Incredibly Bizarre Historical Coincidences

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Source/Further reading:

[Rekuzan]

"Of COURSE truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense." ~ Mark Twain

[stevenzeoli]

In the book ‘Life of Pi” the author named the tiger ‘Richard Parker.’ Love that reference.

[OFUXACHE]

Tsutomu Yamaguchi - the man who survived both nukes dropped on Japan

[baruchben-david]

There are a lot of unsinkable ships at the bottom of the ocean...

[Filiolus]

Babies just casually falling out of the sky, poor fella.

[ziggyzap]

the story about everyone escaping the fire is like a reverse final destination

[digapygmy]

I'm curious if Mark Twain wrote "The Prince and the Pauper" before or after the King Umberto incident. That story is so strange, made even stranger by the fact that they were both killed... If they hadn't been, I would have just said long-lost twin, but the assassinations make it so damn mysterious.

[lozzavermy]

As if the 2020 election wasn't tense enough as it is.

[arwahsapi]

"The Time Machine", a book by H. G. Wells published in 1895, one year later he wrote it.

[marilynguinnane]

I had a "twin" living just 10 mi. south of me. When I'd venture down to San Rafael, once in a while someone would call out, "Hi Carolyn!" But my name is Marilyn. It happened often enough that it was finally explained to me that I was a dead ringer for this Carolyn and am only sorry I never met her. Odd that our names were even similar.

[kasper]

This and all Simon's channels are what wake me up in the morning

[maggpiprime]

Miss Unsinkable is covered in full on "Ask a Mortician." It's... quite a tale!

[mercator]

the west side church one is the most intriguing, until the falling babies... wth

[chrisdavis]

#8 - I do remember that "curse" as a young man. When Reagan was elected, I told my friends he might die in office. When he was shot, the curse was the first thing I thought of. I guess he broke the curse.

[TroubleBKC]

Babies fallin on one's head seems like some kind of twisted nightmare.

[immortanruffle]

2:40 Human eyes are only that disproportionately huge in character creators on The Sims. Is that a photograph? Is it real?

[CallieMasters]

The graphic at 6:50 says it was the SAME baby falling out of the SAME window hitting the SAME guy a year later, but Simon says it was different kids, a girl and a boy. Some people just don't know when to quit promoting an AMAZING story.

[craniusdominus]

If there is one coincidence that needs to be on this list, then that is - without a doubt - the book "The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility"

[TheLadiGigi]

I live in Manassas, VA and the battlefield of Bull Run is right up the street from my house.

[sandraa.lelacheur]

Simon,
I’ve loved so many of your shows.
This was was fantastic. I have a new
favorite. Loved it !!! Ty