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The Man Who Bet His House on a Pop Song - A Eurovision Tale
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Tim's Story Isn't Just About Gambling
The year before Eurovision, Daniel had a stroke while on holiday in New York. He recovered remarkably quickly and was fascinated by how his brain reconstructed itself. Doctors couldn't find any evidence for deep vein thrombosis because he wasn't old or obese. The only thing the doctors could think of was that for many years, Daniel had been living with HIV. And this is a man who just briefly lost the ability to say the number seven.
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