From witnessing lottery wins to the unlikely coincidences of meeting people you're somehow connected to, people shared all sorts of things.
One Redditor was curious to know whether people had such experiences. So they went on to ask people, 'What is the lowest probability event you have personally witnessed?' The thread got almost 4k answers, and people had plenty of experiences to share.
From witnessing lottery wins to the unlikely coincidences of meeting people you're somehow connected to, people shared all sorts of things. We here at Bored Panda wanted to know more about why statistically improbable things fascinate us so much. So we reached out to Christopher T. Franck, an associate professor in the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech. He was kind enough to explain what qualifies as a statistically improbable event and why they surprise us so much.