I thought you might like to read these. I can`t vouch for them all being true but I did think they were interesting.
In 1975, a man riding a moped in Bermuda was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, the man’s brother, riding the very same moped, was killed in the very same way by the very same taxi driven by the very same driver -- and carrying the very same passenger.
Twin brothers Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were separated at birth and adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both were named James, both owned a dog named Toy, both married women named Linda, both had a son they names James Alan, and both eventually divorced and got remarried to a woman named Betty.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and John Adams helped to edit and hone it. The Continental Congress approved the document on July 4, 1776. Both Jefferson and Adams died on July 4, 1826 -- exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
A German mother who photographed her infant son in 1914 left the film to be developed at a store in Strasbourg, but was unable to collect the film picture when World War I broke out. Two years later she bought a film plate in Frankfurt, over 100 miles away, and took a picture of her newborn daughter -- only to find, when developed, the picture of her daughter superimposed on the earlier picture of her son. The original film, never developed, had been mistakenly labeled as unused and resold.
In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead by fellow poker players who accused him of cheating to win a $600 pot. None of the other players were willing to take the now unlucky $600, so they found a new player to take Fallon’s place, who turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. At that point, the police arrived and demanded that the original $600 be given to Fallon’s next of kin -- only to discover that the new player was Fallon’s son, who had not seen his father in seven years.
In the 19th century, the famous horror writer Egdar Allan Poe wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.’
It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.
In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing figure in a young (and, apparently, incredibly careless) mother’s life. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby’s fall was broken and Figlock and the baby were unharmed. A year later, the same baby fell from the same window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.
In 1973, actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in “The Girl From Petrovka”, based on a novel by George Feifer. Unable to find a copy of the book anywhere in London, Hopkins was surprised to discover one lying on a bench in a train station. It turned out to be George Feifer’s own annotated (personal) copy, which Feifer had lent to a friend, and which had been stolen from his friend’s car.
In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant for dinner, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia-Vaglia. When the owner took King Umberto’s order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the striking resemblance between each other and found many more similarities.
2. Both men had been born in the same town.
3. Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
4. The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto was crowned King of Italy.
5. On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the restaurateur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, an anarchist in the crowd then assassinated him.
While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites -- Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly remembered as a child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on the flyleaf found the inscription: “Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was Anne’s very own book.
It`s a miserable, damp day today. We wanted to go out this afternoon just to get some air but we didn`t bother in the end, it was just too wet and where do you go in the rain? Jake had a long walk this morning and somehow he didn`t seem all that keen for another one this afternoon and who could blame him!
This winter we`ve not had many birds in our garden. I filled all the feeders but we`ve hardly had any visitors, just a few starlings, collared doves and magpies and the odd robin. I was very disappointed. On Friday I bought a new feeder that I bought in our shop. It`s bright orange on the top and bottom and is meant to attract the birds and miracle of miracles it worked. Today I was watching blue tits, chaffinches and dunnocks all taking turns at the feeders and I`m so pleased, now I can add other feeders (they have blue and pink ones too!) and hopefully they will tell their friends to come too!
I`ve was busy sorting out cupboards and drawers all morning and I`ve uncovered so much rubbish. I have no idea why I`ve kept this stuff but it`s now been binned and I have more space, hopefully I won`t be filling it with more junk. In the week I`ll be cleaning out the kitchen cupboards, I job I hate but it must be done.
Jim is much, much better now and is busy complaining again, a good sign that he is almost fighting fit...lol! Kerry rang me to tell me that Roman was much better the day after he had the temperature though he had a streaming cold. I talked to him on the phone and he said he was better but had a "runny nose"...lol! I was right about children bouncing back. I still don`t feel right and have a constant headache and was feeling feverish on Thursday night. I know I`m coming down with something and I suspect another cold...sigh.
Last night I woke myself up because I`d bitten my lip but thought no more about it until this morning. I actually have a red bite mark on my bottom lip so I must have been a really hard bite, I won`t be doing that again in a hurry...I hope. 
