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50 Wild Pics Showing Rare Coincidences That Almost Never Happen (New Pics)
Interview With Expert
Do you ever feel that some things are just too impossible to happen? Like winning the lottery more than once or surviving multiple lightning strikes?
And yet, they do. Wayne Murray, for instance, won $10 million on two separate occasions, and Roy Cleveland Sullivan survived being struck by lightning seven times!
There’s even a subreddit, r/nevertellmetheodds, where people share incredible moments like these that make you wonder if fate had a hand in them.
Scroll down to see some of their most fascinating posts, and don’t miss our chat with Márton Balázs, Professor of Probability at the University of Bristol, who explains why these mind-bending events might be more common than you’d think.
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#1
Unexpected Reunion
Panda Kicki 1 year ago
The korean adoption industry is a disgrace. Many of the kids have later been shown to be either stolen or the (often single) mother pressured to give away the baby.
When something extraordinary occurs, you might be tempted to say, just like me, that it must have “happened for a reason.” As in, it feels like there’s some magical force or hidden cause behind it—a series of coincidences that align in ways that seem too perfect to be random.
For instance, have you ever guessed the next song on your shuffled playlist? Or thought about someone just before they called you, making you wonder if there was some kind of telepathic connection between the two of you?
As surprising as these moments are, they’re not supernatural. They can actually be explained by what’s called the ‘Improbability Principle,’ introduced by British statistician David J. Hand. In simple terms, it means that highly unlikely events are pretty common.
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#2
Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav Gets One In A Lifetime Shot Of Meteor By Accident
Bill Swallow 1 year ago
Incoming Martian War Machines, just like back in '53. But this time, they have antibiotics! Keep yer lasers dry!
To dig deeper into these unusual occurrences, Bored Panda got in touch with Márton Balázs, Professor of Probability at the University of Bristol.
“Coincidences are overwhelmingly random,” Balázs told us. But just because they’re random doesn’t mean they’re rare. “As also explained in the Improbability Principle, I believe that remarkable events occur for natural reasons far more often than due to some background common cause that we are unaware of.”
“Once we understand how enough number of trials will eventually bring up even the most unlikely events, we can find calm and reassurance in this knowledge. Which is far better than reaching out to unknown and mystic reasons, isn’t it?”
#3
They Fit Together Perfectly
Gandalf the Pink 1 year ago
8th white mane stripe on the left zebra lands on a black stripe on the right one. Nothing's ever really perfect 😁
#4
Rainbow Deflects Lightning
bas vdlaar 1 year ago
Beautiful but fake. A rainbow is an optical phenomenon, not a physical one.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
On my old phone I've a picture of a lightening strike 🙂 I managed to capture it as I was trying to get back inside from the thunderstorm! But this photo!!! Absolutely beautiful! Mother Nature can wreak havoc yes, after a few storms that caused quite a lot of damage here, but sometimes she really spectacularly shows off! 🙂
“Add to this human psychology,” says Balázs. “Unexpected coincidences are remembered long while everyday’s typical non-coincidences are not even recorded by the brain. Who cares about the thousands and thousands of telephone numbers I saw that don’t have my birthday in it? I will only notice the one that does.”
#5
Lightning Hit Photographed At The Right Moment, By Debbie P
Jihana 1 year ago
Same happened to the husband of a friend. I live in a house with 27 floors, and some years ago it was struck by a lightning. It was unbelievably loud. Some days later I told a friend that the house was struck by lightning and she said she knew already. She lives a few km away, and her husband took a picture of something, and the house was in the background. He didn't even realise that there was a lighting, only when he looked at the picture on his computer later.
Owen 1 year ago
If a house has 27 floors, it's not a house anymore. You live in a magical wizard's tower.
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GamerChick5567 1 year ago
Lightning hit a tree about 3 blocks up in one of the yards at an older house in my neighborhood. The tree had completely exploded, blew out the window in that house, and it rained leaves and chunks all the way at my house. I was sitting on the front porch watching the storm while it happened. It was crazy loud!
#6
This Picture Of A Blackbird Catching A Ride On An Osprey’s Stick In Michigan By Jocelyn Anderson
Khloieo 1 year ago
This is so true! I can’t remember how many times I had to take my sister to sports events
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Mark Rudolph 1 year ago
Now the blackbird doesn't have to work as hard to harass the osprey away from its territory.
