TIL that children born earlier in the academic year have a higher chance of participating in upper echelons of sports or academia. This is known as the Relative Age Effect. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by ThatFaultyGamer t3_1257xtq on March 29, 2023 at 12:40 AM in todayilearned 24 comments 88
hoarder59 t1_je4trve wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:51 PM The system also applies to racehorses, so breeders try for foals to be born first week of January. Permalink 3 marmorset t1_je5ynce wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:27 PM I don't know that it's helping, horses are very rarely hired to be professors. Permalink Parent 6 [deleted] t1_je7asvh wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:43 PM [deleted] Permalink Parent 2 marmorset t1_je9wdv3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:02 PM Apparently we're the only ones who liked it, but I still think it's funny. Permalink Parent 1 hoarder59 t1_je6uozp wrote on March 29, 2023 at 8:51 PM Yup, but races are for 2yr olds, 3yr olds etc based on year born, not month. Permalink Parent 1
marmorset t1_je5ynce wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:27 PM I don't know that it's helping, horses are very rarely hired to be professors. Permalink Parent 6 [deleted] t1_je7asvh wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:43 PM [deleted] Permalink Parent 2 marmorset t1_je9wdv3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:02 PM Apparently we're the only ones who liked it, but I still think it's funny. Permalink Parent 1 hoarder59 t1_je6uozp wrote on March 29, 2023 at 8:51 PM Yup, but races are for 2yr olds, 3yr olds etc based on year born, not month. Permalink Parent 1
[deleted] t1_je7asvh wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:43 PM [deleted] Permalink Parent 2 marmorset t1_je9wdv3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:02 PM Apparently we're the only ones who liked it, but I still think it's funny. Permalink Parent 1
marmorset t1_je9wdv3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:02 PM Apparently we're the only ones who liked it, but I still think it's funny. Permalink Parent 1
hoarder59 t1_je6uozp wrote on March 29, 2023 at 8:51 PM Yup, but races are for 2yr olds, 3yr olds etc based on year born, not month. Permalink Parent 1
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