By definition, odds provide a measure of the likelihood of a particular outcome. Sometimes odds are very likely, like the fact that nothing good will come out of 2020 (and thankfully, we are almost past it!), and sometimes not so much.
But on very rare occasions, odds-defying things happen against all possible likelihood, proving that after all, this world of ours is inherently random. So this time, we’re taking the ride of a lifetime featuring this selection of nearly impossible odds as presented by the r/nevertellmetheodds subreddit.
Created in 2015, the online community has a whopping 1.7m members who are all in for bizarre and wonderful chances that shouldn’t have happened. The subreddit’s description says it’s all about “Nearly impossible feats of achievement, those with a great degree of difficulty or incredible odds,” so let’s find out what exactly all this fuss is about.
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What Goes Around Comes Around
Many Of You Might Have Seen This . But For Those Who Haven't
Later that same day, he was elected president of Australia and married Gal Godot.
Small World
Thats crazy I wonder if the Coach / Dad ever looked at him and thought hmmm he looks a lot like me.
No matter what we think we know about odds-defying things, the truth is they do happen and they happen more often than we think. British statistician David J. Hand claims that even “extremely improbable events are commonplace.”
This is due to the improbability principle that’s comprised of five laws “analogous to the four laws of thermodynamics or Newton’s three laws of motion.” David insists that “These laws, the law of inevitability, the law of truly large numbers, the law of selection, the law of the probability lever, and the law of near enough, explain exactly why we should expect to encounter highly unlikely events, and indeed why we should expect to do so on a regular, even frequent, basis.”
One Man's Best Friend
"Have you tried turning the human on and off again..?"
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I’d be pissed if it took 64 years and all I needed was a good slap in the face.
Like in Christmas Vacation, how the little girls eyes got uncrowded when she got kicked by a mule lol
Ms. Phit - So true. I have been trying to get some 'Equine Therapy' where I live, but it is ready for this? "Not available for adults who are not retarded." <-exactly what I was told. I just want to be with horses. Around horses. TOUCH them. I have this pull towards them and my only memory of horses is from being a young child and getting a ride in an enclosed Dressage Stable and training ring. I barely remember that. I just laid my head on his neck. Never have I ever seen a horse again.
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I hope he still has a close and loving relationship with the horse who gave him back his sight!
Wow. Who knew all you needed was a horse to (basically) punch you in the eye and throw you into a wall for your vision to be restored? How touching. My heart just melts.
Science says: "You can't just bonk someone on the head to fix a problem caused by a bonk on the head!" Nature says: "Lol Horsey go bonk!"
A wagon hit my husband's head, did some damage, when he came to he spoke fluent latin for three days that he had learned as an alter boy, gradually he forgot it again.
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Thats how long it feels when my computer is resetting
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I would buy the horse and retire the horse on a beautiful farm with lots of room to run and the best feed money could buy. He would get rub downs and lots of love for the rest of his life.
Maybe. My husband has some shrapnel in his head, he always wanted a horse, something to think about.
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good job bad horsey................................................................... .......................................... but that usually wont happen so dont do it again.
She falls down a well, her eyes go cross. She gets kicked by a mule. They go back.
In 1990, A Panel Of The Windscreen On British Airways Flight 5390 Fell Out At 17k Feet, Causing The Cockpit To Decompress & Its Captain To Be Sucked Halfway Out Of The Aircraft. The Crew Held Onto Him For More Than 20 Minutes As The Copilot Made An Emergency Landing. The Pilot Made A Full Recovery
I Know Twins Have Similarities But God Damn
This is where mathematics comes into play to define these principles and calculate what effect they have on each other. For example, the law of near enough “says that events that are sufficiently similar may be regarded as identical,” David explains.
In fact, this similarity is what precisely makes a dramatic difference. David adds the law of truly large numbers and the result is that “given enough opportunities, the probabilities of even very unlikely events can mount up to be almost certain.”
Those laws raise the number of opportunities for any unlikely happening to actually happen. Read more about David’s philosophy of probability in his book “The Improbability Principle.”
