War coincidence

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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 grandfather was in the Adelphi hotel in Liverpool in 1914 on the day World War 1 began. In early Sept 1939 my father (then aged 18 but still very much with us at 91)) had just got into Liverpool from visiting Canada on a Rhodes Scholarship and was in the Adelphi Hotel on the day World War 2 was declared. I have no intention of ever going to the Adelphi Hotel !!!
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:26:48 +0000Coincidence ID:5234