GIVEN ENOUGH RANDOM EVENTS, SOME WEIRD-SEEMING STREAKS WILL OCCUR During the 2010 World Cup, a German octopus, Paul, was offered two boxes, each with mussels and a national flag. Paul selected the right box eight out of eight times in predicting the outcome of Germany's seven matches and Spain's triumph in the final.

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