12 Unbelievable

Coincidences That Leave

Us With Many Questions
About the World
Life sometimes brings us strange surprises that are seemingly impossible
to explain simply by referring to theories of probabilty.
We at Bright Side never cease to be amazed by the coincidences that occur
in this world which demonstrate just how unpredictable and mysterious it is.

Almost like reincarnation

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Enzo Ferrari, who founded the Ferrari company, died in 1988. About a month
later, the footballer Mesut zil was born. Looking at their portraits, you could
be forgiven for thinking theyre twin brothers. Is this a case of reincarnation?

A premonition of the Titanic

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In 1898, 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic, fantasy writer Morgan
Robertson wrote the novella Futility, which told the story of a ship that was
sunk and which bore the name The Titan. But it wasnt just the name where
we can see an eerie coincidence. Both the fictional and real ship were

described as unsinkable, had similar technical characteristics, lacked

a suitable number of lifeboats, and collided with icebergs in the North Atlantic.
After the sinking of the Titanic, the book was republished with the title Futility,
or The Sinking of the Titan.

Neighbors living in different centuries

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The famous composer George Handel was a neighbor of famous guitarist Jimi
Hendrix admittedly, they were separated by two centuries. Handel lived
in London at 25 Brook Street, whilst Hendrix lived for a time at 23 Brook
Street. They were both incredible musicians who had a major influence on the
development of music in their respective eras.

The Tragedy on the Hoover Dam

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One of the first people who lost their life during the construction of the Hoover
Dam was George Tierney, who died on December 20, 1922, when carrying
out preparatory work. The last person to die during construction was Patrick
Tierney Georges son. He also died on December 20.

The cars that found each other

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In 1895, in the state of Ohio, two cars collided. The peculiarity of this
particular accident is to be found in the fact that during this period, automobile
production was only just beginning to take off, and there were only these two
cars in all of Ohio. Unfortunately, at that time automobile accidents still werent
documented, and so the official records of this case havent survived.

Coincidences in the biographies of Lincoln and

Kennedy

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A multitude of strange coincidences exist in the biographies of two American

presidents: Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy. Here are just a few of them:

They were both killed by a gunshot wound to the back of the head,
on a Friday, before a celebration (Lincoln was killed just before Easter;
Kennedy on the eve of Thanksgiving). Each was accompanied by his wife
and another couple.

Both had four children.

Both had a friend called Billy Graham.

Kennedy had a secretary called Mrs. Lincoln. President Lincoln had

a secretary called John.

Their successors in both cases were vice presidents called Johnson,

who were both southerners and Democrats.

The first and last soldiers

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The graves of the first and last British soldiers killed in the First World War are
located 6 meters from each other, and their headstones face each other. This
arrangement was not in any way deliberate.

Rumors of Edgar Allan Poes time machine

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In the book The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, written

by Edgar Allan Poe, we learn the story of four sailors who survived the sinking
of their ship and were forced to eat a shipboy called Richard Parker.
Po claimed that this story was based on real-life events, but this wasnt
actually the case.
46 years after the book was written, an actual boat did sink, and the members
of the crew who were saved recounted how they had eaten a shipboy
called...Richard Parker. This led to rumors that the famous American writer
had owned a time machine.

Unlucky brothers

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In July 1975, Erskine Lawrence Ebbin, a 17-year-old inhabitant of the

Bermuda Islands, was riding along the road on his moped when he was hit
by a taxi. Almost a year before, also in July, Erskines brother who was also
17 was killed. He was riding the same moped and he was killed by a taxi
as well. Behind the wheel was the same driver, and he was carrying the same
passenger.

Anthony Hopkins and a rare book

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Once, the actor Anthony Hopkins urgently needed to get hold of a book
so that he could study for a role in a film he was starring in: The Girl from
Petrovka, written by George Feifer. He couldnt find the book in a shop
anywhere, but then completely coincidentally he came across a forgotten copy
in the subway.
When Hopkins later met Feifer, the latter told him that he didnt have a copy
of the book himself he had lent his last one to a friend, who had lost
it somewhere in the subway.

A special name for the Roman Empire

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The city of Rome, the foundation of the Roman state, was founded according
to legend by Romulus and Remus. Consequently, Romulus became the first
king of Rome. The last ruler of the Western Roman Empire was Romulus
Augustulus, although he was born as Flavius Romulus Augustus.
Nevertheless, one can say that one of the most powerful empires of the
ancient world began and ended with the name "Romulus."
Sources: historyextra, tribunesandtriumphs, wikipedia

A prediction of Donald Trumps election victory

in The Simpsons

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The creators of The Simpsons made an episode in the year 2000 which made
a joke about Donald Trump becoming president of the United States. Could
they ever have guessed that one day it would become true?
Even more amazing is the fact that the show presented Trumps election
campaign in a way that was almost identical to scenes from real life when
he launched his presidential bid.