Long distance small coincidence

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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 had to fly from the UK to Beijing China for a few days on a business trip in 1998. It was a direct flight with air china. I had to fill in a check in form at the hotel. I reached for my pen and found it had leaked inside my pocket (maybe due to the flight air pressure changes). It was a basic retractable / disposable ball-point type pen. The guy behind the desk gave me his pen to fill in the form....It was exactly the same make / type of pen.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:21:07 +0000Coincidence ID:4632