Answering Machine - Pledge

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Striking Statistics

The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny.
The odds of winning the California lottery by matching all six numbers are 14 times greater than the odds of being struck by lightening, according to Lottery magazine. the figure drops to nine times greater in New Jersey, six times greater in Pennsylvania, and four times greater in Connecticut. 

Typhoon vs. Tycoon

Q: How are a typhoon and a tycoon similar?
A: They are both packed with a lot of wind!