birthdays

I would instinctively place this in the "connected dreams" thread, which has been almost entirely taken over by me as a personal dream journal. But on consideration the source of the "information" in this one isn't clear, and its novel in a number of ways, so it gets its own thread... My best...

Happy birthday Charles Fort, born on this day 1874. You can check out my biography of the man himself here

coincedences Here's a coincidence that I think defies all sorts of probabilities: My brother (not a twin), my cousin and I (that's ALL of my maternal grandmothers grandchildren) were born on the same day (september the third). I have a hunch that the odds of this are astronomical. How...

The birthday link is interesting if you believe in astrology. Does anyone share a birthday (including year) with anyone famous and if so do you bear any resemblances, professional or otherwise? I share a birthday with Man Utd midfielder Paul Scholes. Although my midfield skills are somewhat...

Regarding significant dates, coincidence, and probability, has anyone tried the exercise where you have approximately 30 people in a room, take down each of their birthdays, then look to see how many match? Most people think that with 30 people in a room and 365 days in a year that the odds...