Lost diamond

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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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My husband and I spent a whole Saturday looking at vans for my his business, visiting many dealerships. During the day I realised that a tiny diamond was missing from my engagement ring. I was really upset about it. Late in the afternoon we decided on the first van we'd seen and returned to the first dealer. As I mooched around the van showroom while my husband was in the salesman's office I saw what looked like a tiny piece of grit on the concrete floor, pressed my finger on it and unbelievably it was the minute diamond which had been there all day! Amazing!
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:55:40 +0000Coincidence ID:5048