Pigs will fly
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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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31 Jan - After Iran sent a monkey into space,I wrote a letter to the paper remarking "Pigs will fly when animals stop being exploited". I commented to a friend that "If an astronaut had a BLT then perhaps pigs would fly".
1Feb - The paper reported today "It's one small step for ham - pigs may not be able to fly,but a piece of bacon has made it to the edge of space."
Company FLY ON THE WALL strapped bacon to a weather balloon as a stunt to show of its hi res cameras and created a bizarre coincidence t'boot.
Date submitted:Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:51:02 +0000Coincidence ID:6800
