Lost Camera

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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 at work one morning in Leeds when one of my colleagues told me he had found a camera in a taxi in Bradford. I didn't think anything more about it until a few days later when he came in with the photos which had been taken on this camera. I asked if I could have a look at the photos and wow, there was a picture of my then sister-in-law who had been attending a function in Bradford with my brother. It turned out the person who had left the camera in the taxi was at this function. Due to this amazing coincidence she got her camera back. What's the chance of that happening!!
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:07:53 +0000Coincidence ID:5352