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Old 03-25-2009 | 06:35 AM
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Default What are the odds???
  1. Odds of being struck by lightning: 1 in 576,000
  2. Odds of dating a supermodel: 1 in 88,000
  3. Odds of an American home having at least one container of ice cream in the freezer: 9 in 10
  4. Odds of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564
  5. Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 1 in 220
  6. Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on the first try: 1 in 10,000
  7. Odds of being killed by lightning: 1 in 2,320,000
  8. Odds of being murdered: 1 in 18,000
  9. Odds of getting away with murder: 1 in 2
  10. Odds of being attacked by a dog: 1 in 131,890
  11. Odds of dying from a dog bite: 1 in 700,000
  12. Odds of being bitten by a snake, bee or other venomous creature: 1 in 83,930
  13. Odds of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325
  14. Odds of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820
  15. Odds of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans): 1 in 4,235,477
  16. Odds of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
  17. Odds of having fraternal twins: 3 in 1,000 (for a woman younger than 20)
  18. Odds of having fraternal twins: 14 in 1,000 (for women ages 35-40)
  19. Odds that a person between the age of 18 and 29 does not read a newspaper regularly: 1 in 3
  20. Odds that an adult does not want to live to age 120 under any circumstances: 2 in 3
  21. Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 1 in 7,000
  22. Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1 in 1.3
  23. Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 1 in 3
  24. Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 1 in 25
  25. Odds of being born a twin in North America: 1 in 90
  26. Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 1 in 117
  27. Odds of being audited by the IRS: 1 in 175
  28. Odds of having your identity stolen: 1 in 200
  29. Odds of dating a millionaire: 1 in 215
  30. Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 1 in 250
  31. Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 1 in 563
  32. Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 1 in 22,000
  33. Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 1 in 11,000
  34. Odds of winning an Academy Award: 1 in 11,500
  35. Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 1 in 60,000
  36. Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 1 in 649,740
  37. Odds of becoming a saint: 1 in 20,000,000
  38. Odds of becoming president: 1 in 10,000,000
  39. Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 1 in 182,138,880,000,000
  40. Odds of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380
  41. Odds that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,560
  42. Odds of dying in such a collision: 1 in 20,000
  43. Odds of experiencing an earthquake: 1 in 100,000
  44. Odds of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107
  45. Odds of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319
  46. Odds of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035
  47. Odds of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000
  48. Odds of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000
  49. Odds of dying from overexertion, travel or privation: 1 in 1,428,377
  50. Odds of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000
  51. Odds of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325
  52. Odds of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000
  53. Odds of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556
  54. Odds of spotting a UFO today: 1 in 3,000,000
  55. Odds of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000
  56. Odds of injury from fireworks: 1 in 19,556
  57. Odds of injury from shaving: 1 in 6,585
  58. Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 1 in 4,464
  59. Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 1 in 3,623
  60. Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 1 in 2,232
  61. Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 1 in 685,000
  62. Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 1 in 20
  63. Odds of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585
  64. Odds of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666
  65. Odds of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065
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