Coincidence

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An unnatural event in which something very unlikely happens at almost exactly the same time as, or very shortly afterwards, it has just been mentioned. Deeply seated in the Laws of Improbability and Chaos Theory, a coincidence is unlikely to happen unless you talk about it first.

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