In addition, you would draw 8 Scrabble tiles in total for each Scrabble-related probability.
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 | You share a birthday with a {{w|US President}}
-| Presidents {{w|James Polk}} and {{w|Warren Harding}} share a birthday, and are the only presidents so far (in 2020) to do so. Additionally, {{w|Grover Cleveland}} served two non-consecutive terms and is counted twice (as the 22nd and 24th presidents) . He therefore shares a birthday with himself. With 43 distinct birthdays, as of the comic's publication, the odds of sharing a birthday are 43/365 ≈ 12%, rounding up slightly. (This does not consider that more births occur on some days than others. The issue of February 29th does not significantly affect this figure<!--43/366, 43/365.25 or 43/365.2425 all still round to 12%-->.) Since this comic, {{w|Joe Biden}} became the 46th President, to add one more distinct date<!--unless also doubling up, but a brief check suggests not!-->, while {{w|Donald Trump}} was set to return as the 47th (another case of sharing with himself), but 44/365 is ''even closer'' to 12% and it will take two more (non-clashing) incumbants before this probability rounds up to 13%<!--and holds true even for #/366, so an identically futureproofed statement. Rounded percentages keep track for both 365 and 366 until # reaches 53, so several decades more of (expected) presidential turnover shouldn't worry us on that count-->.
+| Presidents {{w|James Polk}} and {{w|Warren Harding}} share a birthday, and are the only presidents so far (in 2020) to do so. Additionally, {{w|Grover Cleveland}} served two non-consecutive terms and is counted twice (as the 22nd and 24th presidents), he therefore shares a birthday with himself. With 43 distinct birthdays, as of the comic's publication, the odds of sharing a birthday are 43/365 ≈ 12%, rounding up slightly. (This does not consider that more births occur on some days than others. The issue of February 29th does not significantly affect this figure<!--43/366, 43/365.25 or 43/365.2425 all still round to 12%-->.)
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