I was in my late 30’s, three children, recently divorced, working two jobs, trying to stay afloat. My second job was that of a waitress and I worked a couple nights a week and Sundays. Not a lot of employees wanted the Sunday shift. We were on a major highway for beach traffic. Sunday traffic consisted of sunburned children who were cranky and tired, bad tipping (mostly because they spent too much on amusements, hotels and restaurants) and parents who were regretting having to return to work the next day. Sunday’s could be busy, but mostly, they were on the slow side.
One Sunday, a famil
I was in my late 30’s, three children, recently divorced, working two jobs, trying to stay afloat. My second job was that of a waitress and I worked a couple nights a week and Sundays. Not a lot of employees wanted the Sunday shift. We were on a major highway for beach traffic. Sunday traffic consisted of sunburned children who were cranky and tired, bad tipping (mostly because they spent too much on amusements, hotels and restaurants) and parents who were regretting having to return to work the next day. Sunday’s could be busy, but mostly, they were on the slow side.
One Sunday, a family of four came into the restaurant and sat down - Dad, Mom, two children – one girl approximately 7 and one boy around 5. It was a slow day and a storm was approaching. The little boy was quite talkative and I found out just about everything they did the week before. They were the only table in the restaurant and ate dinner and relaxed while the storm passed.
I should let you know I love rainbows. I sometimes feel like I am a rainbow chaser. People like me know the look and feel when rainbows should appear in the area. As a matter of fact, my kids to this day, call me when they see a rainbow. That being said, after the storm I noticed that look. Went out back and saw the most beautiful rainbow. (sigh) Checked on the table and asked the parents if I could take their kids to see the rainbow. I could see the glance between them, probably wondering if I was a kidnapper, but that quickly passed as I described the sheer beauty of what was happening right outside the door. Told them we would be right out front and they could come too. They let the children go with me while they paid the bill.
The little boy grabbed my hand and we walked out and sat down on the curb. By now there were two rainbows and working on a third. I explained a little science and the children were just amazed. They had never seen real rainbows only ones in pictures. The parents came out and we all sat there and watched for a few minutes at the wonder of the rainbow. Another car drove into the parking lot and I knew this had to end because I was about to get another customer. We said our goodbyes.
A year later, working one Sunday, I had a family come into the restaurant and sat down - Dad, Mom, two children – one girl and one boy 5. When I approached the table, the little boy jumps up and says to me, “Can you make it happen again?” I of course had no idea what he was referring to. The mom and dad explained they had been in the year before and their little boy told everyone how he met someone who could make rainbows. His sister kept telling her brother that it didn’t work that way and there would not be any rainbow and he should just shut up. The young man was very convinced that I could indeed make it happen. I didn’t know what to do, but I tried to explain as nicely as I could, that I didn’t think we would be able to see a rainbow that day. It was a beautiful sunny day. As I left the table, I could hear the little boy saying to his sister, “You just wait and see.”
Well, if you haven’t figured it out yet, there was a storm that blew in really fast. The sky darkened and it poured for about 5 minutes and then all cleared up and what remained was a beautiful rainbow. Now you may call this a coincidence, miracle, sign from above or just damn amazing. All I know is there was one little boy who proved his sister wrong, amazed his parents and sat with me for a very long time on the curb calling me the rainbow maker. Just to let you know, I got a damn good tip.
When I was young, I had a cat named Taffy, named because she was a light toffy color. She was a unique looking cat because we let her outside for a pee one day in the winter when it was extremely cold (-30C). A few minutes later when we let her in we noticed that one of her ears was frost bitten. The ear later turned black and 2/3 of it fell off but the rest of her was fine. Now we had a pretty unique looking cat because of her color and her one ear. Our family had her for 6 years then one weekend when we went camping and came home, we found that she was missing. The best we can explain i
When I was young, I had a cat named Taffy, named because she was a light toffy color. She was a unique looking cat because we let her outside for a pee one day in the winter when it was extremely cold (-30C). A few minutes later when we let her in we noticed that one of her ears was frost bitten. The ear later turned black and 2/3 of it fell off but the rest of her was fine. Now we had a pretty unique looking cat because of her color and her one ear. Our family had her for 6 years then one weekend when we went camping and came home, we found that she was missing. The best we can explain it is that she may have been in the boat or camper when we went camping and hopped out part way or at the campground.
Fast forward 6 years, I'm 18 dating a girl from another town about 75km away. One day we got talking about pets when we were young and she mentions that her family had a cat named tigger that was a light toffee color. I say: me too. Then she tells me that her cat was unique because it only had a third of an ear. I say me too. I say, it was sad because we lost our cat when I was about 12. She says... interesting, we found our cat when I was 11. Her family found the cat when they were camping in between my city and her town. Turns out, my current wife and I shared the raising of an awesome cat together, 6 years before we married. Our childhood pictures share the same pet even though we didn't meet for another 6 years.
Edit: I know many of you are looking for pictures. I'm now 37 and living 450km from my parents home. The pictures would have been taken between when I was 6 and 12 so between 25 and 30 years ago. I'll work on them but don't hold your breath.
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I wrote the worst book ever when the world was crashing and more people than ever before in history were committing suicide.
Specifically, December 2008, banks were shutting down, the stock market had it's worst fall ever in history, everyone was losing jobs, homes, families.
That month I published a book on investing. It sold 291 copies. It was the worst timing on the worst book in the worst period in recent history.
I also lost my house and my wife. So one time my kids were visiting me.
I made them come up with me from bookstore to bookstore. Every book I could find, I signed.
And I would pu
I wrote the worst book ever when the world was crashing and more people than ever before in history were committing suicide.
Specifically, December 2008, banks were shutting down, the stock market had it's worst fall ever in history, everyone was losing jobs, homes, families.
That month I published a book on investing. It sold 291 copies. It was the worst timing on the worst book in the worst period in recent history.
I also lost my house and my wife. So one time my kids were visiting me.
I made them come up with me from bookstore to bookstore. Every book I could find, I signed.
And I would put weird little notes on each book. Like, "If you buy this book you will make a Zillion Dollars!"
Or, "If you buy this book, I will grant you three wishes!"
And then I would sign my name. Then I would put the book back on the bookshelf. I was hoping someone would buy the book. I was hoping I would get RICH!
One time I wrote a very particular message on the book. My 6 year old daughter even looked at me when I wrote it and said, "Daddy, what are you doing?"
And I said, "Maybe someone will buy the book because of that message."
It was raining outside. I took them across the street from the bookstore, up to the second floor of a building and there was a magic show going on. In the middle of the world collapsing I was glad there was still magic.
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Move forward six months.
None of my books sold. My publisher wouldn't return my calls. I had been fired from my job.
I was getting an official divorce now. And my kids would visit me on the weekends.
I was drinking every night and getting really fat and I was constantly sick. Plus I was broke.
In other words, a perfect catch.
Maybe I would spend three or four hours a day on online dating sites. That's how hard a guy like me would have to work to get even one response on a dating site.
Hundreds of messages.
