Cat coincidence

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Here's another one. I had a cat named Saki, after the author HH Munro. Saki the cat died on Munro's birthday. Unfortunately for the sake of coincidence she had not been born on the date of his death in WWI. But I have always wondered what the odds were that she died on 18 December.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:55:37 +0000Coincidence ID:4974