Your craziest co-incidence?

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I was born in Ireland 13th October 1955 and by a strange coincidence my nearest neighbour was born in Italy on 13th October 1955. Obviously we celebrated our 50th birthday together this year!

My husband was in the lobby of the Hilton, New York when he heard somebody calling him by his christian name! It was a childhood friend!

Not much, however?
 
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Alba Longa said:
I was born in Ireland 13th October 1955 and by a strange coincidence my nearest neighbour was born in Italy on 13th October 1955. Obviously we celebrated our 50th birthday together this year!
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If you have more than 60 neighbours then there is a 99% probability of this happening. See the Birthday Paradox.

I have never experienced any strange coincidences. I have met lots of people who haven't either. Is that a strange coincidence?
 
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I have never experienced any strange coincidences. I have met lots of people who haven't either. Is that a strange coincidence?
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....hey I was just about to write that also...what a co-incidence
 
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ClubMan said:
If you have more than 60 neighbours then there is a 99% probability of this happening. See the Birthday Paradox.
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Except that they also had the same birth year, not just the same birth date.
But it is still much more likely, statistically, than intuition would suggest.
 
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I was sitting in a shack on Flores, Indonesia talking to a guy from Zurich. I told him about my friend who moved to Zurich and was working in the university. Turned out he was working in the office opposite my friend.
 
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Maybe not so much of a co incidence but myself and my partner always seem to be thinking or just about to say the same thing that does not either relate to the conversation we just had or be relevant to anything that day...as in off the wall comments.Another thing that happens to me quite often is when i call a friend or family member they always seem to be engaged because at the exact same tme they are trying to call me!
 
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Sarah said:
Maybe not so much of a co incidence but myself and my partner always seem to be thinking or just about to say the same thing that does not either relate to the conversation we just had or be relevant to anything that day...as in off the wall comments.Another thing that happens to me quite often is when i call a friend or family member they always seem to be engaged because at the exact same tme they are trying to call me!
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I've had the same experience, most of the time its some external stimuli that triggers you to think about something, it could be anything, a TV ad, an overheard conversation etc etc. Two people with the same past experiences may be triggered to think about the same thing in response to an external stimuli. The thing is you dont realise that something triggered you to think about something, usually you pick up this things sub consciously, and therefore when the above scenario happens it seems strange when really there a simple explanation to it.
 
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I went out with a lady for a while in London a few years ago. Broke up, no big deal.

About a year later, started going out with another even nicer lady whom I'd met in completely different circumstances. She however, turned out to be the original ladies flatmate and best friend. Whom I'd obviously never met the first time around.
 
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Year 1981
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament.
4. Pope Died

Year 2005
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament
4. Pope Died

In the future, if Prince Charles decides to remarry . please warn the
Pope!!
 
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Made a very good friend when I was living in Rwanda working for the UN. She and I were there for around two years and socialised a lot together. We were both leaving there at about the same time and agreed to catch up a few months later once we had both settled back home. (She was returning to UK, I to Ireland).

I got home and did the family thing for about two weeks and then decided to take a well deserved but impromtu holiday travelling around Asia. Left in a hurry, told very few people. Was in an airport ladies 'powder' room in Hong Kong when this good friend walked in. We were both speechless, but hardly had a chance to talk because we both had to board flights. I was heading to Vietnam and she was on her way to an impromptu holiday in New Zealand.......

Spooky!
 
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