Working with Texts – Coincidence

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King Umberto I's double

In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I, went to a small restaurant for dinner. 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 resemblances between each other and found many more similarities. a) Both men were born on the same day, of the same year, (14th March, 1844). b) Both men had been born in the same town. c) Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita. d) The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto was crowned King of Italy. e) 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, he was then assassinated by an anarchist in the crowd.

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The 21st, a bad day for King Louis XVI

When King Louis XVI of France was a child, he was

warned by an astrologer to always be on his guard on

the 21st day of each month. Louis was so terrified by

this that he never did business on this day.

Unfortunately Louis was not always on his guard. On

21st June 1791, following the French revolution, Louis

and his queen were arrested in Varennes, whilst trying

to escape France. On 21st September 1791, France

abolished the institution of Royalty and proclaimed

itself a republic. Finally on 21st January 1793, King

Louis XVI was executed by guillotine.

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A writer, found the book of her childhood

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A novel that predicted the Titanic's destiny, and

another ship that almost followed

Morgan Robertson, in 1898, wrote "Futility". It described the

maiden voyage of a transatlantic luxury liner named the Titan.

Although it was touted as being unsinkable, it strikes an iceberg

and sinks with much loss of life. In 1912 the Titanic, a

transatlantic luxury liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an

iceberg and sinks with great loss of life on her maiden voyage. In

the book, the month of the wreck was April, same as in the real

event. There were 3,000 passengers on the book; in reality,

2,207. In the Book, there were 24 Lifeboats; in reality, 20.

Months after the Titanic sank, a steamer was traveling through

the foggy Atlantic with only a young boy on watch. He suddenly

realized that the Titanic had sunk in that area, and he was

suddenly terrified by the thought of the name of his ship - the

Titanian. Panic-stricken, he sounded the warning. The ship

stopped, just in time: a huge iceberg appeared out of the fog

directly in their path. The Titanian was saved.

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stories.