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<blockquote>He tried his best--but in the end newborn | <blockquote>He tried his best--but in the end newborn Casey-James May<br> | ||
Casey-James May missed out on a 48 | missed out on a 48 million-to-one record by four minutes. His father <br> | ||
million-to-one record by four minutes. | Sean, grandfather Dered and great-grandfather Alistair were all born on the<br> | ||
His father Sean, grandfather Dered and great-grandfather Alistair were all born on the | same date - March 2. But Casey-James was delivered at 12.04 am on March 3....</blockquote> | ||
same date - March 2. But Casey-James | |||
<blockquote>Metro | <blockquote>Metro | ||
Revision as of 19:10, 29 June 2005
Frank Duckworth, editor of the Royal Statistical Society's newsletter - RSS NEWS has given us permission to include items from their forsooth column which they extract them from media sources. Of course we would be happy to have readers add items they feel are worthy of a forsooth!
From the May 2005 RSS News:
He tried his best--but in the end newborn Casey-James May
missed out on a 48 million-to-one record by four minutes. His father
Sean, grandfather Dered and great-grandfather Alistair were all born on the
same date - March 2. But Casey-James was delivered at 12.04 am on March 3....
Metro 10 March 2005
In the US, those in the poorest households have
nearly four times the risk of death of those in the richest.
Your World report
May 2004