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Of course it's sensationalistic. I want someone to prove me wrong.
What are the odds of one particular permutation, of 52! possible permutations, repeating? It's been a few years since I took statistics, but I think this should be pretty easily answerable. With the right (TI-83/84) calculator.
What I'm saying, based on what I can see (and this is very counter-intuitive) is that in the history of this planet, we can be almost %100 certain that the same card shuffle has never come up, and never will. Of course, it could happen five minutes later, but the probability of this would be so vanishlingly small that it would be considered impossible for all practical purposes.
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