Impossible Odds

IMPOSSIBLE ODDS 16 EVENTS STILL MORE LIKELY THAN A PERFECT BRACKET March is here, and so are the basketball fanatics with their annual hopes for a perfect bracket! Here's a look at some of the outrageous things that have a higher chance of happening than filling out a flawless bracket. 1 in 8 > The odds of a giant solar flare damaging our power grid by 2020. 1 in 70 > Being bitten by a dog each year. 1 in 106 > Being a millionaire in the U.S. 1 in 500 > Having an extra finger or toe (at birth). 1 in 730,000 > The odds of Yellowstone's "supervolcano" erupting each year. 1 in 785,166 > Being a billionaire in the U.S. In order to see our next event, we would need to extend the graphic for another 12 feet (3.7m). a 1 in 10 million > Becoming President of the United States of America. 18 ft (5.5m) later.. 1 in 23.4 million > Winning a gold medal at the summer Olympics. 113 ft (34.4m) later. 1 in 112 million > Being crushed to death by a vending machine. 1,271 ft (387.4m) later.. 1 in 1.1 billion > Flipping a coin and getting 30 heads in a row. 31 miles (50km) later.. 1 in 128 billion > Odds of a perfect championship bracket (low-end, educated estimate). 9,468 mi (15,243km) approx. Chicago to Rome and back 1 in 39 trillion > Making 8 half-court shots in a row. 1M mi (1.6M km) Around the Earth ~41 times 1 in 4.2 quadrillion > Worst Day Ever - Being bitten by a venomous snake, being injured in a car crash, and losing your job. 2.4M mi (3.8M km) To the moon and back ~5 times 1 in 14 quadrillion > Guessing a 9-character password on the first try (uppercase, lowercase, and numbers). 0.9 AU (80M mi, 129M km) approx. the Sun to Earth 1 in 343 quadrillion > Being hit by lightning 3 times in a year. 10.1 AU (939M mi, 1.5B km) approx. Earth to Saturn 1 in 4.2 quintillion > Best Day Ever - Sinking a hole-in-one, getting a 5-card royal flush, and winning $1 million in the lottery. 13.1 AU (1.2B mi, 2B km) approx. Saturn to Uranus 1 in 9.2 quintillion > Odds of a perfect championship BOE bracket (high-end, random chance) eba Brought to you by deáls http://deals.ebay.com/blog/impossible-odds/