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Ever wonder why so many real‑world numbers begin with the digit 1? From a smudge on Simon Newcomb's logarithm tables ... Here's a dataset consisting of numbers. The digit 1 appears as the first digit nearly 30% of the time. Meanwhile, the digit 9 shows ... UPDATE 11-11-2020 Hi all, this video is currently being shared in relation to the 2020 USA election. Forensic Accountant Robert A. Bonavito discusses What if there's a hidden pattern in numbers that can expose a lie? In real-world data — stock prices, populations, river lengths ... Pick a 'random' real-world dataset — populations, river lengths, stock prices. The first digits aren't uniform. ~30% start with 1. In almost any real-world dataset — country populations, river lengths, stock prices, even your tax return — the digit 1 shows up as ... Why number 1 is the "leading digit" more often than you may expect? More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ See us test ... The first digit of real-world numbers isn't random: 1 appears 30% of the time, 9 less than 5%. This is This video provides a quick history of a Fraudsters often think they can hide their tracks with random numbers, but a 19th-century