10 of the world's most unbelievable coincidences.

April 25, 2016 19:48

(Baonghean.vn) - Many people will ask themselves: How can such coincidences happen? What is the reason behind them? Is it fate, or can it be explained by some logic? The answer doesn't matter! But whatever the reason, the world continues to move, and unbelievable events still occur that astonish people. They surpass human understanding.

Here are 10 incredible coincidences:

1. The strange coincidence between former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy

Cố Tổng thống Abraham Lincoln và John F. Keneddy. Ảnh: redicecreations.com
Former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Photo: redicecreations.com

1. The strange coincidence between former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy

The lives of former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy share many striking coincidences. Both Lincoln and Kennedy have seven letters in their names. Lincoln won the election in 1860, while Kennedy was elected in 1960, exactly 100 years later. Their assassins targeted them on Fridays, while they were with their wives. Lincoln was shot outside Ford's Theatre, while Kennedy was hit by a bullet while sitting in a Ford vehicle. Lincoln's assassin was John Wilkes Booth, an actor born in 1839, while Kennedy's assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald, born in 1939. Oswald's birth date was exactly 100 years after Booth's. Both presidents' successors bore the surname Johnson.

2.The twin brothers died at the same time.

In March 2002, a pair of 70-year-old Finnish twins died on the same day after being hit by a car while cycling in the snow in Raahe. They died approximately two hours apart and in locations 1.5 km apart. The younger twin was unaware of the older twin's death. Furthermore, both were riding Finnish-made sports bicycles.

3. Two people die in the same location and in the same way.

In 1975, a man was killed in Bermuda after being hit by a taxi while riding a motorcycle. A year later, another man died in a similar manner, and the same taxi involved in the 1975 accident was also responsible for this second accident. The victim was also riding the same motorcycle.

4. Two brothers died together from heart attacks.

The twin brothers lived 130 km apart in England. On the evening of May 27, 1975, both experienced chest pain. Their families were unaware of their condition, and both were hospitalized that same night, where they both died of heart attacks.

5.I only found out I had a twin brother 40 years later.

In Ohio, twin brothers were born but adopted by two different families, with neither knowing of the other's existence. Both were named James. They grew up unaware of each other, finding similar jobs. Both married women named Linda and both wanted to name their children James Alen. Both divorced and both remarried women named Bretty. Both had a dog named Toy. It wasn't until they were in their 40s that they discovered they were twins.

6.A pastor saved a man who was attempting suicide three times.

Joseph Aigner was a famous 19th-century Austrian painter who led an unhappy life. He attempted suicide three times, and each time he was saved by the same priest. His first attempt was at age 18, when he tried to hang himself, but a Franciscan priest mysteriously appeared and saved him. At age 22, he attempted suicide again, and was again saved by the same priest. Eight years later, he was sentenced to death for political subversion, but the same priest saved him. Finally, at age 68, Aigner successfully committed suicide by gunshot. And strangely, the same priest who had saved him three times before was the one who officiated at his funeral. Even during his lifetime, Aigner never knew the name of the priest who had saved him all three times.

7. An author found her childhood book.

Tác giả người Pháp Anne Parrish. Ảnh: wonderlist.
French author Anne Parrish. Photo: wonderlist.

An author from Paris named Anne Parrish was browsing in a bookstore. She picked up a favorite book, "Jack Frost," and a few others, and showed them to her husband. When he turned the pages, he was surprised by the inscription on the cover: "Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs." That was Anne's address. And it was her book, one she had found herself.

8.DayThe 21st was an unfortunate day for King Louis XVI.

Vua Louis XVI. Ảnh: wonderlist.
King Louis XVI. Photo: wonderlist.

When King Louis XVI was born, an astrologer warned that the 21st would bring bad luck to the King. King Louis was terrified and tried to avoid any misfortune on this day, but to no avail. On June 21, 1791, the French Revolution broke out, and he was arrested along with the Queen. On September 21, 1791, France abolished the monarchy and officially declared itself the French Republic. Finally, on January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed.

9. Mark Twain was connected to Halley's Comet.

Mark Twain was born on the very day Halley's Comet appeared in 1835. He himself predicted in 1909: "Halley's Comet and I appeared together in 1835. And it will appear again a year later, in 1910, and I will disappear with it." This means he predicted his own death!

10. The death of Ahmad Shah Massoud and the events of 9/11.

Ahmad Shah Massoud. Ảnh: AFP.
Ahmad Shah Massoud. Photo: AFP.

Ahmad Shah Massoud was a military leader in Afghanistan who was assassinated on September 9, 2001, two days before the 9/11 attacks. He was a central figure in the war with the Soviet Union in the 1980s and became a hero in Afghanistan after the war. Two men posing as journalists killed Massoud in a suicide bombing. One assassin died in the explosion, while the other was shot dead while trying to flee the scene. A month before 9/11, Massoud had given a speech to the European Parliament warning of a major terrorist attack in the United States.

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(According to Wonderlist)

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