# Why Polish Village Hasn't Had a Boy Born in 10 Years

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-polish-village-hasnt-had-a-boy-born-in-10-years/7532>\
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**Created:** [August 23, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-polish-village-hasnt-had-a-boy-born-in-10-years/7532 "2019-08-23T13:03:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-polish-village-hasnt-had-a-boy-born-in-10-years/7532/1 "2019-08-23T13:03:48Z")

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> **[A Polish Village Hasn't Had a Boy Born in 10 Years. Here's What That Tells Us...](https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2019/08/23/a_polish_village_hasnt_had_a_boy_born_in_10_years_heres_what_that_tells_us.html)**
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> The tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of what the New York Times called “a strange...

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Eastwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/dan_eastwood/32/2368_2.png) [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-polish-village-hasnt-had-a-boy-born-in-10-years/7532/2 "2019-08-23T21:28:43Z")

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> But the most prosaic suggestion mentioned in the article is also by far the most likely – that it’s just a statistical coincidence.

That’s what I thought when I read it was _only 12 girls_ in a row.