- [Narrator] The world is
full of spooky coincidences, and sometimes these uncanny
happenings are so unexplainable it seems like the world we live in is just one big simulation. Without further ado, here's some one in a million coincidences you'll have to see to believe. (electronic music) - Amazing. Number 20, the ultimate photobomb, there are plenty of cool
photobombs out there, but this story of fate
accidentally captured on film has got to be the craziest yet. This photograph belongs
to a woman named Xeu who posed in front of
the May Fourth sculpture in the town of Qingdao in China during a trip with her
mother in the year 2000. This buried memory didn't
seem too significant until she began reminiscing
with her husband over a decade later in 2011, when the pair made a shocking discovery. Xeu's husband Ye instantly
recognized himself as the figure in the
background of the old photo as he had posed for an
almost identical photo at the exact same time,
just from a different angle. The lovers met thousands
of miles away from Qingdao but had stood just feet apart
on the same day as teens. If this isn't fate, I don't know what is. Number 19, what the puck, 88-year-old Minnesota resident Ray Ulvi was out for a stroll
in a local park one day searching for the perfect branch for his cane-making business when he stumbled across an unusual object. He picked up what he believed to be an old snuff can from the path only to discover that
the historical artifact was actually a hockey puck he had lost some 70 years earlier. It even had his initials
still inscribed on it. Ulvi was overjoyed at the discovery but was unable to tell his friends as they had all passed away. So he contacted the
manufacturing company instead to congratulate them on the success of their life-time guarantee. Number 18, freaky fingers,
we can all inherit all kinds of weird
things from our parents, but who knew it could go quite
as far as this horror story. An anonymous poster took to Reddit to share a freaky coincidence
which began when their father had the tip of his index
finger cut off as a child. To the poster's distress, the very same finger on their hands stopped growing at the same length, resulting in an abnormally stubby finger smaller than a pinky, thanks dad. Number 17, a message from the matrix, who said coincidences
couldn't be self-aware? In this image, someone
shares the uncanny way newspapers have been stacked at work so that the only visible sentence reads this is not a coincidence over and over. This meta, one in a million chance quickly became a concern
to commenters though who instantly saw the dark
side and warned the poster that this strange occurrence
could be a matrix-style message alerting them to wake up
from a dream or worse a coma. Number 16, lucky numbers, coincidences don't
always have to be creepy as this incredibly lucky
couple from Canada have learned after becoming third-time lottery winners. Barbara and Douglas Fink from
Edmonton first won big in 1989 when they split $128,000 Canadian between themselves and four friends. And to their surprise, they
repeated this feat in 2010 scoring another 100,000 Canadian bucks. In a historic turn of events, the couple became joint winners of a $16.3 million
Canadian jackpot in 2017. Realizing she was eligible for
8.2 million Canadian split, Barbara simply called Douglas and said, "I've done it again!" Not everyone is capable
of such a fluke though, and this poor soul could
certainly use a few tips from the Finks. Number 15, the unsinkable woman, whether this woman is extremely lucky or a walking bad omen
is totally up to you. Violet Jessop had survived a nasty case of tuberculosis as a baby, but little did she know,
she was about to become one of the most seemingly
indestructible women of all time. During her lifetime, Miss
Jessop was an Irish stewardess and a nurse aboard three
of the most significant boat-related disasters in history. She served on the HMS Olympic when it struck the HMS Hawke in 1911, and was aboard the HMS Britannic when it sank after hitting
a sea mine in 1916. Oh, and did I mention, she also survived the sinking
of the RMS Titanic in 1912? Just know that if a Miss
Jessop is ever with you at sea, you'd better have your life jacket ready. Number 14, lucky escape, luck and coincidences
often go hand in hand, but just how often is good
fortune really at play? There's definitely some
force at work in this image, which shows a car narrowly
avoiding being crushed by not one but two fallen
trees in the wake of a storm. As onlookers stand by in amazement, no doubt the owner is claiming it was all in the strategic parking. Number 13, a historic moment, a true coincidence makes
