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The Novel That Predicted the Titanic—14 Years Before It Sank
Unbelievable Coincidences

The Novel That Predicted the Titanic—14 Years Before It Sank

In 1898, author Morgan Robertson published a novella about an 'unsinkable' ship called the Titan that struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic. Fourteen years later, the Titanic did exactly that. The coincidences are so specific they seem impossible.

Dead Candidates, Live Elections: America's Accidental Posthumous Victories
Strange Historical Events

Dead Candidates, Live Elections: America's Accidental Posthumous Victories

In 2000, Missouri voters elected a dead man to the US Senate. It wasn't a glitch. It wasn't fraud. It was perfectly legal. Welcome to the strange corners of American electoral law.