Chance good samaritan.
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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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A few years ago a group of us were out on a night off from work. After a long night of drinking we got a couple of taxis back to someones house to continue the night. A short while later my friend realised his wallet was missing. After calls to the taxi company with no joy, he resigned himself to the fact that he'd lost the money and contents, driving licence etc...
After that taking the edge off his night his mobile rang a some half an hour later, it was the next person to get in the taxi. They had found his wallet in the cab and lived right near him. They returned it to him the next day with all its contents as it was when he lost it.
Date submitted:Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:06:45 +0000Coincidence ID:6220
