Murphy's law

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Murphy's law (also known as Finagle's law or Sod's law) is a popular adage in Western culture, which broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation. It is most commonly formulated as "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." The law was named after Major Edward A. Murphy, Jr., a development engineer working for a brief time on rocket sled experiments done by the United States Air Force in 1949.

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Finagle's law - Adage - Western culture - Major Edward A. Murphy, Jr. - Engineer - Rocket sled - United States Air Force - 1949

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