You have a 50 per cent chance of sharing a birthday with a friend. In any group of 23 people, two people will share a birthday, according to the maths. To find the probability of everyone in the group having a unique birthday, multiply all 23 probabilities together, giving 0.493. So the probability of a shared birthday is 1 – 0.493 = 0.507, or 50.7 per cent.
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The probability of a blue lobster existing is widely touted as being one in two million. Bright blue lobsters are so coloured because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.