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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 friend & I stayed in London for a weekend, it happened to be the day before Princess Diana died. The Saturday was pleasant so on the way back to our hotel we decided to stop for a drink, my friend went inside to get the drinks while I sat outside. There were only two of us sitting there and the gentleman engaged me in conversation asking me what we were doing in London & where we had come from to which I replied that we were from Portsmouth. He then said that he was researching his family tree and did we know anyone in Portsmouth with the surname Darvill - my mother's maiden name! London is such a big place with so many millions of people and yet we bumped into one another.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:32:56 +0000Coincidence ID:5191

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Cheryl Jewitt (not verified)

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 5:35pm

You're welcome to use this story