A NUMBER ONE PICK NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR? NOT THIS TIME
The odds a number-one pick in the NBA draft will be voted Rookie of the Year are 1 in 2.9.
The odds a number-one pick in the NBA draft will be voted Rookie of the Year are 1 in 2.9.
Over the years, only 1 in 45.83 horses entered in the Kentucky Derby have been fillies, and the odds a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby is a filly are just 1 in 43.67.
On April 29th, John Odgren was convicted in the stabbing death of 15-year-old James Alenson, a classmate at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, near Boston.
The odds an adult will fly a kite in a year are 1 in 42.58, about the same as the odds an adult has ever been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
If you are one of the millions of high school students taking the May 1st SAT, you might just be wondering: what are the chances I could flat-out ace this thing?
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