Ewan's Corner

This seems to be the time for unlikely occurrences:

1. A Russian and US satellite collide 800km over Siberia (with around 17k manmade pieces of junk in orbit, not *that* unlikely – but still).
2. British and French nuclear subs collide in the Atlantic. Subs apparently have common “nesting grounds” so again not *that* unlikely, but still – a scary scenario.
3. 18 South Africans won the same lottery jackpot (and the poor sods had to share the R20 million).

The chances of winning the lotto (choosing the six main numbers correctly in any order, from 49 balls) are one in 13,983,816 (6/49 * 5/48 * 4/47 * 3/46 * 2/45 * 1/44). People choose numbers significant to them, so there will be biases and this is not pure chance, but still!