Coincidences happen all the time, but they’re usually small happenings like seeing an old friend right after thinking about them the day before. These 75 coincidences are anything but ordinary, and some are straight up mind blowing! If these were to happen to me, my first instinct would be the buy a lottery ticket since the odds of these things happening are so low!


1) Perfect timing
You probably know that lightning never strikes the same spot twice, but what about three different spots at the exact same time? It turns out it is possible, and with the impossibly perfect timing of a very lucky photographer, we actually get to see it! The odds of this happening are seriously slim!
2) Yellow on yellow
Maybe a yellow convention was in town and they rented this nasty yellow building to host? How else do you expain the exact same make, model and color of these cars all showing up to a building of the exact same color? How, indeed. The bigger question though, is why any three people would pick such an awful color for their cars???


3) Routine
Do you take the same route to work every day? It probably feels like you’re performing the exact same routine every day. Well, this Reddit user actually managed to take the exact same amount of steps from one week to the next. Easy enough to chalk it up to routine, but what’s really weird is that they took a different number of steps every day!
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4) Did they plan this?
I would hope that one of these drivers saw the other and endeavoured to drive alongside them for as long as possible. I would believe they planned this but it looks like they’re from completely different states judging by their license plates! What are the odds of seeing these two on the road at the same time, let alone in an order that makes sense?
5) Fashion transcends age
This random woman was wearing the same dress as this Reddit user’s daughter at a wedding! Is it the craziest coincidence in this list? No. Is it still kinda weird? Definitely! Great minds think alike I suppose!


6) There’s always a bigger fish
Talk about a once in a lifetime shot! Beyond the magestic predator bird being in clear view, it’s caught a shark! If that isn’t crazy enough for you, that shark is eating a fish! COME ON! If nothing else, that is a clever bird, getting two meals for the price of one!


7) Error on the line
This Reddit user found both an empty and double filled mint bag! You can see exactly where in the factory line they ran into a little glitch, accidentally filling one bag twice. What a coincidence to find both bags at the same time, though! Neat find, guy!
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8) Clif’s cliff
This might seem like nothing at a first glance, but keep in mind that beyond the cliff, the mountain range in the distance has to line up as well! This user found the exact spot the Clif bar logo came from! How did they even recognise it? Luckily, they had a Clif bar with them to line up with the photo!
9) Same taste
u/LeftoverWig’s family members each got them the same congratulations card accidentally! Apparently, each family member doesn’t really talk to each other, making it even weirder. Despite not really talking, it would seem they still share the same tastes in cards at least!


10) Poster boy
This guy went for a regular old check up only to find out that he’s at his doctor’s office every day in spirit at least! Somehow, he’s even wearing the same shirt… Maybe he was always meant to go to the doctor OooOooOOOOooooo.
11) Toyota convention
Four bestfriends with the same make and model of their cars all meet in a parking lot. They may have all been bought in different years but that is not enough to split these comrades up. The Toyota dinner looked beyond age of the car. They would all order the same meal and the same drink, to go, of course. And then they would sit in their cars and eat them, all smiling and laughing at eachother. They would meet in their Toyotas again.


12) Bizarro world
Have you ever met someone that looks like you? What about someone that looks JUST like you, and is dressed exactly the same? The only difference between these two guys is their size. Maybe one comes from a land of smaller or larger people? He’ll never reveal his mysteries.
My friend met a stranger at a wedding that looked just like him and was wearing the same thing.
by inmildlyinteresting
13) Daughters and mothers
If you know what your mom likes, you know what she likes! And these two sisters obviously knew exactly what that is for their mum, since they somehow managed to get her the exact same bouquet! Did they visit the same florist? Or were they somehow THAT specific? These are no ordinary flowers!


14) Life is a joke
The only coincidence here is that someone saw this who would actually appreciate the joke. And clearly, all that chicken wants to do is get to the other side. Careful crossing, my little clucker.
15) Jeepers creepers
There’s open eyes, and then there are eyes that are this open. They see the forbidden flame and stare into your very soul. Intended by the store? Almost certainly not. A secret symbol of some illuminati mason plot? Perhaps.


