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The distribution of the digits of pi and e is not the same as the distribution of first digits in a set of numbers; only the second is subject to Benford's Law. While both normal numbers and Benford's Law are interesting mathematical objects and deal with distributions of digits in a number, that is the complete extent to which they are related.

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