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That sounds more like birthday paradox: like the surprise that two people in a crowded room have the same birthday.

Of course, that paradox is related to the Texas sharpshooter. Why? Because you find the pair with the same birthday (say Bob and Alice) and then form a hypothesis that it must be hard to find someone with the same birthday as Bob, so, gee, that is surprising.




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