16) Near future
Need some convincing that fortune cookies know their stuff? This guy did too. So after eating two, the cookies bestowed upon him a little, immediate fortune. One popped out “Love is on its way.” And immediately following that, the next one showed “Love.” They weren’t wrong, but they were cheeky!
17) Brows to match your clothes
If only she had a unibrow, it could be a perfect circle. How many times did she wear the hat before noticing? That could be like her “thing” now though. Circle hat eyebrow girl. A title never seen before!


18) Like father like son
This one is seriously mind blowing. This guy’s dad had the tip of his finger cut off when he was young, and somehow, by a crazy coincidence, his son was born with a short index finger on the opposite hand! Even weirder, they’re the exact same length! It doesn’t make any sense and defies explanation. People missing their arms don’t give birth to babies missing the same!


19) Matching kitchen set
Mildly interesting, indeed. This pan matches the kitchen counter top. WHOA. Coincidence?? I think not! This is obviously the work of granite lizard people who are set on making every kitchen match every utensil so that they can blend in perfectly with their environment when they finally resurface from the underground tunnel systems! This is my warning to you.


20) Or are you just happy to see me?
This guy got just about everything right except the name. And he predicted this back in 1999! Lucky for us he wasn’t in charge of anything or Pita Pit would be a wildly different store.
Author successfully predicts what technology will be like in the future.
byu/TheUnknown135 innevertellmetheodds
21) Sing along
This user won tickets to Hamilton! Pretty sweet, right? Even better if Daveed Diggs was in it. What’s crazy is that the same user won tickets to Hamilton AGAIN at the exact same theatre exactly a year later. Time to test your luck, my friend.


22) Nostalgic protection
Just wow! The book was utterly fried to a crisp, along with everything else I guess, but somehow this frame managed to survive? That’s next to impossible! Who exactly is with this person? A ghost? A deity? Anything is possible. In any case, you are clearly protected in some way, and this is clearly a sign of that!
The last page of a Calvin and Hobbes book found in the ashes of someone’s house after the California fires
byu/huskerfan4life520 incalvinandhobbes
23) Olaf no more
This snowman somehow maintained his shape after he slowly melted and fell backwards! Frosty just wasn’t ready to go yet this year, I guess. Or he wanted to be remembered for a little while longer at least!


24) Recycle!
Ever wondered what happened to your old school desk when it was inevitably replaced? Well, apparently they recycled them into phone cases. A crazy mind blowing coincidence? Not really. A kind of cool find? Sure!
My friend’s phone case blends in with this 1982 school library circulation desk.
byu/iamnotchris inmildlyinteresting
25) Represent!
This is a really cool one. A model plane was made after the real thing, identification number and all! What makes it really crazy though, is that after the model was purchased as a gift for this Reddit user, the actual plane was sitting right outside on the airport’s tarmac!


26) Twinsies
I know what you’re thinking. “Another one about matching cars?” Well, yes, but actually no. The fact that the cars are matching when they’re driven by completely separate people and found together in a random parking lot is already kinda cool. But check out those license plates! They’re siblings!
My rental car is on the left. Parked at a winery and came outside to find this.
byu/renaissance_boy_ innevertellmetheodds
27) Hard egg’s work
This guy and his coworker brought the “eggsact” same breakfast to work, even in matching containers! Pretty weird if you ask me. Maybe they’re spending too much time together?


28) Luck abounds
These drivers must be thanking their lucky stars! If that wind was blowing in just about any other direction, their cars would not have survived! Another instance where someone ought to go buy a lottery ticket or two!
29) Cutie pie
Out of all the ads that could have popped up at this exact moment in the video, it just so happened to be the one that made this youtuber into a hot model? It’s insane that they line up so perfectly! A huge improvement on his old face, let’s be real.


30) Near crossing
I guess we know how these two met! They obviously must have bonded over their music tastes. They would have been almost right beside each other to get these pictures! We can only wonder if they still would have fallen in love if they has met at this concert three years prior to their actual first meeting!
My girlfriend and I both took pictures from the same angle at the same show… 3 years before we met each other
byu/Slayer_Of_Anubis innevertellmetheodds
31) Wow milk is white!
No way! A white mug! A white milkshake! And they’re the same color!? Impossible! My mind is blown! How did that milkshake even end up in that mug? Was this a divine act from beyond? A conspiracy involving the moon landing? After all, the moon IS the same color as this mug and shake! What about drinking water from a glass!?


