Assuming equal amount of people was born each other day
That's a pretty big assumption.
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Pretty sure the most common birthday celebration date is 25th December.
SrGrafo is what I miss most about Reddit.
Legit same
Isaac Newton's bday is that popular?
It has a certain gravitas
Clever! :D
Well I was born on Dec 31 so I’m pretty sure my birthday is the most celebrated.
Hehe, true!
On pure mathematical basis, I can see it, yes
But given the fact that birth rates are not evenly distributed across the year, it's probably not the case in reality
Yeah, I made a very big assumption as a thought experiment
To be fair that's what shower thoughts are all about! y
I thought the same too, but if you take into account the whole planet, with different cultures and different climates, maybe that evens out the distribution making it uniform again? Then again, there are cultures that don't even use the gregorian calendar so maybe that skews the distribution once again lol
The vast majority of people live on the northern hemisphere, and the seasons have probably the biggest impact on when people are born the most.
Not much else to do in the winter if you don't like cold weather outside
Assuming equal amount of people was born each other day
But that's not the case and February tends to be one of the months with a lower birth rate.
Fair!
There are other factors at play 😏
Weirdly I know people with birthdays on both those (actual) days, and I bought a flat off somebody with the one in the middle.
Was it an important factor in your purchase?
Yes!
A leap of faith
It's exceedingly rare to be born on 29th of February - again, assuming equal birth rates across the year, that's 1 person in 1461.