Finally, one woman responded. I won't get into the details of our first few dates. But I liked her. In fact, because of the low levels of emotional maturity I had, I even thought I loved her. Maybe it was true. Maybe it was true.
One time she offered to cook me dinner. So we were going to meet in a bookstore near the train station and then go to her place and she would cook.
I was late.
She remembered I mentioned that even though my last book was about investing, it had a lot of personal stuff written in it.
So she went looking for my book, hoping they would have some.
Not suprisingly, they had not sold a single one of my books in the prior six months. They had about eight of them there. The same number that was there six months earlier when I was signing the books next to my six year old.
She pulled one of the books off the shelves. She was going to read it until I got there.
She flipped it open to the first page and saw that I had already signed the book.
She couldn't believe the message over the signature. She thought maybe I had arrived at the bookstore first and was playing a trick on her.
She looked around. Nobody was there. She looked in the next aisle. Was he here? No, I was late.
Now she and I have been married for the past five years. I am so happy about it. I look at her and think, how did this happen?
Part of the reason, I suspect, is that she believes in signs from a force above.
And perhaps that force above had forced my hand when I wrote a message in that one particular book.
What I wrote in that book that day, with the world collapsing and even my six year old thinking I was crazy:
"I LOVE YOU - James Altucher".
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Edit: After discussing with the Mrs., I have decided to add a recent family picture.
The night of 14 November 2009, me and my friend walked into a club in Aberdeen. I was new to the city and looking forward to easing my nerves by dancing away pretty much all night.
As randomness would have it, I bumped into a bunch of girls on the dance floor. I took a liking to one of the girls. She was petite, cute and dare I say, slightly drunk. But the best part was, she could keep up with me when it came to dancing. And, by Odin’s beard, was she good! We both danced all night till 3 a.m. and it was time to
Edit: After discussing with the Mrs., I have decided to add a recent family picture.
The night of 14 November 2009, me and my friend walked into a club in Aberdeen. I was new to the city and looking forward to easing my nerves by dancing away pretty much all night.
As randomness would have it, I bumped into a bunch of girls on the dance floor. I took a liking to one of the girls. She was petite, cute and dare I say, slightly drunk. But the best part was, she could keep up with me when it came to dancing. And, by Odin’s beard, was she good! We both danced all night till 3 a.m. and it was time to call it a night. I still hadn't asked her name. Just before she was about to leave with her friends, I took off my beads from my neck and gave it to her. I still can't describe what made me do that. Given that those beads were a gift from my mom before I left for the UK for my studies, it wasn't easy to give it away to a random person.
Two nights later, I went to that club again. And there she was, wearing my beads. She later told me that she was hoping I would turn up.
Fast forward 5 years 3 months, we are happily married with a 3.5 years old gorgeous daughter.
Coincidences can be intriguing and sometimes even mind-boggling. Here are some notable examples:
- Lincoln and Kennedy: Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy both had strikingly similar life events. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, and Kennedy in 1946. Lincoln was elected president in 1860, and Kennedy in 1960. Both were assassinated on a Friday, and both were succeeded by men named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson).
- The "Two Daughters" Coincidence: The American playwright, Tennessee Williams, and the British author, Aldous Huxley, each had two daughters, both named "Tennessee"
Coincidences can be intriguing and sometimes even mind-boggling. Here are some notable examples:
- Lincoln and Kennedy: Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy both had strikingly similar life events. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, and Kennedy in 1946. Lincoln was elected president in 1860, and Kennedy in 1960. Both were assassinated on a Friday, and both were succeeded by men named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson).
- The "Two Daughters" Coincidence: The American playwright, Tennessee Williams, and the British author, Aldous Huxley, each had two daughters, both named "Tennessee" and "Aldous," respectively. This coincidence is often cited in discussions about the oddities of naming.
- The Coincidental Birthdays: In a group of just 23 people, there's about a 50% chance that two individuals share the same birthday. This is known as the birthday paradox and illustrates how coincidences can arise in probability.
- The "Cursed" Number 13: Many people have superstitions about the number 13, but a notable coincidence is that both the Apollo 13 mission and the 13th floor of many buildings are associated with bad luck. Apollo 13, which was supposed to be a routine mission, faced a critical failure, leading to a life-threatening situation for the astronauts.
- The 9/11 Coincidence: In a tragic turn of events, two individuals named William Rodriguez and Michael Rodriguez both had significant experiences on September 11, 2001. William was the last person to exit the Twin Towers, and Michael was supposed to be at the Pentagon that day but was delayed.
- The "Separated at Birth" Stories: Numerous stories exist of twins separated at birth who lead strikingly similar lives without knowing of each other. For example, twins Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were raised in different families but both ended up with similar names, careers, and even pets.
These examples highlight how coincidences can be remarkable, sometimes leading us to ponder deeper connections or just marvel at the randomness of life.
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When I was around 10-12 years old my mom pushed me to take Chinese classes during the weekend. She enrolled me into this one small school that had about 6-10 kids per class. I became good friends with a girl named Jen (who was a year younger). After 2 or so years that school closed down and I never had a second thought about the people or the school (yay free weekends!).
Fast forward 2 years. I transfer from a private middle school to a public high school outside my local neighborhood. Found out Jen goes to that school! A year later Jen transfers out to a magnet high school.
Fast forward 5 yea
When I was around 10-12 years old my mom pushed me to take Chinese classes during the weekend. She enrolled me into this one small school that had about 6-10 kids per class. I became good friends with a girl named Jen (who was a year younger). After 2 or so years that school closed down and I never had a second thought about the people or the school (yay free weekends!).
Fast forward 2 years. I transfer from a private middle school to a public high school outside my local neighborhood. Found out Jen goes to that school! A year later Jen transfers out to a magnet high school.
Fast forward 5 years. I'm a sophomore in college in a diff city ... Find out that Jen will be attending the same college as me! We finally keep in touch a little more (keep in mind we did not keep in touch inbetween all the fallouts). One year later we decide to sign up for Chinese class together (like old times, also for GE sake). One weekend we both ended up traveling back home but separately (we're from the same city - Los Angeles). She left to go back to college (San Diego ~2 hr drive) early and realized she forgot her laptop charger! She calls me up and asks if I'm still in LA. I was. She asks if her mom can drop off the charger for me to bring back. I said yes and gave her my address. My mom being the social Chinese parent she is, was interested in meeting a fellow Chinese friend's parent. Mom comes out with me to greet Jen's mom. Turns out they were close coworkers from over two decades ago. They lost contact after Jen's mom left the company (~18 years ago). A month later Jen gives me a picture (from her mom) of us playing together as toddlers... Apparently my mom donated all my baby clothes to Jen and was even there when her mom gave birth to her.
When I was in fourth grade, I sat across from a guy. We were both awful at math, so we would get back our tests and laugh at our equally horrid scores.
When I was in fifth grade, our class had to play some game. There was an overly peppy woman who had some sort of lollipop activity for the entire class, and she asked for two volunteers. No one volunteered, so she called me and the same guy up. We had to pretend we were married. It was embarrassing, and we went back to our seats with flushed cheeks and our gifted lollipops.
