Chilling Coincidences You Won’t Believe Are Real

Did you know that Napoleon and Hitler were born 129 years apart, came to power 129 years apart, declared war on Russia 129 years apart, and were defeated 129 years apart? Get ready because these are some chilling coincidences you won’t believe are real!
 

Two twins die almost the same way in almost same spot at almost the same time

In 2002, a man was hit by a truck in Finland as he was trying to cross highway 8 on his bike. 2 hours later his twin brother was also hit by a truck while trying to cross highway 8 on his bike. They died within 1.5 km of each other, 2 hours apart.

Last name mayhem

According to Mysteries of the Unexplained, in the 1920s three Englishmen met on a train in Peru. The first one’s last name was Bingham, the second’s was Powell, and the third was Bingham-Powell.

Twin heart attacks

Two twins, John and Arthur Mowforth lived about 120 km from each other in England. On May 22, 1975 both began to experience chest pain and were admitted to separate hospitals. Unaware of each other’s conditions, they both died not long after.

The book that eventually came home

Anne Parrish, an American writer was walking through a Paris bookstore when she came across Jack Frost and Other Stories. She began to tell her husband how she loved the book when she was a child. He took the book, opened it, and inside the cover were written the words “Anne Parish, 209 N Weber Street, Colorado”.

King Umberto's double

King Umberto I, king of Italy, went to a small restaurant. He came to realize that both he and the owner were born on the same day, in the same town, and they had both married a woman name Margherita. On July 29 1900 the king was told that the restaurant owner had been shot dead in the street. Later that day the king was assassinated.

The names of Rome

Rome’s founder was supposedly named Romulus. Its first emperor was named Augustus. Its last emperor was named Romulus Augustus.

A grave coincidence

Although it wasn’t done deliberately, the graves of the first British soldier and the last British soldier to die in World War II are only several meters apart.

The city of killers

Stalin, Hitler, and Franz Josef, collectively responsible for nearly 80 million deaths all lived in Vienna at the same time.

Heed your own warnings

At age 49 South African astronomer Danie du Toit was giving a lecture about how death could come at any time. After he finished, he pulled out a mint and popped it into his mouth. Within a few minutes he had choked to death.

Napoleon vs Hitler

Napoleon and Hitler were born 129 years apart, came to power 129 years apart, declared war on Russia 129 years apart, and were defeated 129 years apart.

Oh brother, not again

In 1975 a man was killed by a taxi while riding a scooter in Bermuda. One year later the man’s brother was killed on the same scooter by the same taxi driver who was carrying the same passenger!