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Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 9:58pm On Feb 10, 2017
1. The Hoover Dam had some tragic coincidences.
The first person to die fell to his death on December 20, 1922. The last person to die fell to his death December 20, 1933. They were father and son.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:02pm On Feb 10, 2017
2. In 1895, there were two cars in the state of Ohio.
They crashed into one another and totaled each vehicle. How is that even possible?

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by phensbassey: 10:04pm On Feb 10, 2017
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most of them seems too strange to be true...
Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by PWEETYWIZZY(f): 10:05pm On Feb 10, 2017
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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:05pm On Feb 10, 2017
3. Lincoln and Kennedy had many strange coincidences surrounding their presidencies.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy, Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln. Both were six feet tall and both were assassinated on a Friday.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:07pm On Feb 10, 2017
4.Hitler and Napoleon had several coincidences.
Hitler was born 129 years after Napoleon, came to power 129 years after Napoleon and invaded Russia 129 years after Napoleon. Ultimately, he was defeated 129 years after Napoleon.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:08pm On Feb 10, 2017
5. An author made some eerie predictions about the Titanic.
A book written 14 years before Titanic sailed, called "Wreck of the Titan." It's about an "unsinkable" ship that sinks after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:10pm On Feb 10, 2017
6. Did a coincidence start World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started World War I. The license plate of the car he was riding in was A111118. The war ended on November 11, 1918.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Baawaa(m): 10:10pm On Feb 10, 2017
Hyinkar97:
3. Lincoln and Kennedy had many strange coincidences surrounding their presidencies.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy, Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln. Both were six feet tall and both were assassinated on a Friday.
But they were not born the same day

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by ReneeNuttall(f): 10:15pm On Feb 10, 2017
am so enjoying this,at first I thought EXPLORER was at it again,but I was wrong.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:19pm On Feb 10, 2017
7. Poker Luck
In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead, an act of vengeance by those with whom he was playing poker. Fallon, they claimed, had won the $600 pot through cheating. With Fallon’s seat empty and none of the other players willing to take the now-unlucky $600, they found a new player to take Fallon’s place and staked him with the dead man’s $600. By the time the police had arrived to investigate the killing, the new player had turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. The police demanded the original $600 to pass on to Fallon’s next of kin – only to discover that the new player turned out to be Fallon’s son, who had not seen his father in seven years!

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Agadsman(m): 10:23pm On Feb 10, 2017
that number one tho... this world is full of mysteries. The more you know, the less you understand.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:23pm On Feb 10, 2017
8. Twin Deaths
In 2002, Seventy-year-old twin brothers have died within hours of one another after separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland. The first of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while riding his bike in Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki. He died just 1.5km from the spot where his brother was killed. “This is simply a historic coincidence. Although the road is a busy one, accidents don’t occur every day,” police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters. “It made my hair stand on end when I heard the two were brothers, and identical twins at that. It came to mind that perhaps someone from upstairs had a say in this,” she said.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by DozieInc(m): 10:26pm On Feb 10, 2017
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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:27pm On Feb 10, 2017
9. Royal Coincidence
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 resemblances between each other and found many more similarities.1. Both men were born on the same day, of the same year, (March 14th, 1844).
2. Both men had been born in the same town.
3. Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
4. The restauranteur 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 restauranteur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, he was then assassinated by an anarchist in the crowd.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by KealDrogo: 10:30pm On Feb 10, 2017
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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:34pm On Feb 10, 2017
10. Twins
The twin brothers, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, were separated at birth, adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the boys James. Both James grew up not knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training, both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. Both had sons, one of whom was named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women – both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:39pm On Feb 10, 2017
11. Revenge Killing
In 1883, Henry Ziegland broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl’s enraged brother hunted down Ziegland and shot him. Believing he had killed Ziegland, the brother then took his own life. In fact, however, Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet had only grazed his face, lodging into a tree. It was a narrow escape. Years later, Ziegland decided to cut down the same tree, which still had the bullet in it. The huge tree seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland’s head, killing him.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:45pm On Feb 10, 2017
12. Taxi
In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man’s bother was killed in the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped. And to stretch the odds even further, he was struck by the very same taxi driven by the same driver – and even carrying the very same passenger!

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by PMPhoenix(m): 10:47pm On Feb 10, 2017
Hyinkar97:
11. Revenge Killing
In 1883, Henry Ziegland broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl’s enraged brother hunted down Ziegland and shot him. Believing he had killed Ziegland, the brother then took his own life. In fact, however, Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet had only grazed his face, lodging into a tree. It was a narrow escape. Years later, Ziegland decided to cut down the same tree, which still had the bullet in it. The huge tree seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland’s head, killing him.
Ha, wicked!!!!

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Vision4God: 10:48pm On Feb 10, 2017
No.
10 got me shouting
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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:49pm On Feb 10, 2017
12.Hotel Discovery
In 1953, television reporter Irv Kupcinet was in London to cover the coronation of Ellizabeth II. In one of the drawers in his room at the Savoy he found found some items that, by their identification, belonged to a man named Harry Hannin. Coincidentally, Harry Hannin – a basketball star with the famed Harlem Globetrotters – was a good friend of Kupcinet’s. But the story has yet another twist. Just two days later, and before he could tell Hannin of his lucky discovery, Kupcinet received a letter from Hannin. In the letter, Hannin told Kucinet that while staying at the Hotel Meurice in Paris, he found in a drawer a tie – with Kupcinet’s name on it.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Hyinkar97(m): 10:52pm On Feb 10, 2017
13.Falling Baby
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 selfsame baby fell from the selfsame window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by clerkent(m): 10:53pm On Feb 10, 2017
strange things always happen in the south

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by clerkent(m): 10:53pm On Feb 10, 2017
strange things always happen in the western world
Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by TheObservatory: 11:10pm On Feb 10, 2017
Simply incredible stories!
Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by fowosh: 11:25pm On Feb 10, 2017
this are mouth watering facts

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Ayanfeoluwaoba(f): 11:30pm On Feb 10, 2017
Strange
Hyinkar97:
11. Revenge Killing
In 1883, Henry Ziegland broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl’s enraged brother hunted down Ziegland and shot him. Believing he had killed Ziegland, the brother then took his own life. In fact, however, Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet had only grazed his face, lodging into a tree. It was a narrow escape. Years later, Ziegland decided to cut down the same tree, which still had the bullet in it. The huge tree seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland’s head, killing him.
Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Nobody: 11:57pm On Feb 10, 2017
Hyinkar97:
12. Taxi
In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man’s bother was killed in the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped. And to stretch the odds even further, he was struck by the very same taxi driven by the same driver – and even carrying the very same passenger!

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by whitley(m): 12:45am On Feb 11, 2017
It's sure enjoyable even though I can't verify all the info

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Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by Style007(m): 2:06am On Feb 11, 2017
lol
Re: Coincidences In History That Will Leave You Scratching Your Head by espn(m): 3:00am On Feb 11, 2017
Haa Nka nbe..strange and hard to believe...shit happens.

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