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Have you experienced any coincidences?
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A coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without an apparent causal connection. Most of us experience coincidences regularly, but they tend to be more ordinary—like discovering you’re wearing the same sweater as someone else in the room. The following 12 examples are much more extreme, and some even seem unbelievable, even though they are true. Read on and prepare to be amazed!
[Here are the first five coincidences.]
1. A Presidential curse
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For almost 140 years, U.S. presidents elected in years ending in zero died while in office. It happened to William Henry Harrison (1840), Abraham Lincoln (1860), James A. Garfield (1880), William McKinley (1900), Warren G. Harding (1920), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1940), and John F. Kennedy in 1960. Ronald Reagan, elected in 1980, broke the curse by surviving an assassination attempt.
2. Mark Twain and Halley’s Comet
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In the year Mark Twain was born, 1835, Halley’s Comet passed by Earth. The great writer famously predicted he’d “go out with it” as well. Indeed, he passed away in 1910, the next time the comet appeared.
3. Jefferson and Adams
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A patriotic yet somber coincidence, indeed. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third U.S. presidents, both died on July 4, 1826—exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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The construction of the Hoover Dam was a long and difficult process, claiming over 100 lives. The first person to die was J.G. Tierney, and the last recorded death was his son, Patrick Tierney.
5. Lincoln and Kennedy
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Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were elected 100 years apart (1860 and 1960). Both were shot in the head and succeeded by men named Johnson. Their assassins each had three names: John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald. Both were assassinated on a Friday while sitting next to their wives at the time that it happened.