Unbelievable -- What Are the Odds of This Happening?

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/1/22/unbelievable-what-are-the-odds-of-this-happening.aspx

Life can sometimes produce fascinating, extraordinary coincidences. Here are a few of the most amazing ones:

* In 1975, a man riding a moped in Bermuda was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, the man’s brother, riding the very same moped, was killed in the very same way by the very same taxi driven by the very same driver -- and carrying the very same passenger.

* Twin brothers Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were separated at birth and adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both were named James, both owned a dog named Toy, both married women named Linda, both had a son they names James Alan, and both eventually divorced and got remarried to a woman named Betty.

* Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and John Adams helped to edit and hone it. The Continental Congress approved the document on July 4, 1776. Both Jefferson and Adams died on July 4, 1826 -- exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

* A German mother who photographed her infant son in 1914 left the film to be developed at a store in Strasbourg, but was unable to collect the film picture when World War I broke out. Two years later she bought a film plate in Frankfurt, over 100 miles away, and took a picture of her newborn daughter -- only to find, when developed, the picture of her daughter superimposed on the earlier picture of her son. The original film, never developed, had been mistakenly labeled as unused and resold.

* In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead by fellow poker players who accused him of cheating to win a $600 pot. None of the other players were willing to take the now unlucky $600, so they found a new player to take Fallon’s place, who turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. At that point, the police arrived and demanded that the original $600 be given to Fallon’s next of kin -- only to discover that the new player was Fallon’s son, who had not seen his father in seven years.

* In the 19th century, the famous horror writer Egdar Allan Poe wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.’ It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

* In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing figure in a young (and, apparently, incredibly careless) mother’s life. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby’s fall was broken and Figlock and the baby were unharmed. A year later, the same baby fell from the same window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.

* In 1973, actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in “The Girl From Petrovka”, based on a novel by George Feifer. Unable to find a copy of the book anywhere in London, Hopkins was surprised to discover one lying on a bench in a train station. It turned out to be George Feifer’s own annotated (personal) copy, which Feifer had lent to a friend, and which had been stolen from his friend’s car.

* In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant for dinner, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia-Vaglia. When the owner took King Umberto’s order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the striking resemblance between each other and found many more similarities.

1. Both men were born on the same day, of the same year (March 14, 1844).
2. Both men had been born in the same town.
3. Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
4. The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto was crowned King of Italy.
5. On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the restaurateur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, an anarchist in the crowd then assassinated him.

* While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites -- Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly remembered as a child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on the flyleaf found the inscription: “Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was Anne’s very own book.

Are these instances merely coincidence, or are they something more? It all depends on how you look at it.

As the famous words of Albert Einstein sum up quite nicely: “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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#1 jcy_yan, Jan 25, 2008
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what.. just reading the first one seemed a bit bogus to me.. I mean how could that taxi driver still be allowed to keep his license let alone drive after Killing someone!?!

#2 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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a nice read indeed...
but how to prove that its true facts? lol

#3 reno, Jan 25, 2008
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google doesn't mean its facts =P
it just means someone has bothered to put it up lol

#4 reno, Jan 25, 2008
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and especially how these 'facts' happened hundreds of years ago...

but damn I wanna read that Egdar Allan book now.. sounds pretty interesting..

and if the first fact was true.. those brothers musta owed their lives to the taxi driver.. hahah.. repaying for their sins from their previous life.. -lol

#5 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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* In the 19th century, the famous horror writer Egdar Allan Poe wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.’ It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

that one is scary, if i was the cabin boy i'd be scared shitlist after reading the book

#6 uryu, Jan 25, 2008
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Damn haha but coincidences are pretty much an awesome thing...
It's like when somebody says something that you were just about to say word for word thats hardout scary shit man

#7 moor_moth, Jan 25, 2008
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shoot I'd be scared if I was King Umberto after hearing that guys death...

kinda reminds of "The One" with Jet Li... where like his other have existed in a parallel universe and they must be alive in order for him to exist.. hahah something like that.. can't quite remember..

#8 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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^well what would you do if you found someone exactly like you?

#9 moor_moth, Jan 25, 2008
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it amazes me when i was reading it. i remember hearing a similar story for the second one about the twins separated at birth...maybe it's the same story since i don't remember the exact names...

#10 rNb99, Jan 25, 2008
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learn every single thing thas happened in his life duh..

lol seriously tho.. I would want to find someone whos similar to me or looks very much like me.. it would be a trippy experience..

#11 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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wooooould yooouuuu........... kill him if you knew you'd be a kickass martial artist if you did?

#12 moor_moth, Jan 25, 2008
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hahah WHAT? like you mean.. I'll have like super human strength and crazy martial arts skill if I killed him...? hahah now I remember what "the one" was about..

no I wouldn't kill him tho.. I mean if he's like similar to me, then thas like killing part of myself!?!

#13 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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or he's like becoming a part of you.. ^^
i reckon if i met someone like me and he thought exactly as i did we'd play a game of rock paper scissors and winner gets keeps! its double or nothing!! hahaha

one superman > 2 ordinary guys anyday

#14 moor_moth, Jan 25, 2008
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yea.. but there'd be no winners since yall think the same.. lol

what gets is me is how do those guys manage to marry person with same names!?!

#15 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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^ yea thats pretty freakish... its just coincidences happening to the greater extent i guess (assuming that its true)

#16 moor_moth, Jan 25, 2008
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to an extent where it seems almost like destiny..?

#17 Great Sage Equal of Heaven, Jan 25, 2008
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Yea i guess... but im always a bit iffy about destiny... I dont like the idea that things happen because they have to happen

#18 moor_moth, Jan 25, 2008
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Interesting, the one on the twin brothers who married women with the same name and gave their children the same names. Sounds more like it was made up than coincidental though...

#19 dreyvii, Jan 25, 2008
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wot seriously coincidence coincidence
isnt the news about seperated twins married each other also a coincidence?

#20 robsh, Jan 25, 2008

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