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Comment author: polymathwannabe 12 August 2014 08:48:36PM 1 point [-]

In a world without leap years, how many people should a company have to be reasonably certain that everyday will be someone's birthday?

Comment author: xnn 12 August 2014 09:23:34PM *  6 points [-]

See Coupon collector's problem, particularly "tail estimates".

Comment author: polymathwannabe 12 August 2014 09:34:05PM 1 point [-]

Thank you.

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