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[rhuarc]

I was flipping a half-dollar last night. Got 11 tails in a row before I stopped. I know its a statistical possibility. In fact, the coin is slightly heads-heavy, because the bust of Kennedy on the heads side adds slightly more mass than the seal on the tails side.

But it still freaks me out when I encounter that kind of statistical anomaly.

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*Nods*

[valdelane]

I once had fantasies about gambling with a system until at a casino I lost a dozen hands of blackjack in a row--a game at which I do not suck.

Also, I've pulled a dozen left socks out of the clean laundry before finding a right sock, even though there is the same number of each, and the odds of getting another left lock actually /decreases/ every time I take one out.

Weird.