People will often use the phrase “one in a million” or “one in a billion” to mean something that’s never going to happen. But of course, that’s not correct.
A one in a million occurrence is a thing that happens once every million instances. So if, say, a person has a one-in-a-million physical attribute, given that there are around eight billion people total, you should expect to find 8,000 people alive with that attribute. Suddenly it doesn’t seem quite so impossible, huh?
But there’s still something very special about getting to be the person who catches a very rare sight. Like these people on Reddit did, and shared them for all to see.
10. The end of the rainbow
Are you still in Kansas, though?
9. This benevolent vending machine
Let the chips fall where they may, I guess.
8. These M-less M’s
Someone get science on the phone, I demand an explanation for this.
7. This retro garbage
But why was it in the WALL?!
6. The perfect slice
What are the odds that you’d cut right there?
5. This break
Swing so powerful it transfers through an image.
4. This slacking smoke detector
You were supposed to defeat them, not join them!
3. Ducks in a row
To be fair, this is less of a miracle and more just…the Midwest.
2. Thicc Dorito
I’m sorry, you’re under arrest, you cannot blast this much flavor at once.
1. This perfect cut
Would we say this is a glass half empty situation?
So fascinating. So rare. I’d say these belong in a museum.
What’s something rare that you’ve experienced?
Tell us in the comments.