This is a transcript of a video by a YouTube channel called Terror Tonight, which discusses some of the most bizarre coincidences in history. The video covers six stories of people, events, and books that have uncanny similarities or parallels that seem too strange to be true. Some of the stories are:
- Henry Ziegland, who survived a gunshot wound from his lover's brother, only to die 20 years later when the same bullet hit him after he blew up a tree where it was lodged.
- King Umberto I of Italy and his doppelganger, who had the same name, birth date, wife's name, and occupation, and who both died on the same day by the same assassin.
- The twins Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, who were separated at birth and adopted by different families, but later discovered that they had the same name, pet, wife, son, job, car, and hobbies.
- Edgar Allan Poe's novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, which predicted the fate of a shipwrecked crew who resorted to cannibalism and killed a cabin boy named Richard Parker. This happened in real life 46 years later on a ship called the Mignonette.
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two founding fathers of the United States, who both died on July 4th, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American independence.
- Major Summerford, a British soldier who was struck by lightning four times in his life and even after his death.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Henry Ziegland was involved in an incident in 1893 in Texas, United States, where he was shot by his girlfriend's brother after breaking up with his girlfriend.
2. Ziegland fell unconscious but did not die and was taken to a hospital where he was saved.
3. The bullet that shot Ziegland got stuck in a tree behind him.
4. 20 years later, Ziegland returned to the tree and decided to use dynamite to blow it up.
5. When Ziegland blew up the tree, the bullet that was stuck in it was dislodged and killed him.
6. King Umberto I of Italy had a twin who was a restaurant owner, and they shared many similarities, including their names, birthdates, and wives' names.
7. The restaurant owner was shot dead the day after meeting King Umberto.
8. King Umberto was also shot dead, and his death was seen as a parallel fate to the restaurant owner's.
9. A pair of twins from Finland were separated at birth and were reunited 39 years later, discovering many coincidences in their lives, including their names, pets, and interests.
10. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a book called "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" which told the story of four survivors of a shipwreck who had to kill and eat one of their crew members to survive.
11. 1884, a ship called the Mignonette sank, and the survivors had to kill and eat one of their crew members, which was a similar incident to the one described in Poe's book.
12. A novel called "Futility" or "The Wreck of the Titan" told the story of a ship called the SS Titan that sank in the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg.
13. 14 years after the novel was published, the Titanic sank in a similar way, and many people saw it as a prophecy.
14. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two important figures in American history, died on the same day, July 4, 1826, 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
15. Major Summerford was a British soldier who was struck by lightning three times: in 1918, 1924, and 1930.
16. The chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 13,000, according to the National Weather Laboratory.
17. A man's two children died in similar accidents on a motorbike in Jakarta, five years apart.