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I'm pretty sure your right. The math here assumes an equal amount of people learn it each day, but in reality it's weight towards infants, toddlers, children, teens, etc that haven't come across that info yet.

But that doesn't change the validity of the conclusion: When someone doesn't know about something, it's always best to excitedly show them the information than to mock them for not knowing it.

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