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10 Amazing Coincidences. by mayorsho89(m): 8:46am On Jan 27, 2016
1) Whats in a Name?

A computer error gave two women in America called Patricia the same social security number. When the two women were brought together in an office to rectify the blunder they discovered that;

* they had both been born with the names Patricia Ann Campbell.
* both of their fathers were called Robert Campbell.
* their birthdays were on 13th March, 1941
* they had both Married military men in the year 1959(within eleven days of each other).
* they each had two children aged 11 and 21
* they both had an interest in oil paints.
* both had studied cosmetics.
* both had worked as a book-keeper

2) Bullet with your Name on it.

In 1893, Henry Ziegland ended a relationship with his girlfriend. Tragically, his girlfriend took the news badly, became distraught and took her own life.
Her distressed brother blamed his sister's death upon Henry, he went round to Henry's house, saw him out in the garden and tried to shoot him.
Luckily, the bullet only grazed Henry's face and embedded itself in a nearby tree.
In 1913, twenty years later, Henry decided to use dynamite to uproot a tree in his garden. The explosion propelled the embedded bullet from the tree straight to Henry Zeigland's head -killing him immediately.

3) Lucky Hughes?

On December 5th, 1660 a ship sank in the straights of Dover - the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On 5th December, 1767, another ship sank in the same water -127 lost their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On the 8th of August, 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames -there was only one survivor, Hugh Williams.
On 10th July, 1940, a British trawler was destroyed by a German mine -only two men survived, one man and his nephew - they were both called Hugh Williams.

4) With a Quick Quack here

Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada -nothing extraordinary in that until you learn that his postcode contained the letter sequence EIEIO.

5) Till Death Did Them Part.

In 1996, Paris police set out to investigate late night, high speed car crash, both drivers were killed instantly.
Investigations revealed that the deceased were in fact man and wife.
Police initially suspected some kind of murder or suicide pact but it became apparent that the pair had been separated for several months -neither could have known that the other would have been out driving that night -it was just a terrible coincidence.

5) She's Behind You.

Micheal had been travelling around UK with his family to track down his daughter Lisa, who he had lost contact with ten years earlier.
After a long fruitless search, he approached the Suffolk Free Press, who agreed to help him by putting an appeal in their newspaper.
Fortunately, his long lost daughter saw the appeal and the pair were reunited. The odd thing was, his daughter had been right behind him when the free paper took the photograph.

7)Licensed to Thrill.

A fifteen year old pupil at Argoed High School in North Wales was to sit his GCSE examinations in 1990. His name is James Bond -his examination number was 007.

cool What Goes Around.

In 1965, at the age of four, Roger Lausier was swimming off a beach in Salem -he got into difficulties and was saved from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise.
In 1974, on the same beach, Roger was out in a raft when he pulled a drowning man from the water -amazingly, the man he saved was Alive Blaise's husband.

9) Lightning Never Strikes Twice?

British Calvary officer, Major Summerfield was fighting in the fields of Flanders on the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.
He moved to Vancouver, Canada, six years later, whilst out fishing, Major Summerfield wast struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.
After two years of recover, it was summer day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blows up and Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again -permanently paralyzing him
He died two years after the incidence. However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed -it was struck by lightning!

10) Practise What You Preach.

Business Danie De Toit made a speech to an audience in South Africa - the Topic of his speech was -watch out because death can strike you down at any time.
At the end of his speech, he put a peppermint in his mouth and choke to death on it!
Re: 10 Amazing Coincidences. by Slimzjoe(m): 9:02am On Jan 27, 2016
Wow! I'll Change my name to Hugh williams Too grin
Major Summerfield Ancestors were seriously at work in his Life.

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Re: 10 Amazing Coincidences. by Nobody: 11:16am On Jan 27, 2016
Wow...but I don't understand dat number 4

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Re: 10 Amazing Coincidences. by Toks2008(m): 11:37am On Feb 19, 2018
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Re: 10 Amazing Coincidences. by mayorsho89(m): 2:41pm On Feb 19, 2018
Toks2008:
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YES BOSS...
Re: 10 Amazing Coincidences. by mayorsho89(m): 7:27pm On Feb 19, 2018
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