# What is the most improbable coincidence that has affected  your life?

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**Created:** [August 22, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-improbable-coincidence-that-has-affected-your-life/696213 "2014-08-22T16:23:37Z")\
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There’s a 10-digit number that I chose completely at random to use as a password when I started BBSing in the late '80s. Couple years later, I moved to the DC area, got a job, and opened a checking account at the credit union next door to my job. My account number was the exact same ten digits.

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