relatives rediscovered

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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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Around 25 years ago my Father decided one Saturday morning to drive from London to watch his football team, Barnsley, play Norwich at Carrow Road. He was early, got a seat and started chatting to the guy who sat down next to him. He instantly recognised a fellow Yorkshireman by his accent and found out that he had driven from Barnsley that morning. After 5 or 6 questions starting with 'whereabouts in Yorkshire have you come' to which the answer was 'a small village you won't have heard of', they realised that they were first cousins who hadn't met for over 30 years.
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:23:12 +0000Coincidence ID:5343