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What is 'probability'?
Probability is about how likely something is to happen. In this app, there's a 0.2% chance a pigeon gets lost. That's a very small chance, but it means if you send 1,000 messages, two might not arrive. It adds a touch of real-world risk to the virtual delivery.
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