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Frano Selak or Frane Selak (14 June 1929 – 30 November 2016) was a Croatian man who was known for his unverified depictions about frequent brushes with death. Selak's alleged near-death experiences began in January 1962 when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flew off the tracks and crashed in a river.
Jun 23, 2021 · From his humble beginnings on a cold December day on a farm without electricity or running water to the shores of Omaha Beach, the spirit of 98-year-old Jake Larson comes to life. Jake invites you inside his unique world, beginning with the harsh realities of daily farm life during The Depression.
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When his car collided with a truck and he was crushed under the impact, everyone thought it was the end of the line for Australian Bill Morgan, even the doctors. Declared legally dead for more than 14 minutes, he was somehow revived and managed to survive after only 12 days in a coma, even after family removed life support. But his luck doesn’t end...
The odds of getting hit by lightning is 1 in 12,000. But for blind and deaf 62-year-old Edwin E. Robinson, those odds rose to 100 percent. Robinson wandering around outside in the field near his house (apparently looking for his chicken), swinging around his aluminum cane, and then taking shelter under the only tree when it began to rain was eviden...
Did you know you’re more likely to get struck by an asteroid than win the lottery? But that didn’t stop Joan Ginther. Over the course of her life, she won the lottery an astonishing four times, baffling scientists everywhere. And it wasn’t just measly $20 or $50 wins, either—each time, she won multi-million dollar payouts. It all started when she f...
During World War II, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was an employee at Mistubishi Heavy Industries, which required him to travel all over the country. It was during his business trip to Hiroshima in 1945 that the first nuclear bomb was dropped. Miraculously, though injured, he survived the blast. Afterward, he quickly returned to his family and home in Nagasaki...
Sometimes, people survive solely because they avoid the situation that would’ve put them in danger. Many of these people never consciously do so, however. They chalk it up to circumstances like they were sick or had to do something else at the time, and others say they got a strange feeling not to go. In just four months, Dutch cyclist Maarten de J...
During the 12th century, Nichiren was a prominent Japanese monk who significantly influenced the Japanese adaptation of Buddhism. However, his life was one of controversy and turmoil. He was sentenced to death by beheading, and the authorities felt his writings were subversive and would undermine their power if it was allowed to spread. However, wi...
Oysters are a beloved fine-dining food, highly sought after in restaurants and by cooks at home for their flavor, texture, and sometimes even price. They’re thought by some to be an aphrodisiac, and Terri Preece is more than in love with them, now that she found a pearlin one. With the simple act of getting a few 49-pence oysters from Tesco, much l...
When you go skydiving, you expect a relative amount of danger to be involved. You are jumping out of a plane and hurtling toward the earth at terminal velocity, right? There’s no way there’s something more dangerous than just that. Except for Norwegian Anders Helstrup, who ran into one complication: A meteoritehurtling down after him. And this wasn...
In 1995, Swedish woman Lena Pahlsson set aside her wedding ringto do some Christmas baking. But when she went to return it to its rightful place on her finger, she discovered it was gone. After years of searching, she and her husband came to the conclusion that the ring was lost forever. That is, until 2012, nearly 16 years later, when Lena found s...
Called “The Luckiest Unluckiest Man in the World,” Croatian Frane Selak has cheated death, not once, not twice, but an amazing seven times. His first brush with death was in 1962 while traveling in a trainin January. The train flipped off the tracks and fell into a freezing river. Bystanders pulled him to shore and safety, with only a broken arm an...
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Jun 12, 2023 · Watch how Bill Walton changed UCLA, the NBA, and the world in this documentary. Learn about his basketball career, his personal struggles, and his legacy in sports and beyond.
Jun 5, 2023 · As “The Luckiest Man in the World” goes back and forth in his career, highlights fellow teammates like Maurice Lucas, and shows off Walton’s rocker-themed bedrooms, the Dead’s presence here becomes instructive. This four-hour docuseries is just jamming, man.
Jun 4, 2018 · Frane Selak of Croatia claims to have survived seven incredible brushes with death before winning an enormous lottery jackpot. But are the stories of the world's luckiest/unluckiest man actually true?
Jan 8, 2024 · Frane Selak is a Croatian who survived seven near-death accidents and won a million-dollar lottery prize. Learn about his incredible story, his generosity and his fear of flying in this blog post by The Lottery House.
