Why is this number everywhere?

let me show you something unbelievable name a random number between 1 and 100 uh 61 okay that's pretty random just name a random number from 1 to 100 random 43 43 thank you so much 56 7 I want the most random number between 1 and 100 like totally random 11 37 79 79 thank you so much 91 7 three 37 37 why 37 I it's first first number that came from online 44 27 37 72 4 13 7 37 really s n m see 13 7 37 37 73 uh 37 35 37 37 no away 43 2 37 I knew you were going to do it we just 37 and walked away between 1 and 100 all no offense okay 37 oh perfect thank you so much 83 37 37 97 55 37 37 and I shake your hand I love the thought you're putting into this 37 no you are kidding me are you real yeah what did we ask you this already no random number between 1 to 100 37 37 oh my gosh yes uh 37 are you kidding me why um it's a good number I guess any number where did that come from uh imagination I suppose so what's going on well people are actually really bad at selecting things randomly in fact when asked to pick a color and a number people reliably select blue and seven the most across dozens of different cultures psychologists have a name for this pattern the blue seven phenomenon and when picking a random number between 1 and 100 it has long been suggested that the equivalent of the blue 7 phenomenon is the number 37 my producer Emily and I spoke to hundreds of people to test this Theory the most common answer was seven but maybe that's because people just expected that we'd ask them for numbers between 1 and 10 the most common two-digit number really was 37 much to our surprise so we decided to embark on the biggest investigation ever on the number 3 7 and it took us to some unexpected places I think 37 is a fascinating number it's just really interesting because it turns up so much how many how many objects are there here in the room with us that have a 37 on them but I'm sure there's more than 1,000 here I ...