you think what are the odds, and this image definitely
encapsulates that feeling as two cars with
personalized license plates are photographed at a red light joining forces to convey
an age-old classic, peekaboo and I see you. A truly momentous occasion like this one should go down in the history books, but perhaps the saddest
part is that the owners may not have even been aware
of the incredible matchup. Number 12, bathroom renovation, moving house can be tiresome, and renovating can be
a truly momentous task, but all that stress was worth
it for some new homeowners who made a hilarious discovery. Alex and Jess Monney were
in the process of jazzing up the dated bathroom in their
new home in the Bay Area when their contractor sent them a photo of a note he discovered
behind the plaster. Some previous owners
strategically placed the message in 1995 to tell future residents that they had remodeled in 1995, and, as they say themselves, what's wrong with the way we did it? The hilarious homeowners even left a note from their pet rabbit for good measure. Of course, the find went viral, but efforts to locate the
legendary Shinseki's from 1995 have been unsuccessful. Number 11, who wore it best, spontaneous coincidences like this one are often the craziest, and immortalizing the moment on camera can produce a timeless gem. This guy must have been
maintaining his physique all year 'round just to prepare for this legendary vacation snap. And doesn't that distant
island look suspiciously like the human-shaped Te Fiti
from Disney's Moana? Number 10, Professor Marvel's coat, you may recognize actor Frank Morgan as the great wizard from the
1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", but Morgan actually played
five different roles throughout the film,
including a cab driver, the guard at the gates to Oz, a soldier, and the fraudulent fortune
teller Professor Marvel. For the latter role, Morgan needed to look like
a man down on his luck, so the costume department
picked up a rack of coats from a second-hand store
and allowed him to pick one. While filming, Morgan turned
out the pocket of the coat and found the initials of L. Frank Baum, the original author of "The
Wizard of Oz" from 1900. What he thought was an
added stamp of authenticity actually turned out to be
an incredible coincidence as a producer contacted
the original tailor and discovered that the coat had in fact belonged to the deceased author. The legendary coat was returned to Baum's widow after filming, but it made the movie
all the more special. Number nine, Christmas crash, this unbelievably spooky coincidence happened at the jolliest time of year as sisters Levinia and
Lorriane from Norfolk, England were driving home on Christmas Eve of 1994 when they were involved in a crash. This wasn't any old car accident though, as the sisters had
crashed into each other, and they hadn't even been aware of each other's separate journeys. The 31-year-old sisters
were ironically on their way to deliver presents to each other when they collided on an icy country road. And the icing on the cake,
their surname is Christmas, seriously, look it up. Number eight, identical lives, coincidences involving
family members are so common that its hard to deny the
inexplainable connection between close relatives. These twin brothers
have proved this so much that they had a big part to play in the age-old nature
versus nurture debate, which questions the impact of
learning from our environment versus the influence of biological traits. Known as the Jim twins, the brothers were put up for
adoption as babies in 1940 and grew up without any contact
or knowledge of one another, yet they lived identical lives. Both men were renamed
James, or Jim for short, and grew up with a dog named Toy, and each married a woman named Linda, who they divorced to
remarry women named Betty. Both had sons called James Allan and had similar jobs in security. They even drove the same Chevrolet and vacationed at the
same beach in Florida. After reuniting in 1977 aged
39, the Jim twins were shocked to learn about these similarities. Then their life stories
became worldwide news. Number seven, an ancient fossil, fossils can teach us a lot about the past, but what about this insane discovery? In the most meta twist, one
lucky person stumbled upon an infamous Nokia Brick
fossilized inside an actual brick, as if we needed any more proof that these things are actually indestructible. The best part is that the battery
probably still isn't dead, just switch it on and
that baby's good to go. Number six, "The Simpsons" prophecy, it's no secret that "The
Simpsons" has been accused of prophesying all
