Corollary of Benford's Law In many real-world data sets, the leading digit is 1 about 30% of the time and 9 only about 5% of the time...

Second Digit Corollary

Source status: Attributed to Claude

After the first digit, the rest are close to random. Only the front of the number gives you away.

- Claude

Category: Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws

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This law belongs with Murphy's Miscellaneous Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

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