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Improbable
British multinational technology company
Improbable Worlds Limited (commonly referred to as Improbable) is a multinational technology company founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, England
Improbable_(company)
20th episode of the 3rd season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Improbable Cause" is the 66th episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 20th episode of the third season. It is the first half
Improbable_Cause
Fictional time machine
Each episode of the cartoon series included a short segment "Peabody's Improbable History" in which the Wayback Machine was used by the segment's main characters
Wayback Machine (Peabody's Improbable History)
Wayback_Machine_(Peabody's_Improbable_History)
Anthropomorphic cartoon dog
and Friends, produced by Jay Ward. Peabody appeared in the "Peabody's Improbable History" segments created by Ted Key, and he was voiced by Bill Scott
Mr._Peabody
2014 DreamWorks Animation film
produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on characters from the "Peabody's Improbable History" segments of the animated television series Rocky & Friends. It
Mr._Peabody_&_Sherman
2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable is a 2007 book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who is a former options trader. The book focuses on the extreme
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The_Black_Swan:_The_Impact_of_the_Highly_Improbable
2005 novel by Adam Fawer
Improbable is a 2005 science fiction thriller novel by Adam Fawer, about a gambler who gains the power to predict the future. It was awarded the 2006 International
Improbable_(novel)
American thoroughbred racehorse
Improbable (February 11, 2016 – March 16, 2024) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2020 Champion Older Dirt Male after winning
Improbable_(horse)
13th episode of the 9th season of The X-Files
disambiguation. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › "Improbable" is the thirteenth episode of the ninth season and the 195th episode overall
Improbable_(The_X-Files)
Humorous academic journal
The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a bimonthly magazine devoted to scientific humor, in the form of a satirical take on the standard academic journal
Annals_of_Improbable_Research
Theatre company
Improbable is an English theatre company founded in 1996 by Lee Simpson, Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch (artistic directors) and producer Nick Sweeting
Improbable_(theatre_company)
2000 film by John Woo
Disappear" music video, an MTV Movie & TV Awards parody called "Mission Improbable", an alternate title sequence, DVD-ROM and other bonus materials. A Blu-ray
Mission:_Impossible_2
2024 American web series
Improbably Poppy is a six-episode web series starring American singer Poppy. It premiered exclusively on the streaming platform Veeps on October 11, 2024
Improbably_Poppy
Phrase that appears more often in a single work than in a large sample size
A statistically improbable phrase (SIP) is a phrase or set of words that occurs more frequently in a document (or collection of documents) than in some
Statistically improbable phrase
Statistically_improbable_phrase
American animated television series
include "Dudley Do-Right" (a parody of old-time melodrama), "Peabody's Improbable History" (a dog named Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman traveling through
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
The_Adventures_of_Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_and_Friends
Continent
very poor", while Beekes considers a connection to Semitic languages improbable. Most major world languages use words derived from Eurṓpē or Europa to
Europe
Book by Richard Dawkins
Climbing Mount Improbable is a 1996 popular science book by Richard Dawkins. The book’s central metaphor describes complex adaptations, which evolve gradually
Climbing_Mount_Improbable
Co-founder and CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited
April 1988) is a British Indian businessman and the co-founder and CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited, a British multinational technology company founded in
Herman_Narula
American politician (1940–2026)
Anderson-Avraham), Library of Congress (LOC) Catalog Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank (2014) by Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler
Barney_Frank
Mocking term for improbable legal defense
"Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catch-all term coined
Twinkie_defense
1974 Soviet-Italian comedy film
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (Russian: Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России, translit. Neveroyatnye Priklyucheniya Italyantsev
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
Unbelievable_Adventures_of_Italians_in_Russia
American serial killer (1942–1994)
deaths were caused by accidental erotic asphyxia, Stein called this highly improbable. Jeffrey Rignall testified for the defense on February 21. Rignall wept
John_Wayne_Gacy
Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation is a 2014 travel book by epidemiologist and former journalist Elizabeth Pisani. It follows her travels
Indonesia,_Etc.
Concept that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events
or belief that humans may associate with experiencing improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative events. Philosophical naturalism,
Luck
Association football club in England
and Won the Cup", the lyrics of which describe a series of bizarre and improbable occurrences on the hypothetical day when Chelsea finally won a trophy
Chelsea_F.C.