When I was in sixth grade, my friend tells me in that sophomoric, hushed
When I was in fourth grade, I sat across from a guy. We were both awful at math, so we would get back our tests and laugh at our equally horrid scores.
When I was in fifth grade, our class had to play some game. There was an overly peppy woman who had some sort of lollipop activity for the entire class, and she asked for two volunteers. No one volunteered, so she called me and the same guy up. We had to pretend we were married. It was embarrassing, and we went back to our seats with flushed cheeks and our gifted lollipops.
When I was in sixth grade, my friend tells me in that sophomoric, hushed voice: "He has a crush on you!" I remember being on the edge of a slide, and I remember laughing as I slid down. In sixth grade terms, we were now in a relationship.
Later in the year, I moved halfway across the world. We didn't keep in contact. I had dreams scattered throughout those years, and he appeared in a couple of them, if only for a few seconds at a time. I didn't make anything out of it, though. It was just my subconscious being silly, or so it seemed.
I moved back to the same state about eight years later, and I notice on Facebook that we have similar interests. I brush it off. I'm not really one to start conversations, much less with a random boy I talked to years ago.
A few weeks later, he messages me. Asks me if I play League. I'm a little flustered and a little weirded out; I hadn't talked to anyone from elementary school for years, much less him. But I say yes ("Why not?"), and we stay up until 6, just talking.
Turns out we have the same favorite artist, the same favorite game, and just the same interests across the board. It was strange; we got along so well, and were so similar in so many ways after so many years. And it was strange; I was awful at letting people in, he never really let people in at all. It was as if we had both simultaneously made the other the exception.
My mom later decided to bring me back up to our hometown.
Which is, coincidentally, where he still lived.
So I am there for a few days, and we end up meeting, and he ends up kissing me, and then we end up dating.
Still dating.
Some elementary school romance, eight years of silence, and then this.
I couldn't have known any better, but it seems as if I found my second half when I was 10 years old.
EDIT: We broke up, as all cute love stories end up, it seems. We just were not meant to be. But thank you guys for all the support.
Years ago when I was in the 3rd grade of junior high school, I participated in a regional science olympiad. Representatives from each schools in the region were gathered to compete in math, physics, and biology subject. I specifically participated in math.
My junior high school was relatively far away from the competition's site. It is about 120km. The competition was held in the city center of the region. So, when I came to the site, I was unfamiliar with the place. I went to the nearby building full of kids my age, neatly seated in rows of desks. I randomly picked a column, and randomly picke
Years ago when I was in the 3rd grade of junior high school, I participated in a regional science olympiad. Representatives from each schools in the region were gathered to compete in math, physics, and biology subject. I specifically participated in math.
My junior high school was relatively far away from the competition's site. It is about 120km. The competition was held in the city center of the region. So, when I came to the site, I was unfamiliar with the place. I went to the nearby building full of kids my age, neatly seated in rows of desks. I randomly picked a column, and randomly picked a student from the column, she was a girl. I encouraged myself to ask some questions, which I can still remember until now.
"Excuse me, where are Math representatives seated?"
"Oh, it is exactly in this column. You can pick whichever seat you like."
After saying thanks to that cheerful lady. I sat two seats behind her, feeling excited about the competition :). Long story short, the competition ended.
Years passed, I went to a high school in the city center of the region, a school where my father once studied. Three years later, I found myself deeply in love with a girl in my classroom in the 3rd year. We were committed to building a relationship.
Sadly enough, we both enrolled in a different universities very far apart. We tried to settle on a long distance relationship. It was very painful for both of us. Strangely, we managed to overcome that phase, and after 4.5 long years, we both graduated.
But, unfortunately it didn't stop there. Both she and I got accepted in different companies, again, separated further on different islands. After some hard 1.5 years long distance relationship, it suddenly occured in my mind:
What if I was just being a hassle?
What if I was blocking her opportunity to find a better man near her?
What if she grew tired of our relationship and decided to call it off?
What if, instead of making her happy, I make her unhappy with our relationship?
And so many other what if questions.
And one night when we were talking on the phone, I decided to ask her, "Are you happy with me?"
I will never forget her answer at that time.
"Do you remember, you once participated in an Olympiad?" she asked.
"Yes, of course, I participated in a physics Olympiad in high school, right?" I answered.
"No, honey. The one when you were still in junior high school."
"What? How do you know about that? Did I mention it?"
"No."
"Really? Which subject did I participate in?" I teasingly tested her.
"Maths."
"Wha? How do you know??!"
"Do you remember that you asked a girl for where you could be seated in the room?"
At this moment, I was petrified and I hardly even remembered the event. So I dug into my mind and tried hard to remember. Then she suddenly said,
"I was that girl, you know."
I was left speechless, then suddenly I remembered it all. She explained that she also remembered it just recently. Then we just laughed.
Destiny has made us meet each other again, from strangers to something closer. We have been given a chance. The first may have been a coincidence. But the rest are our choices.
Months later, we got officially engaged... ;)
That moment was the best "what the" moment in my life so far...
EDIT:
We just got married on May 16th 2015, almost 8 years after we committed in a relationship, which means 10 years after we just first met in the competition.
Our journey has just begun. But I hope I can become a great husband for her and bring her happiness...
Thank you very much for your upvotes and encouraging comments :)
Prescript: This answer is related to my friend, who does not use Quora but happens to have an interesting series of coincidences. As of now, this answer is anonymous. He wrote this answer himself. If he permits, I’ll remove the anonymity.
My dad's birth date - 3 dec, 1967
My Mom's birth date - 3 dec, 1969
Parents marriage date - 3 dec, 1992
My birth date - 3 dec, 1994
What a heck of a lot of coincidences!! You must be thinking that how much lucky I am. Reality is- I only get a single day to celebrate instead of 4 different days in a year
Edit 1- There is an interesting addition to this answer. Well,
Prescript: This answer is related to my friend, who does not use Quora but happens to have an interesting series of coincidences. As of now, this answer is anonymous. He wrote this answer himself. If he permits, I’ll remove the anonymity.
My dad's birth date - 3 dec, 1967
My Mom's birth date - 3 dec, 1969
Parents marriage date - 3 dec, 1992
My birth date - 3 dec, 1994
What a heck of a lot of coincidences!! You must be thinking that how much lucky I am. Reality is- I only get a single day to celebrate instead of 4 different days in a year
Edit 1- There is an interesting addition to this answer. Well, I got placed on Dec 3, 2015 (got my first job). Sad part is, I couldn't celebrate my b'day and my parents b'day because of ongoing campus placement process (hectic schedule and peer pressure). My interview was held on Dec 3 and result were declared on Dec. 4, early morning.
Edit2 - Thank you very much Quorans for that overwhelming response. Some people are asking Why I am anonymous ? To them I just want to say one thing -People may have several reasons to go anonymous based on their own interests or privacy, of how people may judge them based on what they write and other factors.
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My wife and I first met at a church dance in California. (How more appropriate can you be?) We both had children from previous marriages, so didn’t have a lot of time to spare, but did manage to see one another a few times. Not long after, she was offered a job teaching at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, so if we were to be serious about one another, we had to get busy and decided to get married that summer. She had a few part-time teaching jobs in order to keep food on the table. BYU started classes on the day after Labor Day, Tuesday, September 4th that year and her part-time
Retiree
My wife and I first met at a church dance in California. (How more appropriate can you be?) We both had children from previous marriages, so didn’t have a lot of time to spare, but did manage to see one another a few times. Not long after, she was offered a job teaching at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, so if we were to be serious about one another, we had to get busy and decided to get married that summer. She had a few part-time teaching jobs in order to keep food on the table. BYU started classes on the day after Labor Day, Tuesday, September 4th that year and her part-time teaching job had her give a final on Saturday morning, September 1st. That didn’t give us much time to move two households into one new home 700 miles away. Her oldest son got a U-Haul truck and drove it out with a full load of our stuff a couple of days earlier. This was in the days BCP (before cell phones), so we arranged to have our new phone installed Friday, August 31st. I knew that it would be slow driving up I-80 and over the Sierra Nevada Mountains (over 7000 ft, so left early on Saturday, moving day, as I was driving my old Chevy pick-up and pulling a trailer, both of which were packed to the gills. My new wife was driving her Toyota Corola which had had a hard life having been used for not one, not two, but three teenagers learning to drive and less than adequate care, for example no oil changes in its 80K mile life. We were both to stop periodically and call the new phone in Provo to keep tabs on one another, but each time we tried, there was no answer. Towns along I-80 in Nevada are few and far between, often separated by 20 to 50 miles of nothing but highway. Although my wife left a few hours after I did, we expected her to catch up with me eventually and we could caravan the rest of the way to Provo. As I was passing one of the few towns around the middle of Nevada, I noticed that the next town was not for another 50 miles, so I pulled into a gas station to refuel and for a futile phone check-in. As I was pulling out, I noticed my wife’s car at a gas station across the street where it had just given up the ghost. It wasn’t going to go any farther - and this was the Labor Day weekend. We locked up her car and left it at the gas station and I was able to cram a few of her things in the back and pack her and her daughter into the front seat of my pickup so we could make it on to Provo that evening. The last we had spoken was early that morning before we left. Although we had planned to check on one another by calling the Provo phone, we were not able to so we had no idea where each other was. We later found that the phone number was assigned, but the phone itself would not to be hooked up until after the holiday. What are the odds that she would limp into that gas station across the street on her car’s last dying breath just before I was about to leave the gas station across the street? We were over 400 miles from where we started to almost 300 miles from where we were going. Had she been a few minutes later or had either of us stopped on the other end of town, we would have missed each other. My only conclusion was that Someone was looking out for us.
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On 5th January 2014, my dad was travelling by his car on the Pune-Mumbai old highway .His car broke down 24 miles (38.62 km. approx) from Mumbai. A gentleman on the same route gave a lift and dropped him at his desired destination.
On 5th January 2015, my dad was travelling by the same car on the Pune-Mumbai old highway, again.His car broke down 24 miles (38.62 km. approx) from Mumbai at the same spot. A gentleman on the same route gave a lift and dropped him at his desired destination. The gentleman, was the same man who helped my dad last year.
Coincidence.
I got admission in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2006 and soon enough after the result, I got the whole timeline from them, including what dorm (or hostel) I was assigned and when I could get in.
My parents and I thought it would be a good idea to go a week before the classes start as it would give me a good buffer time. More than that, we also thought getting this early will also save us time and hassle. So the idea was to come across as few people as possible in this whole process, so every thing would be smoother.
The letter from IIT told us that there would be IIT buses c
I got admission in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2006 and soon enough after the result, I got the whole timeline from them, including what dorm (or hostel) I was assigned and when I could get in.
My parents and I thought it would be a good idea to go a week before the classes start as it would give me a good buffer time. More than that, we also thought getting this early will also save us time and hassle. So the idea was to come across as few people as possible in this whole process, so every thing would be smoother.
The letter from IIT told us that there would be IIT buses commuting between the campus and the New Delhi train station every hour for admission days and we could ride it.
So, I reached at the New Delhi station and got on the bus with my dad. The bus was less than 10% occupied when it was about to leave the station for the campus. I was not very social, so I went to the side where there were no people. Just before the bus started, another guy (his name was Anuraj Gupta) came with his father and sat on the same seat where I was. I could overhear the two of them a few times and apparently he seemed very "people" type person, he didn't poke me though.
So we got off the bus in front of my dorm, and guess what, this Anuraj guy was also in the same dorm, and while we were walking to there, he asked me, "Where are you from?", and the whole conversation for that day was this (This conversation was in Hindi, but English translation goes like this):
Anuraj (A2): Where are you from?
Ashish (Me, A1): Kanpur.
A2: Oh me too! Not really expected anyone from Kanpur to come to IIT Delhi. (They mostly chose IIT Kanpur campus)
A1: What department?
A2: Chemical Engineering. You?
A1: Me too! Same city, same department, same dorm, not bad.
A2: Haha. Where did you get your 12th (High School) from?
A1: Deen Dayal, it's in Nawabganj, if you have heard.
A2: Have I heard? I have had my 12th from Deen Dayal!
And as the conversation went on, it turned out he lived hardly 2 miles from my home! And then we were talking more:
A2: Were you in Deen Dayal from 6th grade to 12th then? I came in 9th.
A1: Yes, I got in in 6th grade. Where were you before 9th?
A2: I was in Nav Saraswati School. It's in Govind Nagar.
A1: You are kidding!! I was in that Nav Saraswati school till 5th grade!
And our fathers were just amused how we had almost every detail in common. And just out of curiosity, his father suddenly happened to ask (me), "Do you know what room you are?"
Each of us thought the question was to him, and we said in unison, "NB-8." and he just laughed.
So about an hour before, I had no idea who this guy was, and turned out we went to the same primary school, same middle school, same highschool, same college, same department, lived in the same dorm, and lived in the same dorm room for next two years.
(And not to forget, took the same train that day, stepped on the campus the same day and took the same bus, on a day I had expected the least number of people on my way).
Edit: For the cynics, one of my classmates, Abhijeet Shukla was in that bus too. He commented below, and can validate to an extent.
Edit 2: Yes, it is possible to have never seen a person, despite being in the same school.
Edit 3: To cynics again, I would love to quote Quora User, "On a question asking for great coincidences, people complain that the answer is an example of great coincidence! What a great coincidence. :)"
A bullet that reached its destiny years later
Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate.
In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him.
The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on
himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought he was a lucky man.
Twenty years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which st
A bullet that reached its destiny years later
Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate.
In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him.
The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on
himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought he was a lucky man.
Twenty years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite.The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him.
