Loads of different coincidences

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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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1. I'm adopted - found out that sister I'd never met had an abortion on exact same day I had my first child. 2. I grew up in Lancashire and moved to Worcester in 1982. Discovered neighbour 5 doors away in Worcester used to live opposite me in Lancashire. 3. My Dad had physiotherapy treatment in Lancaster. Physiotherapist had relative who had previously lived in my house in Worcester. 4. As a student I worked/travelled in USA. In San Francisco I was watching street dancing then went to tourist office and signed visitors' book. Name immediately before mine was friend from school. During same summer in USA I met another school friend in another city. 5. I can think of at least half a dozen times when we've bumped into people we know on holiday - in UK or abroad. 6. When I had my third child i was in a hospital ward with 2 other mothers. All 3 of our children ended up in the same class (20 children in class) at secondary school despite school not being a state school with geographical catchment area.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:50:24 +0000Coincidence ID:4753