The Fedora
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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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I was watching the quiz show 'the chase' when one of the questions informed me that Indiana Jones' hat was called a Fedora. After the show finished I decided to catch up an episode of 'the Big Bang theory' when one of the characters asked the other to borrow the others Fedora for a Halloween party. This was the first time I had heard of this and I think it a coincidence that they both happened on the same day. I do recall this kind of thing has happened to me around 3 times at least.
Date submitted:Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:09 +0000Coincidence ID:6726