It’s worth noting that the Improbability Principle isn’t just a single rule. As David J. Hand explains, it’s actually a set of laws—kind of like Newton’s laws of motion or the laws of thermodynamics. But in this case, there are five.
The first is the Law of Inevitability, which says that one of the set of all possible outcomes has to happen. For instance, if you roll a die, it’s inevitable that it will land on one of the numbers between one and six.
#7
Actor Sean Astin Photo Bombing Me In ‘93 At D.c. Inaugural Ball And Again 26 Yrs Later At Disneyland
Eduardo Kraszczuk 1 year ago
1. I think he has a crush on you. 2. My God, you look beautiful on the second photo. Now I have a crush on you. :D
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
His dad is John Astin, aka Gomez Addams.
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I'm.Just.A.Girl 1 year ago
Humor aside, she doesn't look much older in the picture 26 yrs later. Damn her skin is flawless. Beautiful .
#8
A Fish Jumps Right In Front Of The Camera And Creates Funny Picture
#9
Dragonfly Ate A Mosquito That Was About To Bite
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
It's probably a female, so it serves her right.
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whiterabbit 1 year ago
Summer is about over where I live so I take the kayak out last Friday one last time. I see a dragonfly stuck in the water and missing a wing. I pick it up and set it on my cooler hoping it'd dry. She ended up drying off after a long while, I had to gently blow on her to get her wings separated, but she wasn't moving, I thought maybe she couldn't fly missing the wing so I put her on a branch next to the water. After a while I decided to head home so I checked the branch one last time and she was gone, I figured a bird got her. I went to get back in the kayak and this dragon fly lands right on my hand, it's the same one with the missing wing. I just stood there holding her talking to her for a solid half hour and just as I was about to go set her back on the branch so I could leave she flew to the branch herself. It was an amazing end to the kayaking season.
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
Have you seen the video of the woman who put an artificial dragonfly on a clear rod on her hat to repel mosquitos? She swears it was very effective.
Jumping Jellyfishes 1 year ago
Yep! Found that out when I was kid trying to get a dragonfly to crawl onto my finger. Got nipped by it.
Load More Replies... The Law of Inevitability can pop up in other surprising ways too. Take the famous “birthday problem.”
How many people do you think need to be in a room before it’s more likely than not that two of them were born on the same day?
The answer is surprisingly low—just 23 people. With a group of 30, the odds increase to around 70%. And in a large gathering, like a conference with 1,000 attendees, it’s certain that at least two people will have the same birthday.
#10
In Palermo (Italy), A Citizen Went To The Police Station To Return A Credit Card Found On The Street. Within Minutes The Policemen Were Able To Trace The Identity Of The Card Holder: Harrison Ford
Dudley2348 1 year ago
Enhance 57 to 19, track 45 left, stop, enhance 15 to 23, give me a hard copy right there.
Laurie Farless 1 year ago
Niiice! In the states there might have been $1000 of charges put on it in that short time :(
#11
3 Generation Of Twins
Adam Jeff 1 year ago
Of three consecutive generations having identical twins: about 1 in 15 million. But I'm not sure that's what is shown here, otherwise there should be 4 young men and 8 babies, no?
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Tuuli Siljamaki 1 year ago
My mother is a twin, I am a twin and my daughters are twins. Also my grandfather was a twin, but his twin died as a baby.
Carla Phillips 1 year ago
I would reason that the gentleman sitting down are twin brothers. Then the child of one of those gentleman had twins, resulting in the two fellas in the back. Then one of those two fellas is the father of the two bouncing baby boys. So one of the elderly men is a grandpa and a great grandpa, and one is a great uncle and a great, great uncle. One of the young men in the back is the father of the baby boys, while the other is an uncle. That's what my mind says. But who knows with this old thing
Shinebright 1 year ago
Which older guy is the grandfather. Being he’s the uncle to one of the men
Lois Matelan 1 year ago
Wait, please. If the grandfathers are twins, which of them fathered the twin young men, and which of THEM fathered the babies? Or are the young men first cousins and the babies second cousins?
#12
Looks Like He Is Breathing Fire On A Sunset
Tempest 1 year ago
“Wat Samphran is the mystical, awe inspiring Dragon Temple located just outside of Bangkok city. The pink buddhist temple is one of the best things you can do during your time in Thailand’s capital“ (I was curious about where this is so I Googled it for us all)
Id row 1 year ago
Why aren't more structures built like this? I'd love to see apartment buildings with dragons or serpents wrapped around them.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
Decorations cost money. Most developers/builders don’t want to spend money on whimsy.
