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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 2 · Written in the stars
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misslily Halley's Comet and Mark Twain

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Oddly Aligned

misslily Oddly Aligned

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misslily Edgar Allan Poe's shipwrecked cabin boy

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misslily The wreck of the Titan

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misslily Riding on a comet— (Halley's in the sky!) / Born and died when it flew by— (Oh, yeah!)

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Halley's Comet and Mark Twain

misslily Halley's Comet and Mark Twain

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Fun Fact

Titanic prediction: Morgan Robertson's fictional Titan ship carried 3,000 passengers, remarkably close to the real Titanic's capacity of 3,500.

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Edgar Allan Poe's shipwrecked cabin boy

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Glossary
comet (noun)
An icy celestial body that releases gas and dust, forming a tail when orbiting near the sun. Author Mark Twain was born in 1835 and died in 1910, both coinciding with Halley's Comet's appearance.

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Quiz

What is the title of Morgan Robertson's 1898 novella that predicted the sinking of the Titanic?

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Gossip

Which literary prediction do you think is the most inexplicable?

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Quiz

Which famous astronomical object is tied to both the birth and death of author Mark Twain?

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Quiz

What was the name of the cabin boy in both Edgar Allan Poe's novel and the real 1884 shipwreck?

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Quiz

In what year was Samuel Clemens, famously known as Mark Twain, born?

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Quiz

What was the name of the fictional ocean liner in Morgan Robertson's 1898 book?

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Quiz

In what month did both the fictional ship Titan and the real Titanic strike an iceberg?

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Quiz

Which actor found a lost copy of 'The Girl from Petrovka' that belonged to the author?

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Quiz

Who wrote the novel 'The Girl from Petrovka' which was later found on a park bench?

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