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Chance encounters

Is the chance of bumping into your boss on holiday greater than you think?

Angela Saini and the More or Less team assess the probabilities of some of life's great coincidences.

Producer: Ruth Alexander

(Image: A man in a suit floating in a pool. Credit: Thinkstock)

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10 minutes

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Sun 17 Jun 201211:50GMT
BBC World Service Online

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