Association football club in Spain
26th La Liga title. However, the La Liga title was overshadowed by an improbable Champions League exit to Liverpool in the semi-finals, with Barça losing
FC_Barcelona
Founding of Australia (also published as A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia, The Commonwealth of Thieves: The birth of Australia)
The_Commonwealth_of_Thieves
Annually awarded parody of the Nobel Prize
of pseudoscience. Organized by the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded in 10 categories each year,
Ig_Nobel_Prize
Fantasy–adventure book series written by Garth Nix
The Keys to the Kingdom is a fantasy-adventure book series written by Garth Nix, comprising seven books published between 2003 and 2010. The series chronicles
The_Keys_to_the_Kingdom
American novelist (born 1970)
Adam Fawer (born 1970 in New York City) is an American novelist. Improbable, his first novel, has been translated into eighteen languages and won the 2006
Adam_Fawer
21st episode of the 3rd season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
two-part episode, concluding the story begun in the previous episode, "Improbable Cause". This episode was first televised in broadcast syndication in May
The Die Is Cast (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
The_Die_Is_Cast_(Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)
British evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
coupled with random variation, creates complexity. In Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), he explores how evolution gradually creates complex adaptations
Richard_Dawkins
Horror fantasy television series
on the series began by May 2022 in New Jersey under the working title Improbable Valentine. Filming locations included Hoboken, Jersey City, and New York
The_Changeling_(TV_series)
Indian cricketer (born 1988)
Retrieved 3 December 2022. Menon, Suresh (25 October 2022). "From the improbable to the inevitable — the Kohli method". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved
Virat_Kohli
Premature deaths and calamities for Kennedy family
did actually hang over all the Kennedys." Skeptics argue that it is not improbable for a large extended family to experience similar events over the course
Kennedy_curse
Book by Rich Benjamin
Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America is a 2009 non-fiction book by Rich Benjamin. In May 2010, Benjamin briefly
Searching_for_Whitopia
1925 Russian satirical fantastic novel by Faddei Bulgarin
Improbable Fables, or a Journey to the Center of the Earth (Russian: Невероятные небылицы или Путешествие к средоточию Земли) is an 1825 fantastic satirical
Improbable Fables, or a Journey to the Center of the Earth
Improbable_Fables,_or_a_Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth
Digital archive by the Internet Archive
Bullwinkle from the 1960s. In a segment of the cartoon entitled "Peabody's Improbable History", the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman use the "Wayback Machine"
Wayback_Machine
Turkic ethnic group
as model for their homeland". The Times of Israel. They looked to an improbable model for building an independent homeland: Israel and the Zionist movement
Uyghurs
Hypothesis that complex extraterrestrial life is improbable and extremely rare
organisms on Earth, and subsequently human intelligence, required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances.
Rare_Earth_hypothesis
Spanish association football player and manager (born 1960)
half time was said to give the players the belief they could pull off an improbable comeback, and win Liverpool an historic fifth European Cup. In doing so
Rafael_Benítez
American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
"awkwardly directed, with some clumsy stunt action and a plethora of improbable horse falls". A problematic production in that Kubrick wanted to shoot
Stanley_Kubrick
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1965)
invited Stiller to make another short film, and he developed Mission: Improbable, a spoof of Tom Cruise's role in Mission: Impossible II and other films
Ben_Stiller
Winners of satirical science award
think". Commenting on the 2006 awards, Marc Abrahams, editor of Annals of Improbable Research and co-sponsor of the awards, said that "[t]he prizes are intended
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners
Dutch biologist (born 1960)
History Museum Rotterdam. He is also European Bureau Chief of the Annals of Improbable Research. Moeliker's father worked for forty years as a technical illustrator
Kees_Moeliker
1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chicago Daily Tribune, H. L. Mencken judged the work's plot to be highly improbable, although he praised the writing as elegant and the "careful and brilliant
The_Great_Gatsby
Type of light comedy, centered on the sexual pairings and recombinations of characters
sexual pairings and recombinations of characters as they move through improbable plots and slamming doors. Georges Feydeau plays, presented in Paris in
Bedroom_farce
American political advisor (born 1985)
1080/14747731.2021.1991660. Retrieved October 2, 2025. Ratskoff, Ben (2020). "'Improbable Spectacles': White Supremacy, Christian Hegemony, and the Dark Side of
Stephen_Miller
Indian serial killer
with over 931 murders, though historians have disputed this figure as improbable and he only confessed to having personally strangled 125 victims. By the
Thug_Behram
British politician (1912–1998)
nuclear weapons, is an unmitigated absurdity" and that it was "remotely improbable" that any group of nations engaged in war would "decide upon general and
Enoch_Powell
2005 play by Alan Ayckbourn