Source: http://www.virginmedia.com/science-nature/amazing-bodies/worlds-unluckiest-people.php?ssid=7
Mother of Coincidence:
Test Career Matches Runs Hundreds
Alastair Cook 100 7955 25
Michael Clarke 100 7966 26
TOTAL 200 15921 51
Sachin Tendulkar 200 15921 51
Mother of Coincidence:
Test Career Matches Runs Hundreds
Alastair Cook 100 7955 25
Michael Clarke 100 7966 26
TOTAL 200 15921 51
Sachin Tendulkar 200 15921 51
King Umberto I of Italy
On July 28th 1900, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant in Monza for dinner. There was much excitement in the restaurant. The owner came out to take the King's order personally. This shocked the King, not because the owner was taking his order but because the two of them were like peas in a pod - identical! Same facial looks, build and so on and the King found out there was more - lots more.
- The King and the restaurant owner both had the same name, Umberto.
- Both were born on March 14, 1844 and in the same town. But it didn't end there.
- Their wives were called Margheri
King Umberto I of Italy
On July 28th 1900, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant in Monza for dinner. There was much excitement in the restaurant. The owner came out to take the King's order personally. This shocked the King, not because the owner was taking his order but because the two of them were like peas in a pod - identical! Same facial looks, build and so on and the King found out there was more - lots more.
- The King and the restaurant owner both had the same name, Umberto.
- Both were born on March 14, 1844 and in the same town. But it didn't end there.
- Their wives were called Margherita and both couples were married on the same day
- Both the couples had a son named Vittorio.
- King Umberto was crowned on the same day the restaurant was opened by Umberto the owner.
- They served in the Italian military and were both promoted on the same day to different ranks.
As we can imagine, the King was knocked out by this doppelganger, so much so that he decided that the following day the owner should visit the royal palace.
The next day arrived, as they often do, and it was the 29th of July 1900. Umberto, the restaurant owner, couldn't however take up his invitation. He had been killed in a shooting accident.
The King was deeply shocked. The very same day an assassin aimed his gun and shot the King through the heart.
- The final coincidence was, therefore, that they were both killed on the same day.
In Tron: Legacy, the female lead introduces herself to the male lead as Quorra and says, "All your questions will be answered soon."
EDIT 1
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Here is another one. Hope you guys like it.
In the movie Troy, in the fight scene against Hector(Eric Bana), Brad Pitt who was playing Achilles, injured his Achilles Tendon while shooting for a scene.
In Tron: Legacy, the female lead introduces herself to the male lead as Quorra and says, "All your questions will be answered soon."
EDIT 1
Wow, 6.7k, Thanks for all the upvotes.
Here is another one. Hope you guys like it.
In the movie Troy, in the fight scene against Hector(Eric Bana), Brad Pitt who was playing Achilles, injured his Achilles Tendon while shooting for a scene.
Arvind Kejriwal resigned on feb 14,2014 and again taking oath on feb 14,2015
Arvind Kejriwal resigned on feb 14,2014 and again taking oath on feb 14,2015
Now I have two examples in my hand
- I saved onthe mage to show when these kind of question would ask and above the question is. Coincidence!
Father of Coincidence!
Edit 1:
- Both the innings happened in Melbourne! WOW!! Thanks Sunil Shevante for giving this information
- Even with the bats, both are MRF. Thanks Jaiprakash Kumawat.
Edit 2:
Magic of 108
It is not a coincidence but it is a interesting fact.
The distance between the earth and the sun is exactly 108 times the sun's diameter, More incredible fact is the fact that the distance between the earth and the moon is 108 times the moon'
Now I have two examples in my hand
- I saved onthe mage to show when these kind of question would ask and above the question is. Coincidence!
Father of Coincidence!
Edit 1:
- Both the innings happened in Melbourne! WOW!! Thanks Sunil Shevante for giving this information
- Even with the bats, both are MRF. Thanks Jaiprakash Kumawat.
Edit 2:
Magic of 108
It is not a coincidence but it is a interesting fact.
The distance between the earth and the sun is exactly 108 times the sun's diameter, More incredible fact is the fact that the distance between the earth and the moon is 108 times the moon's diameter. Finally, the diameter of the sun is 108 times the earth's diameter
Extracted from The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi.
Edit 3:
The 4th man who scored 2 ton score in ODI is Chris Gayle and the 1st one is Sachin Tendulkar. Today (24th Feb 2014) was the proof for another super coincidence. Tendulkar scored first 2 ton score on 24th Feb 2010 and Chris Gayle scored on 24th Feb 2015. Isn't it cool?
The fact that the Sun and Moon appear to be almost exactly the same relative size in the Earth's sky is a cosmic coincidence. It lets this happen:
Note that sometimes the Moon is a bit further from the Earth in its orbit, and you get an "Annular" eclipse as the relative size of the Moon is a bit smaller than the Sun:
The fact that the Sun and Moon appear to be almost exactly the same relative size in the Earth's sky is a cosmic coincidence. It lets this happen:
Note that sometimes the Moon is a bit further from the Earth in its orbit, and you get an "Annular" eclipse as the relative size of the Moon is a bit smaller than the Sun:
Today I was at a cafe buying my lunch and debated inside my head whether to also buy a cookie. I ultimately decided I hadn't worked out enough this week to deserve a treat and left without one.
Then I took my lunch away with me and found that someone at the cafe had inadvertently packed a slice of cake in my order. Perhaps the universe decided I deserved cake, not cookies?
Today I was at a cafe buying my lunch and debated inside my head whether to also buy a cookie. I ultimately decided I hadn't worked out enough this week to deserve a treat and left without one.
Then I took my lunch away with me and found that someone at the cafe had inadvertently packed a slice of cake in my order. Perhaps the universe decided I deserved cake, not cookies?
In the year 1833, the great poet and author Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel which described three starving shipwrecked sailors who only survive by eating the cabin boy, named "Richard Parker"
51 years later i.e. 1884, Three shipwrecked sailors were actually rescued. They had only survived by eating the cabin boy. The name of the unfortunate cabin boy was Richard Parker.
One day I was bored so I thought I would pass my time on Omegle cause it seemed like my room-mate was really busy working on her laptop. After a couple of random small chats I finally found a sensible person to talk to. The conversation was getting interesting. It rarely happens that you find a sensible stranger on such social networking sites. After about 20 mins of chatting we started asking questions about each other. And it took us another 10 mins to realize..
We are roommates!!
Two stories of brothers and coincidences.
1. The unlucky Ebbin brothers
Neville and Erskine Ebbin (from Hamilton, Bermuda) were two brothers who tragically died at the young age of 17. And the circumstances of their deaths were eerie to say the least.
1. Both of them died on a July night
2. Both of them in an accident
3. They were both riding the same moped
4. They both collided with the same taxi
Two stories of brothers and coincidences.
1. The unlucky Ebbin brothers
Neville and Erskine Ebbin (from Hamilton, Bermuda) were two brothers who tragically died at the young age of 17. And the circumstances of their deaths were eerie to say the least.
