This article lists 15 unusual coincidences that actually occurred. Some examples include:
* A street sweeper named Joseph Figlock who saved two babies from falling from buildings in two separate incidents.
* The high percentage of left-handed U.S. presidents, despite left-handedness being considered a disability in the past.
* A man named Hugh Williams who survived four shipwrecks in different incidents.
* The similar circumstances of the deaths of presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
* A coincidence involving the license plate of the car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, which seemed to predict the end of World War I.
* A fisherman who found a 92-year-old message in a bottle, only to be one-upped by his friend who found a 98-year-old message in a bottle.
* The curse of James Dean's car, which seemed to bring bad luck to those who came into contact with it.
* A king who met a man who was his exact double, and the strange circumstances that followed.
* A movie plot that predicted the death of Bruce Lee's son.
* A bullet that was lodged in a tree for years before being propelled into the head of the man who had been shot, killing him.
* A man who won a large sum of money playing poker with the winnings of a man who had been shot dead, only to discover that the man was his estranged father.
* Two men with the same name who stayed in the same hotel room, with the second man receiving a letter meant for the first.
* Twin brothers who died in separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland, just two hours apart.
1. In 1937, a young mother dropped her baby out of a fourth-story building in Detroit.
2. The baby was caught by Joseph Figlock, a local street sweeper, and both the baby and Figlock sustained injuries.
3. The following year, Joseph Figlock was again struck by a falling baby, a two-year-old son of another mother, while sweeping in an alley.
4. Both Figlock and the baby survived the incident.
5. More than half of the last fourteen U.S. presidents were left-handed.
6. Five of the last seven U.S. presidents were left-handed.
7. In the 18th and 19th centuries, left-handedness was considered a punishable disability in the United States.
8. Children were forced to be right-handed until the 1970s in the United States.
9. Hugh Williams, a man who survived four shipwrecks between 1660 and 1940, was a rare survivor of maritime disasters.
10. In 1975, a man in Bermuda was killed by a taxi while riding a moped.
11. A year later, the man's brother was also killed by the same taxi driver while riding the same moped.
12. The brothers were struck by the same taxi, driven by the same driver, and even carrying the same passenger.
13. Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy shared several similarities, including their election to Congress in 1846 and 1946, respectively.
14. Both Lincoln and Kennedy were elected 100 years apart, with their inaugurations being held in 1861 and 1961, respectively.
15. Both Lincoln and Kennedy were shot in the back of the head in front of their wives on a Friday.
16. Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre, while Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln car made by Ford.
17. Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car had the license plate "A III-118", which matches the date of the armistice that ended World War I (11/11/18).
18. Mark Anderson found a 92-year-old message in a bottle in 2006, which was the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered at the time.
19. Andrew Leaper found a 98-year-old message in a bottle in 2012, breaking Anderson's record.
20. King Umberto the First of Italy met his doppelganger, a restaurateur, in Monza, Italy.
21. The two men shared several similarities, including their birthdate, birthplace, and marriage to women named Margherita.
22. The restaurateur died on the same day King Umberto was assassinated in 1900.
23. James Dean's car was considered to be cursed after several people died or were injured in accidents involving the vehicle.
24. Bruce Lee's son, Brandon, died in a prop gun accident on the set of The Crow, which was eerily predicted in Bruce Lee's final movie, Enter the Dragon.
25. Robert Fallon, a British man, was shot dead by his poker rivals in 1858.
26. The gamblers gave Fallon's $600 winnings to the first person who passed the saloon, who happened to be Fallon's estranged son.
27. George D. Bryson checked into the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, and discovered that the previous occupant of his room was also named George D. Bryson.
28. In 1883, Henry Ziegland was shot in the face by the enraged brother of his girlfriend, but the bullet only grazed his face and lodged in a tree.
29. Years later, Ziegland returned to the scene and blew up the tree with dynamite, causing the lodged bullet to be propelled into his head, killing him.
30. In 2002, twin brothers died within hours of each other in separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland.