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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

These things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
my fav example is that the average person has ~1 testicle!

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- rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  My favourite is that the average amount of legs is less than 2. So most people have an above average amount of legs.
  
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  - cynar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Depending on the country, I’d now question this. Does the number of leg amputees (dual counts double) outnumber the number of pregnant women at a given time? Legs form fairly early. Therefore, for about 6 months or so, most pregnant women have 4 legs.
    
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    rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t think anyone ever counts it like that.
    
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  - Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And eyes.
    
    And lungs, and … :-/
    
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- BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The average person contains more than one heart (due to late term pregnant women)
  
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  - dave@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And more than one skeleton.
    
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