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- Mark Twain's birth and death coincide with Halley's Comet.
- Stephen Hawking shares his birth and death dates with Galileo and Einstein, respectively.
- Political adversaries Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other—on July 4th.
- A meteor hit the Commette family's home.
- Coincidence? The world is a strange place, and sometimes things happen that are so outlandish that it seems impossible for them to be true. From Disney park guests to U.S. presidents, no one is immune to bizarre, unbelievable coincidences.
- True Disney magic. In the early 2000s, soon-to-be-married couple Alex and Donna were looking through old photos to put in their wedding video. They happened upon one of Donna and her siblings posing with Peter Pan‘s Smee on a childhood trip to Disney World in 1980.
- Biblical Shakespeare. The seemingly meaningless sentence “Here was I like a psalm” is an anagram for “William Shakespeare”; they consist of the same letters and only the same letters.
- Died on the Fourth of July… You might have come across this fact in your history class and immediately noticed its spookiness. Three of the first five U.S. presidents died on July 4, and two of those deaths were on the same July 4, within hours of each other.
- The Separated Twins With The Almost Identical Lives. A set of twins from Ohio who were separated at birth grew up without any knowledge of each other's existence.
- Did Edgar Allan Poe Have A Time Machine? Did Edgar Allan Poe own a time machine? Some people think so. How else could he have known about an event almost half a century before it happened?
- Mark Twain Predicted His Own Death. Did the famous writer Mark Twain predict his own death? Well if he didn't then it was a major coincidence. The writer was born in 1835, when Halley's Comet was passing the earth.
- Miss Unsinkable. Depending on how you look at it, Violet Jessup was either one seriously lucky lady, or she was one seriously bad omen. The stewardess and nurse was on the HMS Olympic when it struck the HMS Hawke, she was on board the HMHS Britannic when it sank after hitting a sea mine, and she was also traveling on the RMS Titanic when it sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Jul 9, 2016 · Updated March 29, 2019. These bizarre and seemingly unbelievable coincidences in history will leave you wondering "what were the chances?" Coincidences that seem too strange to be true happen more than we think.
Apr 13, 2023 · From the mind-blowing coincidences that seem like they were ripped straight from the pages of a Hollywood script to astonishing stories that have us questioning the very fabric of our existence, these anecdotes will make you wonder if there’s more to life than meets the eye.
Dec 16, 2020 · 8 of the Most Bizarre Historical Coincidences Throughout History. By Juliana LaBianca. Updated: Feb. 07, 2023. There are a lot of fake "coincidences" out there. But have no fear, these eerie...
Nov 22, 2022 · From William Shakespeare’s supposed connection to the King James Bible to Violet Jessop’s accidental habit of voyaging on sinking ships, here are uncanny coincidences from history, adapted from...
