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Saturday, October 24, 2009
How to flip a coin
Marginal Revolution: How to flip a coin: "Using a high-speed camera that photographed people flipping coins, the three researchers determined that a coin is more likely to land facing the same side on which it started. If tails is facing up when the coin is perched on your thumb, it is more likely to land tails up."
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