1. Hitler's rise to power came 129 years after Napoleon's. 129 years after Napoleon's invasion of Russia, so did Hitler; and to complete exactly 129 years after Napoleon's defeat, Hitler was also defeated.

Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte

2. The novel "The Report of Arthur Gordon Pym", published in 1837 by writer Edgar Allan Poe, tells the story of four sinking sailors who need to escape in a small lifeboat. Hunger made them decide on a stick who would be sacrificed to serve as food for others. Young Richard Parker eventually took the smallest toothpick and was killed by his colleagues.

In 1884, almost 50 years after the publication of the work, four crew members survived the sinking of the Mignonette ship and, after losing hope of getting any food, decided to sacrifice a member of the group: the chosen young man was named Richard Parker.

"The Report of Arthur Gordon Pym"

3. In 1893 Henry Ziegland fought with his girlfriend and she committed suicide. Outraged by the tragedy, the girl's brother decided to go to Henry's house to kill him. As soon as he fired the first shot, he regretted the act and took his own life.

However, Henry did not die and the bullet that struck him was lodged in a tree in the garden of his house. Many years later, in 1913, Henry decided to blast the trees in his backyard, and during the blast the bullet in the tree hit him hard in the head, causing his death.

Henry Ziegland's case

4. Twins are said to have a very strong connection and this case seems to prove this: two newborn siblings were adopted by different families. Coincidentally, both were named after James, had dogs named Toy, married women named Linda, and named their children James Allan and James Alan; and, to top it off, both divorced and married women named Betty.

Twins were separated at birth

5. Before actor John Wilkes Booth murdered President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of a play at the Ford Theater, his brother, fellow actor Edwin Booth, saved the life of Robert Todd, son Lincoln, when he was about to fall. over the train tracks in washington.

Murder of Abraham Lincoln

6. Astronomer Danie du Toit was giving a talk about death - and how it can reach anyone at any time - when, at the end of the presentation, he choked on a mint and choked to death.

Danie du Toit choked and died

7. On December 20, 1922, JG Tierney was the first man to die during the construction of the Hoover Dam. Exactly 13 years later, on December 20, 1935, his son, Patrick W. Tierney, was the last man to die in the work.

Hoover Dam

* Posted on 7/18/2016