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Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 [1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle.
Statistical Football prediction is a method used in sports betting, to predict the outcome of football matches by means of statistical tools. The goal of statistical match prediction is to outperform the predictions of bookmakers [ citation needed ] [ dubious – discuss ] , who use them to set odds on the outcome of football matches.
'Fred the Groundhog') is a groundhog located in Val-d'Espoir near Percé, Quebec, whose behaviour is used to predict weather on Groundhog Day. [1] Fred is the official groundhog of Quebec for Groundhog Day predictions. [2] The name "Fred la marmotte" is passed to a succession of groundhogs, that are replaced as they retire or die. [3]
Groundhog-Day.com reported that 64 groundhogs made a prediction on Groundhog Day this year and 49 of them (including Punxsutawney Phil) did not see their shadows and predict an early spring.
Punxsutawney, PA, United States of America - Groundhog handler Ron Ploucha holds famed weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil during the annual Groundhog Day event. Today is Groundhog ...
Groundhog Day also has been linked to the Christian holiday of Candlemas and the Pagan Imbolc, marked on Feb. 1 with it's own weather prediction, according to NOAA.
Statistical analysis of groundhog predictions show that Stormy Marmot and Poor Richard (a groundhog based in York, Pennsylvania) have the best correlation to observed weather trends. "When Stormy Marmot predicts an early spring, we can expect March to be on average 6 °F warmer, and April to be 2.5 °F warmer.
Phil the groundhog has predicted that we will endure six more weeks of winter. On Groundhog Day, 2 February, people gathered at Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, as Phil’s “inner circle” - who ...