32) Ear flops
I don’t even really care about the coincidence too much here, although it is pretty wild. I’m more obsessed with these ABSOLUTE PUPPIES. Look at those eyes! Gosh they’re just so handsome. I hope they grow up to be best friends, I will freak out.
A puppy I adopted can’t get her right ear to stand, just like my 3yo German Shepherd
byu/Flashway1 innevertellmetheodds
33) Binge worthy
These two random commuters are watching the exact same episode of the exact same show and are at the exact same scene. That is just bizarre! The only thing to make it somewhat more likely is that it’s the newest season of Brooklyn-99 that’s available on Netflix! Good taste, boys.


34) Ken doll
Well this is certainly a different kind of Ken doll, isn’t it? Does he have a friend in the toy making business or something? I wonder if Ken considers himself a fashionista, as his doll version presumes him to be… The Ken doll comments will never die now, my friend.
My husband Ken found a mini plastic version of himself at HomeGoods
byu/mizzroberts inmildlyinteresting
35) Wheel and deal
This guy really sees the little things, you know? He notices his car and his garbage can have the same wheels!.. Kinda. They both use a common wheel pattern. How about the fact that his car fits perfectly with garbage can as well, like puzzle pieces? M-M-M-M-MIND FREAK!


36) Truck’n’duel
Is this what trucks do in the wild? Meet in parking lots to swap truck beds? Are they simply interchangeable and modular? You just pop it off a magnet and onto the other? This is seriously strange. Like a wizard came by with a saw and changed their legs around.
37) Finder’s keeper’s
So this guy found a random single glove in a parking lot and held onto it. Eventually, he found a different, matching glove for the opposite hand in a different parking lot. What crazy sequence of events had to happen to lead to that? This means that there is a second pair of matching gloves that have yet to find their mate floating around somewhere out there!


38) 711
Seven Eleven? 7-Eleven. Seven-11! How many times did it take to perfect this? How many items purchased only to find a total of $7.14 or $7.08? How many times were these purchases made at 7:10 or 7:12? We respect your dedication, random customer, to keeping the mystery alive.
39) Wool tingz
This one really confuses me. This guy claims his socks perfectly blend in with his girlfriend’s carpet, but I can see the sock so I don’t know what he’s on about. Not to mention they’re red! Come on man, don’t pass off some offensive garbage like this as some crazy coincidence. How dare you?


40) Now we’re talkin’.
Now this is a coincidence! Nothing too wild, just a cool dragonfly who saw a kindred spirit in our man with the shorts. Thought he’d come and chill for a bit, exchange some opinions on blue and stripes. Stay cool, little dragon dude.
This dragonfly has the same color pattern as my swim shorts.
byu/GeneralBlumpkin inmildlyinteresting
41) Inspiration
What a heartwarming story! She cared for him and he no doubt went on to be inspired by the story of his complicated birth to try and help people and follow in the footsteps of the nurse who helped him! And now, they get to work together. Beautiful!
US nurse discovers colleague doctor was premature baby she cared for 28 years ago.
byu/abdilatifysh inaww
42) On that note…
Coworkers are one thing but in this case it was a long game of karma! Good on them both for caring so much about their jobs that they were willing to go the extra mile to save a life! But seriously, what are the odds of this happening!?
43) Oh wow this happens a lot…
Who would have guessed that you’d actually been destined to meet your future wife since you were a toddler? Maybe the mothers raised their kids in such similar ways that they were bound to fall in love? I hope it meant reconnection and love for the mothers as well!
I got married last month. My wife and I thought we met for the first time in our twenties. We found out a few years later our mothers were best friends in high school. This photo was displayed at our wedding showing our actual first time meeting.
byu/Drunkdrood inpics
44) Needle in a haystack
Seriously, what are the odds? It’s not like they searched the tree for this thing, they jsut got incredibly lucky! Hold onto that bullet forever. It’s a lucky bullet. Make it into a necklace and watch the leprachauns follow in your steps.
What are the odds of finding a tiny old bullet inside a big ass tree with just one cut?
byu/pietrofadini innevertellmetheodds
45) Two dogs, two eyes
Mirror world dog, I swear. They looks exactly the same just with a different missing eye! How on earth did this happen in a grocery store!? The world wanted these dogs to rejoin as one and become whole again, I swear.
46) Money well spent
Silicon is not hard, I don’t understand how this could have happened. But seriously, I bet she’s happy she decided to get the breast implant now, isn’t she? Not too many people could say they were saved by their boob!
30-year old woman was saved by her breast implant after she was shot
byu/Nic0487 innevertellmetheodds
47) Twin brain?
Beyond their clothes, these brothers look REALLY similar! They clearly both share a love of tattoos (and v8?) and they’re living their best beard lives. The clothes just send them right over the edge into Parent Trap territory.
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48) Meet the dream
Buy it quick! In your hands you hold a very important piece of your own deeply personal art history, so regardless of actual monetary value, it’s worth having! What a cool way to come full circle. That’s the universe telling you to keep going!
I’m a woodturner & found a lovely bowl in a vintage store, made by the guy who inspired me as a kid. On closer inspection I felt the bowl was very familiar, so I flipped through the very book that inspired me, 31 years ago, & there it was!
byu/DalbergTheKing innevertellmetheodds
49) Mysterious stranger
This guy was actually captured in his future wife’s family photo without even knowing it! What are the odds that for anyone to have turned up in there, it would be someone that would end up so intimately involved with the family?


