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# The coin just happens to land on its edge due to (ridiculously minuscule) chance. LawOfConservationOfDetail means this is almost never the reason in fiction.
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# The coin just happens to land on its edge due to (ridiculously minuscule) chance. [[note]]The odds are about 1 in 6000 tosses.[[/note]] LawOfConservationOfDetail means this is almost never the reason in fiction.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E52APennyForYourThoughts A Penny for Your Thoughts]]", when Hector B. Poole pays for a newspaper, the coin lands on its edge and he gains the power to [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]]. In the final scene, Hector accidentally knocks over the first coin with a second one and thereby loses his new ability.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E52APennyForYourThoughts "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E16APennyForYourThoughts A Penny for Your Thoughts]]", when Hector B. Poole pays for a newspaper, the coin lands on its edge and he gains the power to [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]]. In the final scene, Hector accidentally knocks over the first coin with a second one and thereby loses his new ability.
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Has [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant nothing to do with]] Wrestling/{{Edge}} or [[Music/{{U2}} The Edge]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndTheBigFight'', when the Roman centurion asks Prolix to guess if the coin will land on heads or tails, Prolix says "neither". The coin ends falling edgewise on a vase.
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* Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}} has a [[https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Template:Coin template]] that simulates a coin flip. Digging into [[https://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=Template:Coin&action=edit the code]] reveals a 1/2019 chance of landing on "edge", along with a chance of getting "down the drain".
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* Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}} Website/{{Uncyclopedia}} has a [[https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Template:Coin template]] that simulates a coin flip. Digging into [[https://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=Template:Coin&action=edit the code]] reveals a 1/2019 chance of landing on "edge", along with a chance of getting "down the drain".
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* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Momo and Itsuka spend [[OverlyLongGag the whole chapter]] trying to decide through RockPaperScissors which of them will be named class vice-president. In the end, they decide to seal it with a coin toss, and the coin lands on its edge. At this point Aizawa is fed up and names them both vice-presidents just to get it over with.
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* In ''Film/HandsAcrossTheTable'', Fred [=MacMurray=] tells Creator/CaroleLombard that he’ll get a job (something he doesn't want) if the coin lands on the edge. They’re on a moving bus, and it falls onto oncoming traffic. They block up traffic trying to find the coin, and it's found on its edge, because it landed in a crevice of a manhole. Hilarious HijinksEnsue indeed.
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* In ''Film/HandsAcrossTheTable'', Fred [=MacMurray=] tells Creator/CaroleLombard that he’ll get a job (something he doesn't want) if the coin lands on the edge. They’re on a moving bus, and it falls onto oncoming traffic. They block up traffic trying to find the coin, and it's found on its edge, because it landed in a crevice of a manhole. Hilarious HijinksEnsue indeed.
