Wednesday, October 18, 2006

What are the odds?

Here are just a few in case you were wondering:

  • Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000
  • Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3
  • Chance of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000
  • Chance of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787
  • Odds of becoming president: 10,000,000 to 1
  • Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1
  • Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1
  • Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
  • Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1

Many, many more

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