Improbable Fiction is a 2005 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is about a writers' circle, on the night the chairman, Arnold, seems to wander
Improbable_Fiction
King of the United Kingdom since 2022
Colquhoun, David (12 March 2007). "HRH 'meddling in politics'". DC's Improbable Science. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November
Charles_III
Fictional character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
name, which the others did not know while he was telling the story. In "Improbable Cause", Garak's former mentor Enabran Tain plainly accuses him of betraying
Elim_Garak
English association football league
time it was struck to the time it crossed the goal line, and the Most Improbable Comeback award is meant for the team that, based on calculations performed
Premier_League
American country musician (born 1933)
Culture: A Guide. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-35505-9. Reid, Jan (2004). The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock: New Edition. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70197-7
Willie_Nelson
Australian rock band
Retrieved 19 December 2024. Marchese, David (16 September 2016). "AC/DC Has Improbably Become the Most Poignant Story in Rock". Vulture. Archived from the original
AC/DC
Online media database
mergers and acquisitions by Amazon Locker MacKenzie Scott Statistically improbable phrase Vine Worker organization List of fatalities Edwardsville Amazon
IMDb
Italian artist and architect (1475–1564)
position and the relatively public nature of their relationship make it improbable that it was not platonic." Rictor Norton, "The Myth of the Modern Homosexual"
Michelangelo
1978 single by Warren Zevon
incident he had experienced while vacationing on Kauai. The "long day of improbable and grotesque mischief" prompted him never to take vacations again in
Lawyers,_Guns_and_Money
American actor (born 1944)
Retrieved June 9, 2026. "'Space Jam': The story behind Michael Jordan's improbable victory". EW.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2025. Retrieved
Danny_DeVito
American mathematician and scientific editor
mathematician and scientific editor. He is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research and the master of ceremonies at the annual Ig Nobel Prize celebration
Marc_Abrahams
Adage that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
improbable.com. 2006-08-01. Archived from the original on 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2024-08-12. "The 34th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony". improbable.com
Murphy's_law
American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food is a 2012 non-fiction book by Andrew F. Smith, published by the University of California Press.
American_Tuna
2014 aircraft shootdown over Ukraine
2014). "Design of Surface-to-Air Missile Systems Makes Accidents Far from Improbable". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 12 March 2020. Rosen, Armin (18 July
Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
Chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen
in Ithaca, and according to literary critic Hugh Kenner, achieves "the improbable feat of raising to poetry all the clutter of footling information that
Water
Military coalition in World War I
Politics before 1914". In Afflerbach, Holger; Stevenson, David (eds.). An Improbable War? the Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture Before
Allies_of_World_War_I
Finnish multinational corporation
which the executive board regarded as akin to James Bond's gadgets: improbably futuristic and niche devices. [citation needed] In 1984, Nokia acquired
Nokia
become a detective himself, despite all of his cases being botched by improbable events. Soap is demoted back to detective and once again assigned to the
List of Marvel Comics characters: S
List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_S
American actor (born 1978)
television commercials. Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, he caught an improbable break, landing a part in the short-lived drama series Cracker on ABC.
Josh_Hartnett
Australian actress
Rigden, Claire (10 April 2024). "Swift Street: It's been an improbable rise to the top for the Perth-raised actor Tanzyn Crawford". The West
Tanzyn_Crawford
American writer and activist (1924–1987)
the beauty of Baldwin's sentences and the cool of his tone, something improbable, too, this meeting of Henry James, the Bible, and Harlem." One of Baldwin's
James_Baldwin
2006 James Bond film by Martin Campbell
Chowdhury 2015, p. 548. Klimek, Chris (6 November 2015). "The Messy, Improbable History of SPECTRE". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 22 August
Casino_Royale_(2006_film)
US Supreme Court justice since 1991
Court". Frontline. May 9, 2023. PBS. Lauren Mechling (May 9, 2023). "'So improbable, it's a novel': the strange story of Clarence and Ginni Thomas". The Guardian
Clarence_Thomas
Russian former tennis player (born 1987)
June 2013. Liz Clarke (7 April 2004). "Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 June 2010. Adrian Warner (7
Maria_Sharapova
American television series (2025–present)
starting with a tornado-related emergency and placing characters in improbable situations, and complimented the show for being "entertainingly silly
9-1-1:_Nashville
1937 airship fire in the US
among many possibilities – as the cause as nearly impossible and highly improbable. Hugo Eckener argued that the fire was started by an electric spark which
Hindenburg_disaster
American cartoonist and writer
television series of the same name, and also the creator of the Peabody's Improbable History animated segments. Born in Fresno, California, Key was the son
Ted_Key
Type of slapstick humour associated with Hong Kong popular culture