1. Both of them died on a July night
2. Both of them in an accident
3. They were both riding the same moped
4. They both collided with the same taxi
5. The taxi driver was the same
6. The taxi carried the same passenger
7. The accident happened on the same street
I found this story on
Cracked [ http://www.cracked.com/article_18788_the-5-most-mind-blowing-coincidences-all-time.html ]
. Initially I was really skeptical about it, so I did a little digging and landed on a
Stackexchange post [ http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/20498/were-two-brothers-killed-on-the-same-moped-by-the-same-taxi-driver-exactly-a-ye ]
which provided some really good insights. The users noted that the story contained real, full names, references to a real place and then local newspaper (from The Scuthorpe Evening Telegraph) article from the same city.
And then there is a
Roy...
This happened in the summer holidays of std.7 when my best friend used to go for a football coaching camp. She was the only girl there and initially had a problem adjusting. She would call me up everyday to complain about the situation until one day this other guy joined the camp. Then she called me up everyday gushing about this new guy, Naveen, who was super nice, super cute and would sit with her for lunch and so on. Turns out this guy was from Spain and she was really sad that she would never meet him again as she already had a huge crush on him by now. Like a good friend I consoled her sa
This happened in the summer holidays of std.7 when my best friend used to go for a football coaching camp. She was the only girl there and initially had a problem adjusting. She would call me up everyday to complain about the situation until one day this other guy joined the camp. Then she called me up everyday gushing about this new guy, Naveen, who was super nice, super cute and would sit with her for lunch and so on. Turns out this guy was from Spain and she was really sad that she would never meet him again as she already had a huge crush on him by now. Like a good friend I consoled her saying how stuff will happen if it needs to in the future.
Fast forward to five years later. I went for this design class where again, a new guy had joined. Introductions were made. His name was Naveen and he played football full power. Also, he was half Spanish. It took me a long while for the tubelight moment happen. But it was the same frikkin guy I'd spent my holidays hearing about!
This is the biggest coincidence I've experienced so far :D
American writer Edgar Allan Poe, in his 1838 novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", wrote about three survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat without food for many days eventually killed and ate the fourth survivor, the cabin boy, whose name was Richard Parker.
In 1884, a yawl named Mignonette was foundered with only four survivors in an open boat. After many days, the three members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.
(source: Fate Of Richard Parker)
American writer Edgar Allan Poe, in his 1838 novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", wrote about three survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat without food for many days eventually killed and ate the fourth survivor, the cabin boy, whose name was Richard Parker.
In 1884, a yawl named Mignonette was foundered with only four survivors in an open boat. After many days, the three members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.
(source: Fate Of Richard Parker)
Today is November 3, 2023 and on November 3, 2020 I had written my IOCL interview experience at Quora. And today, as the interview days of PSUs are on, following the upvote notification (Picture 1) at Quora I reached up to my post. Read whole of the post cherishing and enjoying the moments in a nostalgic feeling that happened 3.5 years before.
Read the post with a masters eye of having 3 years experience working at IOCL, observed few grammatical errors and the improvements i would have made during interview process. With this I reached up to the end of the post and noticed it was November 3 whe
Today is November 3, 2023 and on November 3, 2020 I had written my IOCL interview experience at Quora. And today, as the interview days of PSUs are on, following the upvote notification (Picture 1) at Quora I reached up to my post. Read whole of the post cherishing and enjoying the moments in a nostalgic feeling that happened 3.5 years before.
Read the post with a masters eye of having 3 years experience working at IOCL, observed few grammatical errors and the improvements i would have made during interview process. With this I reached up to the end of the post and noticed it was November 3 when I wrote this post.!!
Then suddenly I thought this month is November, date could be 2 or 1 and not exactly 3 it could be. Had this been Nov 03, what a beautiful coincidence it would have been😕. All these thought came and went in milliseconds.
Anyways be it 1 or 2 i should atleast check, and then immediately I screen locked my phone to check date, it was November 3!! 44 minutes past 12. I relaxed myself, though not a big deal but still moment worth enjoying. 😁What I was thinking it would have been, actually has occurred. 😇
So thought I should share it on the Facebook. I don’t know why coincidences keep on happening with me. There a still lot many incidents rather co-incidences to share.
Gaddafi, Osama Bin Laden, Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston.
At first glance, the only obvious connection between the two military madmen, Apple's founder, and a legendary singer is that they have all passed away.
But throw in the name Aaron Ramsey and suddenly we have a mystery... because each one of the four mentioned above died almost immediately after the Arsenal midfielder scored.
Soul diva Whitney Houston was the fourth in under a year.
MAY 1, 2011: Ramsey scores against Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.
MAY 2: Osama bin Laden is shot dead by U.S. Navy Seals in his compound in Pakista
Gaddafi, Osama Bin Laden, Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston.
At first glance, the only obvious connection between the two military madmen, Apple's founder, and a legendary singer is that they have all passed away.
But throw in the name Aaron Ramsey and suddenly we have a mystery... because each one of the four mentioned above died almost immediately after the Arsenal midfielder scored.
Soul diva Whitney Houston was the fourth in under a year.
MAY 1, 2011: Ramsey scores against Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.
MAY 2: Osama bin Laden is shot dead by U.S. Navy Seals in his compound in Pakistan
OCTOBER 2, 2011: Ramsey scores against Spurs at White Hart Lane
OCTOBER 5: Apple guru Steve Jobs dies at his home in California after a long battle with pancreatic cancer
OCTOBER 19, 2011: Ramsey scores an injury-time goal against Marseille during a Champions League game
OCTOBER 20: Colonel Gaddafi is captured by rebels near his hometown of Sirte and dies from his injuries
FEBRUARY 11, 2012: Ramsey scores against Sunderland
SAME DAY: Whitney Houston is found dead in a bathroom at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles
Aaron Ramsey
Bad coincidence!
So ,I was scrolling short clips on YouTube as usual but today it was different may be .
There was this one podcast of clips keep coming into my feed and I actually liked what she was saying but I didn't like the clip and scrolled the clip .
But again same type of clips of the same podcast came .again I saw and moved on.
And after few minutes I switched to Instagram because today I made a post and also have put a status on my profile .
I saw a like in my status ,I went to check who liked it .she was some stranger so ,I ignored it .
And then I went to do own thing and comeback to Instagram 2hrs and s
So ,I was scrolling short clips on YouTube as usual but today it was different may be .
There was this one podcast of clips keep coming into my feed and I actually liked what she was saying but I didn't like the clip and scrolled the clip .
But again same type of clips of the same podcast came .again I saw and moved on.
And after few minutes I switched to Instagram because today I made a post and also have put a status on my profile .
I saw a like in my status ,I went to check who liked it .she was some stranger so ,I ignored it .
And then I went to do own thing and comeback to Instagram 2hrs and saw something weird .
The one who liked my story was no one other than that girl on podcast clips .
My heart have literally would have exploded today .
What a coincidence man !
I was literally smiling like crazy from half an hour .I can't believe that something this strange has happened.
I just couldn't understand what happened today but I am happy .
I was thinking why ? But I thought whatever it made my day 🤭
But after some minutes I found out that the vedio I have putted was one of her vedio .