50) Long lost no longer
What a sweet story! Their sibling brains must have just been trying to slowly pull them together over the years until finally they ended up back together! Seriously this can’t be a coincidence, it’s too crazy!
51) This ain’t news
I mean… I’d like to say “it’s just a coincidence” but this stack of papers is actively telling me otherwise right now. I hope the Reddit user read the article, because I think there might have been some important info in there…


52) Ain’t that a kick in the head?
A bit of a backhanded help, because getting kicked by a horse would never feel good… But at the same time, thanks for restoring my eyesight bud! I bet it feels really good to have depth perception again so that you can avoid incoming horse hooves just a bit easier.
53) Wise words
Bizarre timing to get such a fortune cookie. I’m telling you, man, fortune cookies know some STUFF okay? Not all of them are hoaxes!


54) Nailian Tire
You went from what could have been a very bad day to a very good day. That is the definition of luck! Are you sure someone isn’t trying to ruin your tires and just really bad at it? Count your blessings, friend.
55) Uber cool
If your Uber driver is cooler than you well… we might have a problem. Take a note and try and grow a stache! Everyone knows that facial hair is a great substitute for personality, which is why I have a full beard! No doubt people driving past you were confused.
56) Meta
This is hilarious. Like the flamingos were trying to let the sky gods know what they were in case they were wondering. “We’re NOT shrimp! We just eat them! See!?” This goes beyond coincidence, and this is seriously a once in a lifetime shot.
57) Destiny!
China isn’t exactly a small country, this is unbelievably wild! It would have been even crazier if they were both in the frame of the other! Still, imagine seeing your SO’s photo from years ago and being like “Hey, isn’t that me?”
Married couple in China discover they appeared in same photograph as teenagers
byu/dickfromaccounting ininterestingasfuck
58) Lucky shot
Thank you, Larry David! Imagine if this poor guy hadn’t been in the shot? He would have been wrongfully accused of a murder and potentially spent his life in jail! What made them think he was guilty to begin with? It’s scary to think they didn’t have much to convict him on?
59) Self pooptrait
How many people look at pigeon poop? How often are pigeons pooping self portraits at us hoping we’ll one day do the same? Do we know this isn’t a frequent occurence? Are we sure birds are even real? What if they’re secretly tiny artists in disguise as small winged creatures with smelly paint cannons?
60) Twin time
Finally these sibling coincidences actually come from twins! This is some same brain craziness. It’s not like they could have made a pact early on as kids and thought it would be hilarious to do as much the same as possible without telling anyone because they didn’t know each other!
61) Not twins but still
Wait, these two did the same thing as the Jims? But they’re not even sisters! Do our names somehow define our experience? We will never truly know.. But the theories bound after reading about these two!
62) Ultimate twinnining
Twins on twins on twins on twins! At some point, you’re actually all just clones. We passed that point some time ago with this family I think, because seriously how on earth does this happen!? We need to find more twins!
https://www.reddit.com/r/nevertellmetheodds/comments/ddksrc/twins_married_twins_to_give_birth_to_another_twins/
63) No more twins don’t worry
Wow, I had no idea you could identify a whale by its tale! That must be one old whale. To spot it again ever is pretty incredible, let alone in the same spot decades later! The ocean is too huge for that!
🔥 Same whale found after 35 years in the west coast of Mexico.
byu/MohanBhargava innevertellmetheodds
64) Great magnet minds
I’ve never heard of magnet fishing but it’s exactly what it sounds like. Sounds like people find some pretty cool things beneath the waves! This guy’s first catch was cool in its own right, considering he found someone else’s last cast!
I’m currently with my boyfriend for his first time magnet fishing. This was his first catch!!
byu/hencefox innevertellmetheodds
65) 1,2,3,4
