my friend called me from beyond
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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 problems with my phone and the repair men came one morning. They gave me the different number at the end of their visit, saying that the other line could not be repaired. The number they gave me was 555 881. This was exactly symmetrical to my friend's number, which was 188 555. I rang her to tell her, and her mother told me that she had died that same morning.
Date submitted:Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:57:11 +0000Coincidence ID:6768