I didn't knew .I randomly saw a reel ,loved it and putted it on my status .
I didn't recognised her at all .
Source- YouTube
She is Dr.Rakshita Singh .
Her clips from podcast with Deepak pareek clips channel keep coming in my feed.
But I definitely liked what she said on the podcast.
And guess what ? I am feeling really happy.
Source - Instagram
This one like almost gave me heart attack😍.
Thanks for reading 😄
Kawai🤭
Cristiano Ronaldo is 869 days older than Leo Messi...
And,
Ronaldo's son(Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.) is 869 days older than Messi's son(Thiago Messi).
What a coincidence!
That, in India, Children's Day falls exactly 9 months after Valentine's Day!
- Lucky Hughs?
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 waters - 127 lost their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames - there was 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.
2. With a Quack Quack Here
Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada - nothing extra-ord
- Lucky Hughs?
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 waters - 127 lost their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames - there was 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.
2. With a Quack Quack Here
Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada - nothing extra-ordinary in that - until you learn that his postcode contained the letter sequence EIEIO.
3. 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 was James Bond - his examination paper reference was 007.
4. Lightning Never Strikes Twice?
British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of Flanders in 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 was struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.
After two years of recovery, it was a summers day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again - permanently paralysing him.
He died two years after this incident.
However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed - it was struck by lightning!
5. Practice What You Preach
Businessman 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 choked to death on it!
BBC reporter asks man if he remembers 1967 Everton vs Liverpool derby, he replies: "I played in it!"
- Reporter approached elderly man to talk about previous Merseyside games
- He asked the man whether he remembered the 1967 FA Cup game
- The man turned out to be former Liverpool goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence
- Lawrence was in goal for Liverpool during the match at Goodison Park
Read more: Reporter given surprise as he interviews Liverpool's Tommy Lawrence
So heart-warming!
Bonus:
It was the 60’s. I was a sophomore at Rutgers, and my friend Dennis and I decided to spend our January winter break hitchhiking from New Brunswick, NJ to Niagara Falls, NY to see the Falls frozen over. We figured we could do the entire round trip in five days, and my 19-year-old brain calculated that all I needed was a change of socks and underwear, $10, and a bag of jelly beans for sustenance. I also had unlimited faith in the kindness of strangers.
We spent the first night with my cousin in Schenectady, the second at the Syracuse chapter of our fraternity, and arrived at Niagara Falls N
It was the 60’s. I was a sophomore at Rutgers, and my friend Dennis and I decided to spend our January winter break hitchhiking from New Brunswick, NJ to Niagara Falls, NY to see the Falls frozen over. We figured we could do the entire round trip in five days, and my 19-year-old brain calculated that all I needed was a change of socks and underwear, $10, and a bag of jelly beans for sustenance. I also had unlimited faith in the kindness of strangers.
We spent the first night with my cousin in Schenectady, the second at the Syracuse chapter of our fraternity, and arrived at Niagara Falls NY on the third night in the middle of a snowstorm. The man who dropped us off knew the owner of a beautiful hotel near the Falls, and that night Dennis and I were comped to a fantastic suite on the top floor. Three bedrooms, spectacular view — hey, it was January — business was slow.
The next morning we crossed the border into Canada, and since we were a day ahead of schedule, why not hitch to Toronto. A tow truck picked us up, and good fortune was still with us. The driver, Mike, was on his way to Toronto.
For the next two hours, Dennis, Mike, and I bonded and shared our dwindling supply of jelly beans. Mike dropped us off in the heart of Toronto, and Dennis and I wandered around the city. My ten bucks was still intact, so we decided to cap off the trip by splurging most of it on lunch in a real restaurant. As we set out for the 500 mile trip back to Jersey I realized I’d lost my gloves.
No problem. Dennis gave me one of his, and we found the road out of the city, got to a highway, and stuck out our thumbs. Five minutes later, our first ride stopped. A tow truck. It was Mike.
We hopped in and the three of greeted each other like we’d been separated for years, and this is the long overdue reunion we’ve been waiting for. We told Mike all about our big day in the city, and bragged how we had blown most of our resources on a real lunch. Then the three of us polished off what was left of the jelly beans.
“So you’re out of money, out of jelly beans, and you’re each down to one glove,” Mike said.
We laughed. We didn’t care. We’d just taken the road trip of a lifetime.
“Open the glove compartment,” Mike said.
I did. There inside, warm and dry, were my gloves. Dennis doo-doo-doo-dooed the theme from The Twilight Zone, which I believe should be the official background music of all coincidences.
It wasn’t until Mike dropped us off on the American side of the border that I saw the name of his towing company. Road Angel.
Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is an 1898 is a novel written by Morgan Robertson. The story features the ocean liner Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. The Titan and its sinking have been noted to be very similar to the real-life passenger ship RMS Titanic, which sank fourteen years later.
The similarities between Robertson’s book and the Titanic disaster are so astounding that one has to imagine if White Star Line built Titanic to Robertson’s specs as a dare.
- Both were triple screw (propeller)
- Described as “unsinkable”
- The Titanic was the world’s largest l
Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is an 1898 is a novel written by Morgan Robertson. The story features the ocean liner Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. The Titan and its sinking have been noted to be very similar to the real-life passenger ship RMS Titanic, which sank fourteen years later.
The similarities between Robertson’s book and the Titanic disaster are so astounding that one has to imagine if White Star Line built Titanic to Robertson’s specs as a dare.
- Both were triple screw (propeller)
- Described as “unsinkable”
- The Titanic was the world’s largest luxury liner (882 feet, displacing 63,000 long tons), and was once described by newspapers as being “practically unsinkable”.
- The Titan was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men (800 feet, displacing 75,000 tons, up from 45,000 in the 1898 edition), and was considered “unsinkable”.
- Shortage of lifeboats
- The Titanic carried only 16 lifeboats, plus 4 Engelhardt folding lifeboats, less than half the number required for her passenger and crew capacity of 3000.
- The Titan carried “as few as the law allowed”, 24 lifeboats, less than half needed for her 3000 capacity.
- Struck an iceberg
- Moving at 22½ knots, [7] the Titanic struck an iceberg on the starboard side on the night of April 14, 1912 in the North Atlantic 400 miles away from Newfoundland.
- Also on an April night, in the North Atlantic 400 miles from Newfoundland (Terranova), the Titan hit an iceberg while traveling at 25 knots, also on the starboard side.
- Sinking
- The unsinkable Titanic sank, and more than half of her 2200 passengers and crew died.
- The indestructible Titan also sank, more than half of her 2500 passengers drowning.
- Went down bow first, the Titan actually capsizing before it sank.
Sound like enough to keep you up at night? Maybe that’s why Robertson republished the book in 1912 just in case enough people didn’t know that he wrote it.
Reference:
6 Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened: Update
Mark Twain and the Halley’s Comet
Mark Twain was born in the year 1835, shortly after the visit of the Halley’s Comet (a comet visible from earth every 75-76 years) that year. He died as it passed again in 1910.
