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statistically inevitable when enough people are watching for something rare to happen.
means An extraordinary event that seems to defy natural law and is taken as a sign of divine or supernatural intervention.
from From Latin miraculum, 'an object of wonder,' built on mirari, 'to wonder at, to be astonished' — the same root that gives us 'admire,' 'mirage,' and even 'mirror.' At its heart sits the idea of looking and being amazed by what you see. It entered English through Old French in the medieval period, when miracles were the headline acts of saints and shrines, and has kept its sense of jaw-dropping astonishment ever since.
- odds rule
- Littlewood's law: miracles happen monthly to everyone, by math
- latin root
- means simply something worth wondering at
- vatican job
- a real official investigates miracle claims for sainthood
- medical term
- spontaneous remission is documented but rarely explained
miracle on ice — usa defeated soviet union 4-3 in 1980 winter olympics hockey, considered one of sport's greatest upsets
loaves and fishes — jesus fed 5,000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish according to matthew 14:17-21
fatima apparitions — three shepherd children witnessed virgin mary in fátima, portugal in 1917, later approved miracle site by catholic church