We all rememer the double rainbow video right? The guy who had clearly taken some substances and was crying about the beauty of this double rainbow he was seeing? Well let’s hope he’s sober for this one…
66) Return on investment
When you have that feeling that you might be lucky, sometimes it’s worth acting on it! In this guy’s case, it definitely was. He got a 6,000,000% return on his investment and will never have to work again!!!
A $5 bottle of orange juice turned into a $300 million lottery win
byu/insane_playzYT innevertellmetheodds
67) Doppelgangers
These two met at a mall and took a picture which immediately went semi-viral. Of course it’s pretty freaky, considering they’re both positive they aren’t related. But apparently even more people sent in pictures of people that look just like these two! Orphan Black anyone?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nevertellmetheodds/comments/6qbfxe/its_gotta_be_weird_to_go_to_the_mall_one_day_and/
68) How could they know?
Talk about aging like milk. Every name on this list has been batman now! You best know which date your Trivial Pursuit game was made, otherwise you might be stumped in the future! It always pays to know your batmen.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nevertellmetheodds/comments/7hkta7/im_batman/
69) Nice
This is one of those moments where the probability of this occuring seems so small that I can’t help but feel like our simualted reality just glitched for a second. Someone tell Neo they changed something! Start shuffling your cards to make sure we aren’t getting the same hand twice!
Score is 69 to 69 with 69 seconds and the white jerseys add up to 69.
byu/wonderflex innevertellmetheodds
70) The internet is beautiful
This is crazy! Leave it to the internet to have all the answers. If something gets popular enough you can pretty much guarantee everyone will see it! Think of all the memes you’ve shown someone where they say “Oh yeah I’ve seen that!” This is that cranked up to 11.
This is amazing. User sees an old photo of woman taking pic in historical subreddit, turns out user has the actual photo the woman took.
byu/dandaman289 innevertellmetheodds
71) Hey man nice shot
You have to do what you have to do in war. People in WW2 were rightfully terrified of planes since it was nearly guaranteed you would be meeting your fate if you saw one while you were just on your feet. They just moved incredibly fast and were insanely deadly. Both of which just make this all the more impressive!
72) Now what
Well? That’s crazy that the bowl didn’t smash or even spill, but seriously, how are you going to fix this situation? You can’t lift the bowl. The fish just lives there now. Put that cat into a bottle flipping contest I guess?
73) Fabrication
Some people get weirdly hung up on stuff, but this one is actually justifiable. It’s not like the pattern is similar. It’s EXACT. If she gets lost in your bathroom you’re screwed, she won’t be found unless she wants to be.
The first time my friend visited my apartment she was mind-blown that my shower curtain looked “exactly” like one of her shirts. I half-seriously said that her story sounded made up and promptly forgot about it until she returned the following week to demonstrate. I forever stand corrected.
by innevertellmetheodds
74) He was technically correct
Seems like a weird thing to go out of your way to have printed on your running bib, but I respect you, man. Maybe that’s exactly what saved you on your fateful day? Maybe Jesus saw your sign and actively ran behind you just incase the opportunity to save you arose?
75) Saved by the bird
Coincidence? Maybe. Or MAYBE this guy is a new supervillain working with an army of birds to block speeding cameras from capturing his license plate!? Call me a conspiracy theorist all you want, but we’ll see who’s laughing when spiderman takes down The Speeding Birdface in the newspapers!
The police Facebook page posted a picture taken by a speeding camera. The bird saves the day
byu/Aeogor innevertellmetheodds
Well? Was your mind sufficiently blown? You have to admit some of these are just insane. Like, impossibly impossible. And yet, they happened! Maybe there’s more to the world than we realise. Maybe these coincidences happen because they have to? The universe is so strange, mysterious and interesting! Thanks for reading as far as you have, I hope you’ve enjoyed!
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