We’ve all been amazed by stories that seem to defy logic—things so rare, they feel impossible.

Think winning the lottery is a once-in-a-lifetime event? Well, one man won it 14 times! Or how about being struck by lightning not once, but seven times—and living to tell the tale? Yep, that happened to Roy Cleveland Sullivan.

There’s even a subreddit, r/donttellmetheodds, where people share incredible moments like these that appear to break all the rules of probability. Scroll down to see some of their best posts, and don’t miss out our chat with Márton Balázs, a probability professor at the University of Bristol, who sheds light on why these  coincidences might not be as rare as they seem.

#1 Lightning Hit Photographed At The Right Moment, By Debbie P

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#2 Unexpected Reunion

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#3 Kummakivi Is A 500 000 Kg Rock In Finland That Has Been Balancing On Top Of Another Rock For 11 000 Years

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#4 Snorkeller Finds Lost Wedding Ring Wrapped Around A Mullet Fish Off Of Norfolk Island

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#5 Tree Split, Fell, And Straddled A Car

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#6 My Egg Perfectly Inverted Itself

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#7 A Fish Jumps Right In Front Of The Camera And Creates Funny Picture

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#8 This Picture Of A Blackbird Catching A Ride On An Osprey’s Stick In Michigan By Jocelyn Anderson

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#9 Perfectly Placed Web

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#10 Dude Meets Keanu Reeves 3 Years Apart, But Keanu Wears The Same Shirt

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#11 In Palermo (Italy), A Citizen Went To The Police Station To Return A Credit Card Found On The Street. Within Minutes The Policemen Were Able To Trace The Identity Of The Card Holder: Harrison Ford

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#12 Lightning Struck A Vent And Traveled Up Into A Toilet During A Thunderstorm

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#13 Our Family Photo Taken With A Disposable Camera On July 4th, 2001 In Bishop, CA. We’ll Never Get A Better Christmas Card

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#14 Conjoined Eggs

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#15 Was Eating Orange Slices Until I Found Half Yellow And Half Orange Ones. Very Cool

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#16 3 Generation Of Twins

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#17 Bird Nearly Pooped On My Niece

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#18 They Fit Together Perfectly

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#19 Glasses Falling While Mountain Climbing, Getting Clicked At The Exact Moment

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#20 Thought I Was Out Of Tums

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#21 Someone Parked Underground With Their Sunroof Open And A Pipe Burst Above Them

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#22 Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav Gets One In A Lifetime Shot Of Meteor By Accident

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#23 Grand Rapids, Mich.–Ben Carpenter Got The Ride Of A Lifetime When His Electric Wheelchair Became Lodged In The Grille Of A Semi-Trailer And Was Accidentally Pushed Down A Highway For Several Kilometres At About 80 Km/H And Survived Uninjured

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#24 Stray Bullet Hit My Door Handle

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#25 Rainbow Deflects Lightning

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#26 Truck Goes Over Bridge, Is Saved By Safety Chains Hooked Up To RV

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#27 Actor Sean Astin Photo Bombing Me In ‘93 At D.c. Inaugural Ball And Again 26 Yrs Later At Disneyland

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#28 Almost Died This Morning On The Highway. Bounced From The Left Lane Up In The Air And Impaled My Windshield

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#29 This Sign Post Was Launched Into The Side Of My Apartment After A Drunk Driving Accident On My Street

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#30 I Captured This Shot Of A Sandhill Crane At The Exat Moment It Was Perpendicular To Me, So You Can See Straight Through Its Nostrils

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#31 I’ll Never Kick A Ball Higher In My Life

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#32 This Is William West And William West And They Are The Reason Fingerprints Were Created To Find Criminals Because They Were Not Related At All, Shared The Same Exact Name And Looked Identical To One Another

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#33 Found A Dog Toy That Is A Less-Spooky-Version Of My Husband’s Tattoo

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#34 A Customer Managed To Grab This Plush In Our Claw Machine Today, And This Is What Happened When It Went To Drop Down The Shoot

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#35 How This Pilot’s Plane Took A Hit

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#36 Dragonfly Ate A Mosquito That Was About To Bite

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#37 Was Swiping At The Dispensary When I Looked Up And Saw The Girl I Was About To Swipe On

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#38 Bird Flew At Precisely The Right Height And Velocity To Successfully [poop] Inside My Car Through My Open Window While I Sat In Line At A Drive Thru. Almost A Bullseye On The Trip Button

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#39 Pigeon Perfectly Photobombs GF

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#40 The Man Who Angered Thor

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#41 Getting A Speeding Ticket On Your Towed Car

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#42 Looks Like He Is Breathing Fire On A Sunset

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#43 These Horrible Injuries Are One Heck Of A Coincidence

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#44 Luckily For The People In The Truck, Their Search For A Lawyer Is Over Before It Began

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#45 Soldier Survives After 15,000 Ft Fall As Parachute Fails To Open Correctly In Us

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#46 I Got Summoned To State And Federal Jury Duty On The Same Day

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#47 There's A Very Small Chance That A Roll Cloud Can Turn Into A Spherical Cloud, This One Was Observed In Japan 2016

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#48 It's The Only Logical Explanation

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#49 In 1943, Ball Turret Gunner Alan Magee’s B-17 Bomber Was Hit By Flak And Began To Spin Out Of Control. He Fell Over Four Miles Without A Parachute Before Crashing Through The Glass Roof Of A Railroad Station. He Survived The Fall And Lived To Age 84

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#50 Coworker Pointed Out My Gloves Have Stitch Graphic In The Exact Same Spot I Actually Have Stitches

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#51 Eagles On The Seattle Waterfront

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#52 Don't Ask How, I Don't Know

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#53 What A Day To Be Drafted Into WWI

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#54 Perfect Ladder Dollar Bill!

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#55 My Dad Running Into Jerry Springer At The Airport & Then Running Into Each Other At A Verizon Store The Next Day (Pre-Covid)

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#56 Well, He Didn't

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#57 Both Philly Teams Are Tied Up With With Houston Teams, As They Play At The Same Time

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