juxtaposition of contrasts, sudden surprises in spoken dialogue and action and improbable and deliberate anachronisms. During an interview with Stephen Chow for
Mo_lei_tau
Collection of Middle Eastern folk tales
Arabs compared with poetry, and the tales were dismissed as khurafa (improbable fantasies fit only for entertaining women and children). According to
One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
American basketball player (born 1961)
2020. Howard, Johnette (December 18, 1988). "Believe It: Dennis Rodman's Improbable Life Story". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 11
Dennis_Rodman
Zaützes and some other dignitaries. Yet the details given were highly improbable, and the dying emperor claimed an attempt had been made on his life. "Top
List of unusual deaths in the Middle Ages
List_of_unusual_deaths_in_the_Middle_Ages
1963 assassination in Dallas, Texas
Boggs and senators John Cooper and Richard Russell—found the theory "improbable"; their qualms were not mentioned in the final report. Conspiracy theorists
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy
1851 novel by Herman Melville
unattractive matter, and the Morning Post found that delight far outstripped the improbable character of events. Though some reviewers viewed the characters, especially
Moby-Dick
2004 book by Albert Mudrian
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore is a music history book by Albert Mudrian, the founding editor-in-chief of Decibel, a
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore
Choosing_Death:_The_Improbable_History_of_Death_Metal_&_Grindcore
Carthaginian general and statesman (247–183/181 BC)
of a young Melqart (often associated with Herakles), although this is improbable. It is more likely that it simply depicts the god himself. The reverse
Hannibal
U.S. state
edu. Retrieved September 20, 2025. "Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake". Improbable.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2010
Kansas
Fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
is: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Holmes follows Sir Isaac Newton's rule of "hypotheses
Sherlock_Holmes
1993 American comedy film by Harold Ramis
Gilbey 2004, p. 22. Nark, Jason (February 2, 2019). "Groundhog Day, the improbable holiday that brings a shot in the arm to a former coal town". The Philadelphia
Groundhog_Day_(film)
2026 American reality comedy film
stunt was ultimately scrapped as it was determined to be logistically improbable. They also tried to do a stunt with Dave England's one testicle, by wanting
Jackass:_Best_and_Last
Novelty song by Roger Miller
American singer‑songwriter Roger Miller. The lyrics list a series of improbable or impossible activities and end with a refrain that contrasts those impossibilities
You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd
You_Can't_Roller_Skate_in_a_Buffalo_Herd
American basketball player (born 1994)
Following his performance, The Wall Street Journal called Robinson "the most improbable player in the NBA" and "one of the best shooters on the planet" in an
Duncan_Robinson
Metaphor for an unthinkable thought in Abrahamic religions
dromedary camel passing through the eye of a needle, as a symbol of the improbable Peace of Westphalia. Engraving, Johann Vogel: Meditationes emblematicae
Eye_of_a_needle
2009 memoir by Craig Ferguson
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot is a memoir written by entertainer Craig Ferguson. The book details various experiences
American_on_Purpose
2014 French science fiction action film
which adorns each new scene with a spectacular swagger of violence and improbable turns, there is a strong feeling that Luc Besson now makes films from
Lucy_(2014_film)
Philosophical question
evil tries to show that, given the existence of evil in the world, it is improbable that there is an omnipotent, omniscient, and a wholly good God. Most philosophers
Problem_of_evil
Study of paranormal and psychic phenomena
146. ISBN 1573929794 Antony Flew. (1989). The problem of evidencing the improbable and the impossible. In G. K. Zollschan, J. F. Schumaker & G. F. Walsh
Parapsychology
Music scene
Mudrian, Albert; Peel, John; Carlson, Scott (2016). Choosing death: the improbable history of death metal & grindcore (Revised and expanded death-luxe ed
Swedish_death_metal
Theory of response to surprise events
Taleb, thinkers who came before him who dealt with the notion of the improbable (such as Hume, Mill, and Popper) focused on the problem of induction in
Black_swan_theory
Doomsday scenario on human births
randomly sampled from the set of all humans who will ever live, it is improbable that one would be at the extreme beginning. This implies that the total
Doomsday_argument
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Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Killed by Arthur.
Girl/Female
Indian
Loyal, Honest
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Leader
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lovable
Boy/Male
Indian
Guide
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hicken.
Biblical
a chiding; a garment; his measure
Boy/Male
Tamil
Best wishing, Lovely Raja
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Blessings of Master
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Leadership
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a.
Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
adv.
In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.
a.
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
a.
Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
a.
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event.
n.
The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.
a.
Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.