A famous legend claims Abraham de Moivre calculated the exact date of his death using a sleep pattern formula. But did he truly predict it, or is history hiding a myth?

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The Beneish model was designed by M. Daniel Beneish to quantify eight variables that can indicate that a company is misrepresenting its profits. Here’s how it works.