TV and newspaper featured the same odd word at the same time

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I often read the newspaper at the same as having the TV on in the same roon. It is not uncommon to hear the same word being spoken on TV as you are reading it in the paper, especially if it is a current news story. However, on one occasion, I was completing a crossword, and filled in the word TOTEM at exactly the same time as the word TOTEM was mentioned on the TV programme. It is an amazing coincidence to find that a word which you rarely hear in daily life featured in two of my senses absolutely simultaneously.
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:18:37 +0000Coincidence ID:5300