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Interesting Fact - Sport

The odds of Leicester City winning the Premier League at the start of the 2015/16 football season were 5000:1. This means that gamblers thought the following things were more likely to happen:-

2,500:1 - David Moyes to be an X Factor judge

2,500:1 - Arsenal would sack Arsene Wenger and install Piers Morgan as boss

2,000:1 - Kim Kardashian will become US President by 2020

1,000:1 - Sir Alex Ferguson would win Strictly Come Dancing

1,000:1 - Hugh Hefner would admit he's a virgin

1,000:1 - Robbie Savage will be named the next James Bond

1,000:1 - Bono will become the next Pope

500:1 - Simon Cowell will become the next Prime Minister of the UK

500:1 - Andy Murray would name his first born Novak

You might need to look up some of these names to see how unlikely they are, apart from Kim Kardasian: As Trump is a contender, I don't see why this couldn't happen.)

Update -  The people of Leicester must be very, very happy today.

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