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On the morning of the Brexit vote in England, Ladbrokes Betting Parlor was giving five to one that England would stay in the EU. 

The odds that Cleveland would win the NBA championship after being down 3 games to 1, was Golden State -1600, Cleveland +850.

One week before the Nobel Prize for literature was announced, Ladbrokes had the odds on Bob Dylan winning the prize at FIFTY TO ONE against.

Only 6 out of 44 teams have come back to win a world series after being down 3 games to 1. That gave the Cubs a 13.6% likelihood of coming back. 

The morning of the Presidential election in the U.S., Hillary Clinton was given an 86 % probability of winning the Presidency, while Trump was thought to have a 14% likelihood.

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