Your birthday is always the best day of the year for you when your family and friends make you feel that bit more special than normal. For some, it makes them feel as if they are on top of the world and nobody else actually matters at any point.

However, what if there was a solitary fact that may very well remove some of the gloss from the day? What if you discovered that your special day was not quite as special as you perhaps thought?

Relax, it’s not as bad as you think, simply because the fact in question is connected to the number of people that share your birthday with you. After all, you never thought that it was just you that was born on that day, did you?

Even though there are no exact figures, it is believed that at least nine million people, with the figure rising every year, share the same birthday as you. That is a lot of people, but then it is also going to account for a lot of candles and birthday cake as well.