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Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
every time I see this I just think of the inside of the dragon being hollow and being a giant helter skelter.
TiNaBoNiNa 1 year ago
Had to Google that. In the US, we call them twisty slides.
Load More Replies... Owen 1 year ago
Just found the ideal home. I would just live in the little building on top and all the floors would be rent free for friends.
Lotekguy 1 year ago
I thought the building was Ai until I Googled it. Truly remarkable with or without the serendipitous sunset.
There are plenty of other things we assume are rare, yet happen far more often than we realize. It would be hard to list them all, but one of Márton Balázs’s favorite examples involves something as simple as flipping a coin.
Hungarian mathematician Pál Révész once asked students to either record the outcome of 200 coin tosses or, without flipping, to write down a sequence of Heads and Tails they thought would look realistic.
Not knowing which way each student went, Révész could tell who had “faked” their results. Why? Nearly everyone who made up the sequence on their own avoided including five or more consecutive Heads.
“It just feels so unlikely, totally unreal,” says Balázs. “But this is actually quite common with 200 coinflips; even runs of length eight or more occur at least once with a reasonable chance.”
#13
Kummakivi Is A 500 000 Kg Rock In Finland That Has Been Balancing On Top Of Another Rock For 11 000 Years
quentariel 1 year ago (edited)
You can actually push it with full might and it still won't move, it weights more than I can count to. Also I love how the area never "touristified" so the forest around it is just in it's natural state and paths around have stayed small. Besides some informative sign posts and the stones it's just piece of completely normal Finnish forest.
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Panda Kicki 1 year ago
We have a similar but smaller nearby here in Sweden. You can climb it or try to boop all you want, it is extremely heavy and dont move at all.
Bored Trash Panda 1 year ago
Right, my luck, I'm standing under the day it finally falls over.
Load More Replies... Joshua David 1 year ago
In America 10 morons would've already shown up try to teeter it right off there.
Senjo Krane 1 year ago
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=matopos+hills&form=HDRSC3&first=1 thats nothing - check this out.
#14
Our Family Photo Taken With A Disposable Camera On July 4th, 2001 In Bishop, CA. We’ll Never Get A Better Christmas Card
GamerChick5567 1 year ago
Bishop is a great place to stop. The city park is a perfect break on the 395.
#15
Eagles On The Seattle Waterfront
Cool crow 1 year ago
Fifty years ago, it was rare to see bald eagles anywhere in North America because of the effects of DDT pesticide. Look how well they've recovered since it was banned! What we can accomplish when we want to.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
When I was in high school, the only place you’d ever see an Egret was when they were nesting at the Audubon Ranch refuge on the Northern California coast. They were hunted to near extinction for their feathers, used as hat plumes. Now they’re everywhere.
Load More Replies... Dudley2348 1 year ago
Eagle left: Who is gonna make it? Eagle right: We'll find out in the long run.
Another of the Improbability Principle’s five laws is the Law of Truly Large Numbers, which states that even the tiniest chance of something happening becomes almost certain if you give it enough opportunities.
For instance, if you randomly generate a string of eight digits, you’d be shocked if it matched your birth date.
“But if you look through the infinite number of seemingly random digits in the decimal expansion of the mathematical constant pi, you will find your birth date eventually,” says Hand. “For example, my birth date, 30 June 1950—30061950—starts at digit 190,652.”
#16
What A Day To Be Drafted Into WWI
#17
Thought I Was Out Of Tums
#18
Tree Split, Fell, And Straddled A Car
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Too late, they used up all their luck with this!
Load More Replies... Manic Mama 1 year ago
Send a copy of the picture to your insurance company & tell them that God wants them to give you a discount!
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Whoever owns that car should prolly go buy a lottery ticket or twelve. Wow
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Why? Looks like they might have used up all their luck.
Load More Replies... The third law, the Law of Selection, says that we can make events as likely as we want by choosing after the fact. For example, you can guarantee that the next roll of a die will be no higher than the last if you only consider rolls that show a six.
The next law, the Law of the Probability Lever, shows that small changes in circumstances can drastically alter the odds. A well-known case of this is the “black swan” phenomenon in the financial world, where extreme events like market crashes are difficult to predict due to their unexpected nature.
#19
There's A Very Small Chance That A Roll Cloud Can Turn Into A Spherical Cloud, This One Was Observed In Japan 2016
#20
Dude Meets Keanu Reeves 3 Years Apart, But Keanu Wears The Same Shirt
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
Aren’t they both wearing Dog Star lammies? I mean, chances of nearing him twice at his own show are good. The t-shirt thing is a little less likely yet not extraordinary.
Ben Sellenriek 1 year ago
Keanu still even then does not touch people when he puts his arms around them.
Cydney Golden 1 year ago
A few celebs own a lot of the same clothing so their photos by paparazzi aren't worth as much. Can't date them...
Su Boddie 1 year ago
What's the big deal? I have a set of T-shirts I've been wearing since 2024. It just means that he takes care of his wardrobe.
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
Wearing since 2024? That would make them practically new.
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Crouching hippo hidden panda 1 year ago
He doesn’t look so happy about it the second time round
#21
The Man Who Angered Thor
Skogsrået 1 year ago
I would say lucky if god is trying to kill him but he's still alive.
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Mel Colley 1 year ago
Unfortunately, he later committed suicide due to a break up. If lightening won't kill you, love will
Robert Cosgrove 1 year ago
Lucky man. Fighting off a bear is hard enough but when it's armed with a tree branch..
Schmebulock 1 year ago
I don't think he was struck directly in any of these, but dude should have learned his lesson after the first couple of times.
The final law, the Law of Near Enough, says that if you broaden your definition of what counts as a coincidence, you can make it as likely as you want. “There’s a one in 365 chance that my birthday is on the same date as that of a randomly chosen reader,” says Hand. “But a one in 52 chance that it’s in the same week. And a one in 12 chance that it’s in the same month.”
#22
My Egg Perfectly Inverted Itself
Widdershins66 1 year ago
Looks like the yolk on the left egg has broken and a large air bubble has developed 🍳
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#23
Lightning Struck A Vent And Traveled Up Into A Toilet During A Thunderstorm
Sand Ers 1 year ago
Better than being hit by the toilet seat from a space station.
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#24
Grand Rapids, Mich.–Ben Carpenter Got The Ride Of A Lifetime When His Electric Wheelchair Became Lodged In The Grille Of A Semi-Trailer And Was Accidentally Pushed Down A Highway For Several Kilometres At About 80 Km/H And Survived Uninjured
Lou Cam 1 year ago
Saw this happen with a mini Cooper (the old 1960's ones) and a big truck at a junction whilst we were alongside. The truck driver didn't even register he'd hit anything and travelled on for nearly a mile until my Dad's furious beeping and flashing of headlights got him to pull over. The driver was about to start something with my Dad for messing him around when he discovered his unintended passenger stuck to his grill. The poor old guy in the mini was just making a strange mooing sound having damaged his voice box from all the screaming. The paramedics declared him physically fine but he looked mentally in some distress.
Dick Fint 1 year ago
Never mind did he stop screaming, how many weeks did it take him to finish wiping his butt?
Mike F 1 year ago
Bet he had to toss his underwear after that extravaganza.
Load More Replies... María Hermida 1 year ago
Was he "driving" his wheelchair along the highway???? It's very strange. Was he on the road?
TiNaBoNiNa 1 year ago
He was crossing at a cross walk in front of a semi truck when the light turned green and the truck proceeded forward.
Load More Replies... tee-lena 1 year ago
All jokes aside this terrifies me. I'm in an electric wheelchair. I literally cannot tell you how many times I've either been hit or almost hit. Folks aren't paying attention and it's terrifying.
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RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
He could star in a commercial for the wheelchair brand! 🦼🚚
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 1 year ago
How?! What was an electric wheelchair doing on the highway?! How did the trucker not see him?! I have so many questions
TiNaBoNiNa 1 year ago (edited)
He was crossing at an intersection and didn't make it all the way when the light turned green. The much taller truck didn't see him and proceeded forward, turning the chair and get the handles stuck in the grille.
Load More Replies...Probability is a fun area of mathematics, but it’s not always easy to grasp, which is why it often leaves people puzzled. For instance, many confuse probability with possibility.
Some might say there’s a 50/50 chance of waking up to $30 million on your bed, but that’s not accurate. Possibility means something can happen, but doesn’t predict if it will. So, while it’s possible to wake up a millionaire, it’s not probable. Probability means something is both possible and likely to happen.
#25
Snorkeller Finds Lost Wedding Ring Wrapped Around A Mullet Fish Off Of Norfolk Island
badmotorfinger 1 year ago
Especially since all the other mullet fish ostracize it for being a fancy pants.
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ManuelQue 1 year ago
I couldn't find any more details except that the wedding band made it back to the original owner. I hope the fish survived.
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
Somehow, I doubt it. Unless the ring owner specifically requested it.
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This Is William West And William West And They Are The Reason Fingerprints Were Created To Find Criminals Because They Were Not Related At All, Shared The Same Exact Name And Looked Identical To One Another
Skogsrået 1 year ago
They don't look identical on the pictures from the side. Atleast not to me.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
They look similar enough if you're a white police officer during Jim Crow.
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El Dee 1 year ago
Not identical BUT that's easy to say when they're side by side. For a witness who saw the actual criminal for only a moment and who was presented with a similar looking man of the same name I can understand how this happened. Throw some racism into it and he didn't stand a chance..
Ace 1 year ago (edited)
"fingerprints were created". Right. Yes, OK, we know what you mean, but in fact the practice of using fingerprints for identification started in India (then under British rule) in the 1890s, was then adopted by Scotland Yard who set up their first fingerprint bureau in 1901, an idea that was then adopted by NYPD a couple of years later in 1903, which is when these photos were taken.
Adam Jeff 1 year ago
Incredibly, there is also some evidence that fingerprinting was used in ancient Babylonia and in China more than a thousand years ago.
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WindySwede 1 year ago
Before we had no fingerprints, it was the first genetic modification ever made.. 🙃 (/jk)
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Lou Cam 1 year ago
I think this was before genetic testing though so they could have shared a close ancestor to give same facial similarities. My Dad knew someone at work who looked so much like him that people mixed them up all the time. No known shared family on paper but decades later an ancestry test comes up as this guy being his half brother. Tsk tsk grandad!
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago
There's a pretty decent episode of forensic files about this case. Iirc, the only reason they figured it out was because the other William West was already incarcerated at the same prison.
Tessa T 1 year ago
They are wearing the same clothes and have the same items behind them bottom right corner.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Typically mugshots are taken in a prisoner uniform and in the same part of the jail, with all criminals. These look the same because they're mugshots.
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#27
Glasses Falling While Mountain Climbing, Getting Clicked At The Exact Moment
Ashlie Ann 1 year ago
Without the glasses, and not able to see correctly, they could be next. 😳
“If the above wouldn’t be enough, humans are also rather bad with independence,” says Balázs. “A friend once told me when cycling, ‘This month I already had two nails in my tyre. I’m sure this will stop now, I've had enough bad luck.’”
“Well, for such a scenario we have this highly accurate and beautiful model called the Poisson process, and it tells us that past nails bear no information whatsoever for future punctures.”
“The chance my friend will have another one in his tyre tomorrow is the same whether he already had 0, 1, 2, or any number of nails this month. I find this yet another fascinating fact of the world around us, and only wish more people would think the same!”
Say what you will about math—it might be tricky, but it sure knows how to blow your mind in the coolest ways.
#28
How This Pilot’s Plane Took A Hit
Premislaus de Colo 1 year ago
Lt. Edwin “Lucky” Wright, belive it or not he was 19 yo at the time the picture was taken
Dusty's mom 1 year ago
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - affectionately known as "the Jug". When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to 8 tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war. The Thunderbolt was effective as a short- to medium-range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and ground attack in both the European and Pacific theaters. - Wikipedia
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I never realized how similar the P-47 and the F6F Hellcat were until I stood in front of them.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
The picture is from the Smithsonian and says the round came from a Flak37 fired from behind during an attack run by the P-47 Thunderbolt.
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Aaaand he is standing way too close to that propeller. Unless you're a mechanic working on the plane, never, ever get close enough to a propeller for it to touch you, even on a plane that is obviously not running.
#29
Almost Died This Morning On The Highway. Bounced From The Left Lane Up In The Air And Impaled My Windshield
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
Today I passed by a van that had unsecured I-beams in its cargo area... Doors open, going 60 miles on the motorway. I do hope he was clocked by at least one dashcam, and he/his company gets issued a serious traffic ticket for that very stupid and potentially fatal action.
Tasha Wöbke 1 year ago
When I got to work one day years ago, a colleague was very distressed. On her drive on the motorway a large tree log had come loose from a truck, she swerved into the lay-by and dodged it saved herself any damage to the car and possible fatal accident. She was very shaken up and I didn’t blame her. She left her car there and got the train home that night
Ashlie Ann 1 year ago
That's why it's said, live each day as though it's your last, because one day, it will be.
#30
In 1943, Ball Turret Gunner Alan Magee’s B-17 Bomber Was Hit By Flak And Began To Spin Out Of Control. He Fell Over Four Miles Without A Parachute Before Crashing Through The Glass Roof Of A Railroad Station. He Survived The Fall And Lived To Age 84
#31
Perfectly Placed Web
#32
I Captured This Shot Of A Sandhill Crane At The Exat Moment It Was Perpendicular To Me, So You Can See Straight Through Its Nostrils
WalterWhiteSavannah 1 year ago
The Rob zombie of sand hill cranes (Rob zombie burned out his septum doing massive amounts of cocaine). Also those birds are so awesome. I had to walk through a bunch with my buddies kid, who was about 6 at the time, and he was much smaller than the cranes.
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
Owls' ears are connected to an area behind the eyes, and apparently, if you look through an owl's ear, you can see the back of its eyeballs.
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
If you catch the light just right, you can see through a crested gecko's head (throat) via their ears.
#33
Soldier Survives After 15,000 Ft Fall As Parachute Fails To Open Correctly In Us
Littlemiss 1 year ago
Happily washing dishes? I've never heard of such a strange phenomenon 🤣
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Insomniac 1 year ago
My mother: "why aren't you out there looking for a man? He's not just going to fall out of the sky, you know!"
SweetCheesySpaghetti 1 year ago
In upstate NY in the early 2000s, a man with a video camera joined a group of skydivers on a flight to make a documentary for a class. He would not be skydiving, so he was not given a parachute. Unfortunately, the story regarding his class was a ruse. The man jumped out of the plane, plummeting into the roof of a house. He did not survive.
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
"So how have you been this week, Mrs. Smith?" "Well, Wednesday was a bit hectic.I was in the kitchen, washing the dishes, and a soldier fell through the roof." "A... soldier... your...roof..." "Yes, a British soldier whose parachute failed after jumping from a plane!" "In California. Through the roof. From a plane. Mrs. Smith... we've been through this before, but are you sure you've been taking all of your medicines every day?"
#34
Was Eating Orange Slices Until I Found Half Yellow And Half Orange Ones. Very Cool
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
Reminds me of this guy I saw getting his A$$ whooped in a debate last night.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
Growing up, we had a lemon and orange tree entwined to each other. Produced the sweetest lemons and most sour oranges to eat.
#35
This Sign Post Was Launched Into The Side Of My Apartment After A Drunk Driving Accident On My Street
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
This reminds me of an accident that happened in my local area a few days ago. Somehow a guy lost control of his full size work van and ended up with the front end of it, inside almost the second story of a house. I wish I knew how to add pics on here but the entire rest of the van almost looks as if it climbed up the side of the house, with it being suspended in the air with just the front end and front tires embedded into the wall. It caught fire immediately but a neighbor got the man out right away and the house was unoccupied/under renovation, but the force of the crash moved the house at least a foot off its foundation. I heard that it could have been a medical episode and the van veered off the road into a neighbors yard which was at a different grade/level and they went thru railroad ties and launched into the house. I believe he had minor injuries, considering.
#36
Truck Goes Over Bridge, Is Saved By Safety Chains Hooked Up To RV
Hey! 1 year ago
It's not like he wanted to have his stuff thrown out, you know?
Load More Replies... Rigor Moreno 1 year ago
That helping Dude on the rock is in danger too. Stones are starting to loosen and fall. This is heart racing!
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
If the truck had gone over just a few feet further down, the person standing on the rock next to truck, would either not be able to reach them that way or would had stood on some not very stable looking stone.
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
Believe it or not, but I only saw the guy on the rock after a good 10 minutes. It was only reading your comment that made me realise there was a person there at all! 🤓
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Brian Garcia 1 year ago
Was wondering the same thing...first thought it's the bridge out of Twin over the Snake?
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#37
It's The Only Logical Explanation
Sunny Day 1 year ago
Or at least give the other customers an advance warning.
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RosaTheWitch 1 year ago (edited)
A plane would probably lose an engine, and it would plummet through his roof. And he'd survive. (Yes, I was picturing the scene from 'Donnie Darko', but with a marginally happier ending...)
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#38
I’ll Never Kick A Ball Higher In My Life
Arthur Waite 1 year ago
Nice windy day, it'll appear in someone's backyard.
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#39
These Horrible Injuries Are One Heck Of A Coincidence
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I remember when Theismann's leg was broken. It was so painful to watch and the networks kept replaying the tackle by LT. I lived on campus at my University and you knew who was watching the game by the screams everyone made watching it over and over. #HTTR
Linda R 1 year ago
Me, too. I wasn't really watching the game (my husband was), and I happened to walk in the room right when it happened. It was indeed painful to watch!
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 1 year ago
For those of you who have never seen Joe thiesmans injury don’t watch it. It’s really hard to watch.
Mark Rudolph 1 year ago
When Theisman went down, it was particularly hard for me to see. Before there had even been a replay and analysis of the injury, I said to my brother that he just shattered his leg. The reason I knew was that I had suffered a similar injury a few years earlier, but mine was due to a gruesome foul in a soccer match. My brain immediately matched where his leg went with where mine had gone. Even today, just the memory of having watched that makes me recoil.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Todays lesson is if the redskins are playing on the 18th of November, call in sick
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
We do but you have to remember that when Theismann's injury happened, we weren't as conditioned to football injuries as we are nowadays. Rarely was an accident replayed over and over and over and from all angles back then.
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Conjoined Eggs
Skogsrået 1 year ago
Looks like the "inside" of the kinder egg, the plastic container that holds the suprise toy.
Leigh 1 year ago
I was shell shocked when my hen laid an egg double the normal size! It must have hurt that poor hen!
#41
Someone Parked Underground With Their Sunroof Open And A Pipe Burst Above Them
Skogsrået 1 year ago
Why would you leave your sunroof open unless you want someone to break into your car?
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
You do it when you _don't_ want someone to break in.
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#42
Found A Dog Toy That Is A Less-Spooky-Version Of My Husband’s Tattoo
Ace 1 year ago
I'd much prefer a real ice cream, and I don't want to be Frank either ;-)
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
Interesting with the freshly shaved tattoo area they happened to find that toy right after he got it done. I hate fake captions and photo set ups.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
His ankle. It's the Husband who has the tattoo
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#43
Stray Bullet Hit My Door Handle
Pernille 1 year ago
You are probably right, but it could be in someone's garden in France during hunting season. Here we have a lot of old, drunk geezers mistaking people, cars, and dogs for wildlife.
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Chelsea McKee 1 year ago
Do we really need guns? There are other weapons such as mace, billy clubs, stun guns, and brass knuckles.
#44
Was Swiping At The Dispensary When I Looked Up And Saw The Girl I Was About To Swipe On
Jeff Gabrisl 1 year ago
I may have posted this before, but I met the woman who I plan to marry because she was on tinder at the same time I was. The crazy part is that I live close to the airport, and she was waiting to board her plane home. She was 5 miles away when I swiped on her profile, and then she was 2250 miles away. She was the only real person who matched with me. It's been 5 years since we matched on tinder and we're completely in love with each other despite the difficulties of navigating a long distance relationship. She comes to visit every year and stays for months at a time. We're perfect together and even though we do occasionally have a problem, we're always able to work together to work things out. but my favorite coincidence is that my tinder profile was titled "I'm a Shrek, looking for my Fiona”, and her middle name just happens to be Fiona.
Pam McDougall 1 year ago
"The girl I was about to swipe on" What are you trying to say, your post is meaningless.
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
Dating apps. On your phone screen, you're shown potential 'matches', and you swipe one way to dismiss, and the other to show an interest.
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RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
(Copied from my comment elsewhere in the thread.) Dating apps. On your phone screen, you're shown potential 'matches', and you swipe one way to dismiss, and the other to show an interest.
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#45
I Got Summoned To State And Federal Jury Duty On The Same Day
Full of Giggles 1 year ago
One of my employees received a jury summons for her own trial (she was the plaintiff).
john doe 1 year ago
Not how jury summons works, you are put an a pool for upcoming trials and selected for those trials based on you already being in a jury pool, she couldn't have known it was for her trial.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
Respond to the Federal summons saying you can't do it because you've already been called for State jury duty. Then, do the same for the state.
JoNo 1 year ago
I'm someone who would like to be called for jury duty but never has been, yet this person is summoned twice for the same day?
Debby Keir 1 year ago
Been summoned twice. First time I was 'exempt' due to my job, second time, I had moved elsewhere over a year before (and was on the voter register in the new place) but somehow hadn't been removed from the register in the old place. (however, the jury summons WAS sent to my new address) Never served as a juror.
John Nelson 1 year ago
For some reason I get about 5x jury summons than my wife. Got exempted from being called for 2 years after being picked for a major murder trial. The very day the exemption expired, got a jury summons. Why can't I do as well in the Lotto? lol
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
I've been called for Jury Duty twice. First time I wasn't needed in the end. They apparently changed their plea to Guilty. Second time though? 😄 I was in hospital with Covid, Spinal Bruising etc and was already taking on the court case against my violent ex. That did make me weirdly laugh! I'd already phoned the courts when I got the summons to appear at court in the case against my ex to tell them that I'm in hospital soooo you'd think they'd know I can't make Jury Duty! 😄
Panda Pandemic 1 year ago
How would they have anyway of knowing you're in the hospital?
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Luckily For The People In The Truck, Their Search For A Lawyer Is Over Before It Began
Michelle H 1 year ago
In Chicago their jingle is..."Lerner and Rowe is the lawyer for you call two, two, two twenty two twenty two". I always wonder how they got that number.
TiNaBoNiNa 1 year ago
Businesses can request certain numbers. I don't know if they have to pay a fee for it, though.
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Right? Pretty sure the bus is not the one a fault here
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#47
A Customer Managed To Grab This Plush In Our Claw Machine Today, And This Is What Happened When It Went To Drop Down The Shoot
𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊 (𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢) 1 year ago
Reach up through the slot and give it a yank. The walls are designed so you can’t steal the toys, but you can grab it if it’s already hanging down.
InfiniteZeek 1 year ago
Or just call someone who works there to get it out for you.
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Getting A Speeding Ticket On Your Towed Car
ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago (edited)
Shouldn't the tow truck be the one getting a speeding ticket?
#49
Pigeon Perfectly Photobombs GF
#50
Bird Nearly Pooped On My Niece
Debby Keir 1 year ago
A seagull pooped on me once, and it went between my eye and my glasses. Very sore....
RosaTheWitch 1 year ago
I had a seagull hit the bullseye when I was a kid. It managed to cr*p right in the middle of the top of my head. I hate seagulls.
Load More Replies... Eileen Schwab 1 year ago
Close one. Good thing it wasn't a hawk, it would've overlapped on both sides
#51
Well, He Didn't
#52
Don't Ask How, I Don't Know
#53
Coworker Pointed Out My Gloves Have Stitch Graphic In The Exact Same Spot I Actually Have Stitches
arthbach 1 year ago
A friend fell at the weekend, and has managed to acquire a huge black eye. Well, purple eye. She decided to co-ordinate her clothing with the eye colour. She will continue until it all fades away.
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#54
Bird Flew At Precisely The Right Height And Velocity To Successfully [poop] Inside My Car Through My Open Window While I Sat In Line At A Drive Thru. Almost A Bullseye On The Trip Button
![Bird Flew At Precisely The Right Height And Velocity To Successfully [poop] Inside My Car Through My Open Window While I Sat In Line At A Drive Thru. Almost A Bullseye On The Trip Button](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/662d4293b919c_upuaol2l35x61__700.jpg "Bird Flew At Precisely The Right Height And Velocity To Successfully [poop] Inside My Car Through My Open Window While I Sat In Line At A Drive Thru. Almost A Bullseye On The Trip Button")
#55
My Dad Running Into Jerry Springer At The Airport & Then Running Into Each Other At A Verizon Store The Next Day (Pre-Covid)
#56
Perfect Ladder Dollar Bill!
Amber White 1 year ago (edited)
Look at the numbers. ;) So a perfect ladder dollar bill is a dollar bill with a serial number that is either ascending or descending in order.
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#57
Both Philly Teams Are Tied Up With With Houston Teams, As They Play At The Same Time
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
graphic is real confusing for non-Americans. Philadelphia Eagles (top left) and Houston Texans (top right) are tied at 7 in a Thursday Night Football game playing American football in the NFL. At the same time, The Houston Astros (bottom left) are tied with the Philadelphia Phillies (bottom right) at 1. They're playing in the World Series, which is the championship series for baseball in the MLB. Actually pretty crazy that both teams are playing at the same time since TNF is just one game per week and the World Series is a big deal.
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