American friends

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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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In 1968 my husband and I were visiting Cambridge, Massachusetts. We met a couple who told us they had visited Oxford, UK in 1966. They proceeded to show us a film that they had taken from the window of their hotel during their visit. The film was of a group of students celebrating the end of finals. The coincidence was that we and several of our friends were in the film, my husband was one of the students!!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:47:18 +0000Coincidence ID:4008