This Hero Has Luck +9000
Unexpected Reunion
What a lucky coincidence for them! They probably would have never found out otherwise.
That’s Gotta Be A First
Two Strangers Sit Next To Each Other On A Flight And Meet Their Doppelganger
Couple Proposes To Each Other At The Same Time
Genes Are Everything
Lucky Nurse
The Laura Buxton Coincidence
“And I Took That Personally” - Tsutomu Yamaguchi (Probably)
Neighbor Brings Owner Identical Cat
Saw This Photo Posted Here.. Noticed I Have The Photo The Grandmother Took That Day. (Bought At An Antique Shop Years Ago In Phx)
Lightning Striking Simultaneously On Chicago's Three Tallest Buildings
None Of Their Feet Are Touching The Floor
The First Time My Friend Visited My Apartment She Was Mind-Blown That My Shower Curtain Looked “Exactly” Like One Of Her Shirts. I Half-Seriously Said That Her Story Sounded Made Up And Promptly Forgot About It Until She Returned The Following Week To Demonstrate. I Forever Stand Corrected
This Mother Deer Has Two Albino Fawns...
My Grandma Died On My Grandpa’s Birthday. My Grandpa Died On My Grandma’s Birthday
This Is A Tomato That Accidently Grew Inside Of The Fence
I think this is absolutely stunning! It looks like a necklace pendant!
Taking A Picture Like This
Thanks Jesus
Twins Married Twins To Give Birth To Another Twins
Landslide Splits Just Before Hitting A Farm In Iceland. Happened This Morning. No One Got Hurt
Went To Take A Picture Of The Rainbow And Lightning Struck At The Same Time!
What A Close Call
A Well Captured Photo Of Lightning Struck The Eiffel Tower
This Hare Caught On Google Street
This Is How The Newspapers Were Stacked Up At My Job
Beluga Whale Saves An iPhone!
We Were Seconds Away From Losing Our Home To The California Fire. Thank You To All The Firefighters That Saved Our Community!
Arrow In A Power Cable
The Cat Knocked My Daughter’s Fish Bowl Off The Dresser
The perfect opportunity to get a decent size aquarium for the fish. A bowl is too small.
Down You Go
It's Gotta Be Weird To Go To The Mall One Day And Run Into... Yourself
Car Found After An Amber Alert Near Me
Two Drunk Guys Imitate Connor Mcgregor As He Drives Past
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I had the flu once and was vomiting so much my side was killing me. We thought (at the time) it might be my appendix and I was rushed to the hospital where I had a CT scan. Doctor came in, said my appendix looked fine but told me there was a lump on my kidney. Short time passed, lump was removed, and it turned out to be cancer.
Can't believe the story below didn't make it onto this list. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/03/nurse-meets-baby-she-helped-save-28-years-later-and-hes-doctor/1184421002/
Sorry, but I ain't quite as trusting as I was pre 2020. I'd need some proof on quite a few of these.
Thanks for mentioning Hand's book. Perfect for a math-science nerd like me, so I immediately ordered it through our public library interbranch lending system ....
Per journalofethics: "Appendiceal CT scans are considered to be 98 percent accurate in diagnosing acute appendicitis when read by an experienced radiologist."
Load More Replies... I had the flu once and was vomiting so much my side was killing me. We thought (at the time) it might be my appendix and I was rushed to the hospital where I had a CT scan. Doctor came in, said my appendix looked fine but told me there was a lump on my kidney. Short time passed, lump was removed, and it turned out to be cancer.
Can't believe the story below didn't make it onto this list. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/09/03/nurse-meets-baby-she-helped-save-28-years-later-and-hes-doctor/1184421002/
Sorry, but I ain't quite as trusting as I was pre 2020. I'd need some proof on quite a few of these.
Thanks for mentioning Hand's book. Perfect for a math-science nerd like me, so I immediately ordered it through our public library interbranch lending system ....
Per journalofethics: "Appendiceal CT scans are considered to be 98 percent accurate in diagnosing acute appendicitis when read by an experienced radiologist."
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