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I find it quite weird multiple things failed on the same day, such as the UK post office system unable to deliver abroad

• m463 4y ago
  I suspect this is just statistics, like "it is likely that two people will have the same birthday in a roomful of people"
  • kqr 4y ago
    The other classical example being the large number of Prussian soldiers killed by horse kicks in the late 19th century.
  • alexchamberlain 4y ago
    Would this be an example of the Poisson distribution? (Perhaps exaggerated by post holiday upgrades?)