Amazing, Jerry! Actually, there are 52! ways. (50 x 49 x 48 x ... x1), probably the number described in the article.
And yet, just as amazing: Given a room filled with 70 people, chosen randomly, it's almost guaranteed that two people will have the same birthday. For 23 people it is a 50% probability(date, not event).

So, as you indicated, just shuffle a deck of cards or go find a small audience. Or, contemplate the number "googolplex", the number named by 1 followed by a googol of zeros. (here's a start - a googol is the number named by 1 followed by a hundred zeroes). So how many zeros are necessary to write the numeral for googolplex?
Mark

That is truly an amazing way of looking at things. I never did look at my life that way. There was a time approximately 5 years ago, I wanted to do something different and new.
I decided to learn how to fly a plane. I made an appointment and scheduled a class. I though my first lesson was to read a book about five inches thick some 2000 pages. NOPE! The certified flight instructor (CFI) took me out the the plane. He had shown me the fuselage and move the airilons and elevators. He removed the cowl and showed me the engine. This was cool. Then he sat me in the left seat and he in the right seat. All the dials were foreboding. Then he explained every dial. I though that was the end of the lesson. NOPE! He had me radio the tower for takeoff. Then I taxied the plane to the Tarmac. He had me roll the plane down the runway. I asked him when will the plane fly. He told me to look out the window and check the altimeter. HOLY CR@&*P! I'm 50 feet off the ground. When I was 2500 feet in the air we flew around and he informed me more than that could be read in the book. After two hours the CFI had me radio the tower to land. I received my heading and pointed the plane towards a little pencil line. As the line got bigger I was close to the ground. Best of all was the little jerk we felt as we landed on the runway. This was a great rush. Just like when I took my first photograph and had it printed in the high school year book.
Thank you for the great deck of cards analogy. I definitely will consider this at all times.

Happy Shooting!