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1. about 8 hours ago on Close to Home

   In the Philippines, spider fighting is a real thing.

   In Japan, rhinoceros beetle sumo wrestling.

2. 1 day ago on Luann

   TJ started out as Eddie Haskell.

3. 1 day ago on Luann

   When I was a kid, I’d work it out for my class, or my school, or whenever I had a birthday list. August & September soon emerged as the most popular month to be born. At least, that’s how I thought of it before puberty.

   An alternate conclusion might be that the holiday season & winter was a popular time to make babies.

4. 1 day ago on Luann

   Seriously. 2 girls in one small village near me & they are both named Unique.

5. 1 day ago on Luann

   What locake said.

6. 1 day ago on Luann

   There are 2 girls in a small village near me, both named “Unique”.

7. 1 day ago on Luann

   I’d have foregone the calculator & rounded, 7.7 → 8. 365 → 400

   8 BILLION / 400 = 20 Million

   Is my math correct? yes.

   In general: There is a difference between accuracy & precision.

   Accounting for the fact that more humans are born during different times of the year, goes to precision, not accuracy.

   Unwarranted precision is more wrong than a less precise answer within the correctly stated margin of error.

   An imprecise answer reflecting acknowledged unknowns is more truthful, more correct, than an overly precise answer.

8. 2 days ago on Frazz

   They did give Europe syphilis.

9. 2 days ago on JumpStart

   Rich = someone with twice as much as you.

10. 2 days ago on Luann

    I visited Peru about 4 decades ago. If memory serves, the custom was for the one with the birthday to throw the party and give gifts to all the guests.

    So : 21 Million – (Population of Peru / 365)