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The most CRAZY coincidence ever!

We've all heard of, read about, or witnessed for ourselves huge coincidences in our lifetime, but nothing comes close to this, and I think you'd agree. One is probably more likely to win the lottery or get struck by lightening than find themselves in the same situation as the two gentlemen I'm about to discuss. In 2009, a retired policeman named Geraint Woolford was admitted to Abergale Hospital in North Wales and wound up next to a patient 25 years his senior who was also a retired policeman. Not a huge coincidence, right? But it gets better. It turns out the other policeman had the exact name name -- Geraint Woolford! The men weren't related and had never met before, even though they worked for the same force. What's more, they were the only two people in the United Kingdom named Geraint Woolford! The elder Geraint Woolford, who underwent a hip replacement operation, is a past president of the Conservative Club in his hometown of Llandudno. Meanwhile,...

Would you find this cool or weird?

Mashable.com recently published an article about a guy who made an unexpected find while traveling near Santa Cristina, Italy. It is there that he stumbled upon a familiar sight: the very view that he had set as his picture background on his phone. The picture is of Langkofel and Plattkofel in the Dolomites mountain range in Northeastern Italy. He says he originally set it as his background picture because he was looking for beautiful towns to visit while in Italy. Coincidental, isn't it? I can only imagine the guy's reaction upon beholding the mountains in person: "Hey, that looks familiar..." If you think that's an odd story, you haven't heard about my trip to Walt Disney World one year. I took a plethora of pictures as I always do while on vacation. Upon close inspection of one of the pictures, I noticed that an old friend from elementary school (who lived in the same city as me at the time) appeared in the background!  I didn't even know sh...