sorts of current affairs in vintage episodes. Most notably, Twitter users noticed that the show predicted the
rise of Trump as president in some pretty uncanny ways. Although these near-identical images are from a 2015 "Simpsons" clip, an episode called "Bart to
the Future" from the year 2000 did reference Trump's presidency in a joke when Lisa Simpson is president. - As you know, we've inherited
quite a budget crunch from President Trump. - [Narrator] Now fans are speculating that "The Simpsons" had
predicted the tension between child climate change
activist Greta Thunberg and the president in some
strikingly similar images. Some have compared her
passion for the environment with Lisa's own activism suggesting that if she
were an American citizen, she could've been the future POTUS. Number five, true job satisfaction, when a new member of staff joined the Packard Children's
Hospital in Stanford, USA, experienced nurse Vilma Wong felt an uncanny sense of familiarity. Wong looked up the man's
name and discovered that he had been a
premature baby she cared for at the very same unit
some 30 years earlier. The once two-pound baby,
named Brandon Seminatore, was now a second-year
pediatric neurology resident who was to become her
colleague at the unit. Perhaps his experience under Wong's care inspired his career path, and
the reunion between the two certainly made her life's
work well worth it. Number four, soulmates,
sometimes it just seems like two people are destined to be together, and with coincidences
like this one around, its hard not to believe it. An engaged couple were
rummaging through old photos in preparation for their wedding when everything they knew about
their relationship changed. Originally believing that
they first met in their 20s, the couple discovered that their mothers had been friends in high school, and they even found a
photo of the two of them unknowingly meeting for
the first time as babies. The wholesome photo was
displayed on their wedding day proving that they truly
are star-crossed lovers. Number three, the money
shot, on 3rd March 2017, New England-based photographer Ron Risman snapped an incredible
image of some huge waves striking a local
lighthouse during a storm. After uploading it online, a local TV station asked for
permission to use the photo, but it wasn't long until
Risman was accused by viewers of plagiarizing the work of another photographer
named Eric Gendron. After seeing Gendron's identical image, Risman got in contact and discovered that the pair had captured
the exact same millisecond from within a few feet of
each other without knowing. With only the tiniest differences
between the two images, this once in a million coincidence is a total turnout for the history books. Number two, a crappy self-portrait, Koda Inman-Ahlstrom was
out for an afternoon stroll with his girlfriend in a California park when he noticed something
unusual among the autumn leaves. Stopping to pick up the discovery, Inman-Ahlstrom almost
couldn't believe his eyes. An artistic pigeon had pooped a perfect self-portrait on a leaf. After snapping a photo
and saying his goodbyes, Inman-Ahlstrom posted his find on Reddit and was met with the accusations
of suspicious Photoshop. Determined to clear his
name, he returned to the park and sure enough, discovered
the leaf once again. Redditors suggested it
be sent to a museum, while one even offered $1000 for it. But sadly, Mother Nature got in the way, and the portrait turned
moldy and misshapen. The feathered Banksy is
probably still at large today. Number one, Bill Morgan,
at first, Bill Morgan might seem like an incredibly unlucky guy. This Australian truck driver was involved in a brutal collision
which almost killed him. Declaring him clinically
dead for 14 minutes, Morgan cheated death by
miraculously reviving but quickly entered into a coma from which he may never return. After 12 days, just as his family prepared to switch of the machines,
Morgan miraculously awoke. Happy to be alive, he spontaneously proposed
to his girlfriend, got a new job, and bought a scratch card, which won him a new car worth
about $17,000 Australian. Amazed by his incredible luck, a local news station had
him re-enact the moment by completing a scratch card on TV, and the unthinkable happened. Bill Morgan won a $250,000
Australian cash prize live on air, and his
reaction is just priceless. - I just won 250,000. - [Woman] Oh, okay. - [Bill] Sorry, please don't film me. - [Narrator] If you ever
feel down on your luck, just think of the man who
almost lost everything before winning it all. Have you ever experienced a coincidence as spooky or amazing as some of these? Let me know down in the comments below and thanks for watching! (electronic music)
