Cambridge Coincidences Collection

Well I Never!

Professor David Spiegelhalter of Cambridge University wants to know about your coincidences!

Of Chicago and Ibadan

Chicago and Ibadan by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,London,England There are interesting developments between Chicago and Ibadan. Chicago is , capital of Mid- West America,printing capital of America and seat of the world"s first skyscraper and Ibadan, is the capital of South- West Nigeria,Publishing Capital of Nigeria and seat of the first Skyscraper in Tropical Africa. Chicago and Ibadan were both founded in the 19th century Chicago and Ibadan are the third largest cities of the U.S.

Of Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka

<br /> Of Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka,Berlin and Ibadan by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth<br /> There are some strange developments and<br /> coincidences happening between Germany and Nigeria,<br /> particularly as it concerns Albert Einstein and Wole<br /> Soyinka on the hand and Berlin and Ibadan on the<br /> other<br /> .Einstein and Soyinka have both been associated with the unconventional.<br /> Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany a Federal<br /> Republic and Wole Soyinka was born in Ake, Nigeria now<br /> a

Of Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka

<br /> Of Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka,Berlin and Ibadan by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth<br /> There are some strange developments and<br /> coincidences happening between Germany and Nigeria,<br /> particularly as it concerns Albert Einstein and Wole<br /> Soyinka on the hand and Berlin and Ibadan on the<br /> other<br /> .Einstein and Soyinka have both been associated with the unconventional.<br /> Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany a Federal<br /> Republic and Wole Soyinka was born in Ake, Nigeria now<br /> a

Same Birthdays, death & birthday match.

I made friends with woman who shares my same birthday. Two of my friend who live on opposite ends of US and who are not friends themselves had babies on the same day same year. My neighbors son was born on the same day as my father's passing, same day, different years. I also wrote Bach coincidences below. I think some ppl r better at connecting the dots than others and notice coincidences better, like analytical/visual/mathmatical minds.

The Bach Coincidence & Same Names

We had been looking for a house for 6 months. After having deals fall short and being outbid serveral times, we were to the end of our road in finding one but still desperately hoping a new listing would pop up on Trulia (a house searching website). My background is in music and while looking through DVDs at the library I see, Musical Minds. One night I am watching it... it is the part where Oliver Sacks talks about his love for Bach. He is about to go into his MRI when I hear, "look at this new listing". So I go to the computer with the DVD playing in the background.

Same name...

I was boarding a flight to Calgary in Canada and was asked by a confused check in lady if I'd booked two seats under my name (I didn't think that was possible) I replied that I hadn't and I was flying alone... The check in lady next to her was asking the same kind of question to the man next to me... It turned out we shared the same Christian name and surname with the same spelling, although we had differing middle names...

Coincidence or Karma...

... maybe both. In 1970 when I was 10, my best friend and I started collecting coins. My dad knew a man in town that had a really nice collection and got us invited over to take a look and maybe learn more about the hobby. A few days later dad said that Mr. "Smith" found some coins missing and was sure we took them. My father knew my friend and I wouldn't take something that didn't belong to us.

Candy dish

My mother married a real piece of work after my dad died. He loved her money and promised he wouldn't elect against her will. She wasn't dead two hours before he no longer knew me. Because of Ohio's law, one can elect against the will. (Why even have one, Ohio?) he was allowed to live in the house my dad built for one year after my mom's death. When he moved out, he took everything I didn't list by name in her assets. Apparently, 'misc' things such as pots and pans don't exist.

Always be carful who you tell a story about

I was staying with friends on the outskirts of Manchester on a fairly large estate. We went shopping and on the way back were stuck behind a bald headed old gentlemen in a red Avenger doing about 3 miles an hour with no way to pass. After 10 minutes or so he turned off leaving us highly stressed. On arriving back I told Sue about our frustration and the old gentleman in the red Avenger, she turned round and said, Oh so you have met my father then!

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