The phrase "coin toss" is a classic synonym for randomness. But since the 18th century, mathematicians have 1 that even fair coins tend to land on one side slightly more often than the other. Proving this tiny bias, 2 , would require hundreds of thousands of carefully recorded coin flips,...
She would soon do the baffling, turning writing about her exploits into a Mad Libs exercise. Something like this: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone competed in (CITY) on (DATE). And just when it appeared she could not (SYNONYM FOR ‘LOWER’) her own world record, she did, running a (TIME THAT...