A quick, accessible example of the Law of Large Numbers. Using candy. Reddit user Jeffrowl counted the proportions of M&Ms across multiple bags, and you can see the proportions of colors reflect the true underlying population as the number of bags increases.  Here is the link , and a screenshot of the GIF can be seen here: I don't use the M&M probability example in class, but  many of you do . This is a nice addition to that example, but it also serves as a brief, standalone example. ALSO, to my nerdy delight, the author's responses include a Methods section: ...as well as information on baseline data: