Surprising Coincidences and Luck Facts

In 1954, a man was struck by a meteorite while in his living room, making him the only confirmed person to ever be directly hit by one.

In 2004, a South African woman won the lottery twice in one day, a likelihood of around one in 17 trillion.

The odds of shuffling a deck of cards into perfect sequential order are approximately one in 10 to the power of 68.

In 1965, twins in Ohio both died of heart attacks on the same day despite living 40 miles apart.

In 1895, the only collision involving two cars in the state of Ohio happened because the roads were mostly empty, making the crash a bizarre coincidence.

In 1920, three strangers on a train in Peru discovered they were all named Juan Valdez, an improbable coincidence given the name's rarity in the region.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong and aviator Charles Lindbergh were born 59 years apart to the day, both pioneers in their respective fields.