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Are you more likely to die on your birthday? Come for the math, stay for the existential crisis. pudding.cool/2025/04/birt...

pudding.coolAre you more likely to die on your birthday?Yes. We’ll run a study to show you how, and why.

8/5/25, 6:41 pm3 reposts14 likes

Michael Friendly

@datavisfriendly.bsky.social

8 May 2025

Somewhere I remember an analysis that concluded that _famous_ people were more likely to die shortly after a birthday than the same time before it. Does this ring any bells?