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Editorial illustration on Benford.s law: a vintage book of logarithm tables with visibly worn, stained early pages beside a bar chart of leading-digit frequencies, where the bar for digit 1 is tallest and bars decline smoothly to digit 9, with a logarithmic decay curve overlaid.

Why Do So Many Numbers Start With 1? Benford’s Law, Explained

Benford’s law says 1 leads about 30% of real-world numbers and 9 only about 5%. It follows from arbitrary units, not destiny—which is why it detects patterns but not always fraud.

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