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Should You Switch Doors in Monty Hall?
Switch. If the host knows where the prize is and always opens an empty door you did not pick, switching wins 2 times in 3 and staying wins 1 time in 3.
Read the story →How Many People Until Two Share a Birthday?
In a group of 23 people, there is about a 51% chance that at least two share a birthday, if all 365 birthdays are equally likely and leap days are ignored.
Read the story →What Are the Deadliest Diseases in History?
WHO estimates tuberculosis killed 1.23 million people worldwide in 2024, more than any other single infectious agent; hepatitis B killed about 1.1 million.
Read the story →How Often Do NFL Onside Kicks Work?
Before the NFL's 2018 kickoff rules, 21.2% of onside kicks were recovered (1992 to 2017). In 2023, NFL.com reported 5.2%, or about 1 in 20.
Read the story →Does the Super Bowl Coin Toss Matter?
In 60 Super Bowls, the team that won the opening coin toss won the game 26 times, or 43%, no better than a coin flip, and lost 8 straight from XLIX to LVI.
Read the story →How Likely Is an IRS Audit?
The IRS has audited about 3 of every 1,000 individual tax returns filed for 2021, roughly 1 in 316, and far more often at the top of the income scale.
Read the story →How Many US Presidents Have Harvard Degrees?
Eight of the 45 people who have been US president earned a Harvard degree: five from Harvard College, two from Harvard Law and one from Harvard Business School.
Read the story →Baseball Superstitions and World Series Droughts
The Cubs: 108 years between World Series titles (1908 to 2016), longer than the White Sox at 88 years and the Red Sox at 86 (Baseball-Reference).
Read the story →US Fashion Designers Outnumber Athletes, but Not Actors
BLS counts about 67,500 actor jobs, about 32,700 fashion designer jobs and about 22,900 athlete jobs in the US in 2025.
Read the story →Thanksgiving Is the Top Day for Cooking Fires
NFPA's 2017 to 2021 averages: about 1,470 home cooking fires reported on Thanksgiving, against about 430 on an average day.
Read the story →Where Tuberculosis Rates Run Highest
Alaska had the highest reported TB rate of any state in 2025, 10.4 cases per 100,000 people, in CDC provisional data.
Read the story →Where Black Friday Shoppers Actually Shop
NRF reports 85.7 million online and 80.3 million in-store Black Friday shoppers in 2025, the top day in both channels.
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