History's greatest coincidences

Chapter 1

Cosmic twins of history

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Chapter 2

Written in the stars

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Chapter 3

Luck of the battlefield

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Chapter 4

The science of serendipity

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Master of History's greatest coincidences

Ch 3 · Luck of the battlefield

misslily The unsinkable Violet Jessop

misslily The first and last of World War I

Lucky Shots of History

misslily Lucky Shots of History

misslily The double atomic bomb survivor

misslily Bull Run in his yard, / fighting long and hard, / signed in his parlor!

The bullet that waited twenty years

misslily The bullet that waited twenty years

Fun Fact

Double survivor: Tsutomu Yamaguchi lived to the age of 93, passing away in 2010 after living a long, full life.

The first and last of World War I

misslily The first and last of World War I

Glossary

cigar (noun)
A cylinder of tobacco leaves rolled for smoking. In September 1862, Union soldiers discovered a copy of General Lee's military plans wrapped around three cigars.

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In which European country are the first and last British WWI soldiers buried?

Gossip

Who had the most mind-bending survival story in history?

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What is the distance between the graves of the first and last British WWI soldiers in Belgium?

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In which Japanese city was Tsutomu Yamaguchi when he survived the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945?

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In what year did the United States drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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Which sister ship of the Titanic did Violet Jessop survive the sinking of in 1916?

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How old was double atomic bomb survivor Tsutomu Yamaguchi when he passed away in 2010?

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Which famous ocean liner's sinking did stewardess Violet Jessop survive in April 1912?

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Where did the bullet that eventually killed Henry Ziegland in 1913 spend twenty years lodged?