The sin/cos arm motions were 180 degrees out of phase when they should be 90 degrees. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
If my math is right, I came up with a 2% chance that that would happen in the US and 31% it would happen in the world.My numbers are a bit iffy since I assumed everyone was alive and that births are equally likely across all the days, but the change is minor.BTW, with only 4 birthdays on the same day there's a 99.8% chance of happening at least once in the US, and likely 10 such families.Again, assuming my math is right. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Quite a few caves are also underwater, and there are caves in glaciers. Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
My favorite is the Swedish word gökotta: "to go out early in the morning, traditionally on Ascension day, to listen to the birds of spring, especially the cuckoo."Regarding this topic, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilunga which says "When asked for confirmation by one reporter, representatives of the Congo government recognized the word only as a personal name." and see the commentary at Language Log at http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001104.html . Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
My numbers are a bit iffy since I assumed everyone was alive and that births are equally likely across all the days, but the change is minor.
BTW, with only 4 birthdays on the same day there's a 99.8% chance of happening at least once in the US, and likely 10 such families.
Again, assuming my math is right.
Regarding this topic, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilunga which says "When asked for confirmation by one reporter, representatives of the Congo government recognized the word only as a personal name." and see the commentary at Language Log at http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001104.html .