All the 17's

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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My mother passed away in 2005 and I remember, after the event, making a phonecall from my home to her private number and talking to my sister who was there at the time. The following morning I flew to England and the same evening I was myself sitting next to my mother's private phone in the nusing home. Just then my wife called my mother's number and we had a conversation. I thought nothing of all this until the phonebill arrived about a month later, back at home. Both calls lasted 17 minutes and 17 seconds............
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:18:33 +0000Coincidence ID:4424