More interestingly, he predicted it - "I came in with Halley's Comet... It is coming again ... and I expect to go out with it... The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together' ”, he said in 1909
Mark Twain and the Halley’s Comet
Mark Twain was born in the year 1835, shortly after the visit of the Halley’s Comet (a comet visible from earth every 75-76 years) that year. He died as it passed again in 1910.
More interestingly, he predicted it - "I came in with Halley's Comet... It is coming again ... and I expect to go out with it... The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together' ”, he said in 1909
Finding your dad in the movie hall, in the next seat, after bunking the class with your girlfriend.
Twin Lives
Twin boys were separated at birth. Their adopting families named them both James, they both both grew up with enforcement training and then married a woman named Linda. They both had boys, one of whom was named James Alan and one who was named James Allan. They divorced their wives Linda and remarried women named Betty. They both had a dog named Troy. The men reunited after 40 years in 1979 and were able to share their amazing coincidentally identical life stories.
Twin Lives
Twin boys were separated at birth. Their adopting families named them both James, they both both grew up with enforcement training and then married a woman named Linda. They both had boys, one of whom was named James Alan and one who was named James Allan. They divorced their wives Linda and remarried women named Betty. They both had a dog named Troy. The men reunited after 40 years in 1979 and were able to share their amazing coincidentally identical life stories.
I came across an anonymously posted (and hugely upvoted) answer on Quora couple of weeks ago. It sounded very much like a friend of mine so I forwarded it to him and he was like, "Damn, I really wanted to remain anon on that one."
Background: We shifted to our native,Dharwad a town in Karnataka from Maharastra, in year 2000. And we got a flat on rent in one of the apartments. One of the residents struck a conversations with my mom and it goes like this.
A:Aunty M: Mom
A. Hello,We are Naik. We have shifted recently here.
M. Oh we are also Naik and we too shifted recently.:)
A. So how come you speak Marathi?
M. We used to stay in Maharashtra.Now have come back to our Native.
A. Is it we too have come from Maharashtra. Where in Maharashtra?
M. Pune.
A. Me too! Where in Pune?
M. Pimpri
A. Me too!! Which area? (They were getti
Background: We shifted to our native,Dharwad a town in Karnataka from Maharastra, in year 2000. And we got a flat on rent in one of the apartments. One of the residents struck a conversations with my mom and it goes like this.
A:Aunty M: Mom
A. Hello,We are Naik. We have shifted recently here.
M. Oh we are also Naik and we too shifted recently.:)
A. So how come you speak Marathi?
M. We used to stay in Maharashtra.Now have come back to our Native.
A. Is it we too have come from Maharashtra. Where in Maharashtra?
M. Pune.
A. Me too! Where in Pune?
M. Pimpri
A. Me too!! Which area? (They were getting excited now)
M.Antariksh
A. Me too!!! ( Our apartments in Pune were just few Blocks away)
Heights of coincidence: Same surname!Same Native!Shifted from same city!Same area!Same locality!Shifted to same apartment nearly at the same time!
It got spooky when we found out our flat no. was 103 and their's 301.
Our families are good friends since then,Few years later they shifted to Bangalore and they rented out their flat to us, Was a nightmare for the postman till then :)
Mother of coincidence:
Their second son Akshay.Naik is an Engineer and stays abroad...
Guess what???
ME TOO!!!
They had no idea they had met before until they got engaged last year and started leafing through old holiday snaps at Nick's grandparents' house.
Cornwall, England's Aimee Maiden and Nick Wheeler were just two people in love who were set to be married. Just before their wedding, the couple went to Wheeler's grandparents' house and flipped through a family photo album.
They come across a photo of Nick as a child with his family on a beach in Cornwall. To their astonishment, they spotted Aimee with her family in the background – the photo was taken years before they met!
Aimee said the unbelievab
They had no idea they had met before until they got engaged last year and started leafing through old holiday snaps at Nick's grandparents' house.
Cornwall, England's Aimee Maiden and Nick Wheeler were just two people in love who were set to be married. Just before their wedding, the couple went to Wheeler's grandparents' house and flipped through a family photo album.
They come across a photo of Nick as a child with his family on a beach in Cornwall. To their astonishment, they spotted Aimee with her family in the background – the photo was taken years before they met!
Aimee said the unbelievable coincidence just confirmed that she'd found her soul mate.
The couple were married about a minute's walk from where the photo was taken all of those years ago
Source: Photo of couple - 11 years before they met
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What follows is a pretty unbelievable story that happened to me:
During summer vacations with my family a few years ago, me and my father decided to go to a casino. The fancy kind that are actually pretty fun if you're not obsessed with actually winning money. Neither one of us goes too often to casinos so it kind of was some nice father and son bonding time doing something different.
We decided to play some roulette. We were betting on some numbers and both of us had put some money on the 35, not much though. The croupier throws the ball into the roulette and bam! 35 comes up.
I was pretty happ
What follows is a pretty unbelievable story that happened to me:
During summer vacations with my family a few years ago, me and my father decided to go to a casino. The fancy kind that are actually pretty fun if you're not obsessed with actually winning money. Neither one of us goes too often to casinos so it kind of was some nice father and son bonding time doing something different.
We decided to play some roulette. We were betting on some numbers and both of us had put some money on the 35, not much though. The croupier throws the ball into the roulette and bam! 35 comes up.
I was pretty happy with my winnings so I wanted to take all I had won and call it a day. My father tells me, "no, leave the chips you put on 35, if by any chance it comes up again you'll feel a little stupid for not leaving them in and if you lose, you still have already won much more than that small amount".
So I did as he told me.
We looked at each other and we both put just a little more on the 35. Why? I don't know, why not?
You can imagine where this is going by now. Lo and behold, 35 came up again. By then we were both pretty happy with our winnings so we wanted to call it at a day with that. But the same line of thought came back. What if 35 comes up for a third time in a row? As unlikely as it was we couldn't just leave it at that so we put a little more money on the 35. No one else on the table did, who could blame them? It's hard to ignore the little voice in the back of your head that believes in the Gambler's fallacy.
And then, Bam! Sweet holy Spaghetti monster! 35 came up again! The rest of the people in the table looked at us in disbelief as we picked up our winnings and left the table with big grins on our faces.
The biggest coincidence in this story isn't that number 35 came up three times in a row while we bet on it. The biggest insanely unbelievable coincidence is that this happened again a year later. With. the. same. number.
I wouldn't blame you if you didn't believe this story, I have a hard time believing it myself, and it happened to me.
The points table of English Premier League on 3rd Jan, 2015:
That's not all. The top scorers for both the teams were:
1. Chelsea - Diego Costa : 14 Goals
2. Manchester City - Sergio Aguero : 14 Goals
Its a pretty big coincidence for me.
The points table of English Premier League on 3rd Jan, 2015:
That's not all. The top scorers for both the teams were:
1. Chelsea - Diego Costa : 14 Goals
2. Manchester City - Sergio Aguero : 14 Goals
Its a pretty big coincidence for me.