30 Times Lucky People Narrowly Avoided a Really Bad Day
Nathan Johnson
Published
08/13/2024
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These people need to buy a lotto ticket.
In life, you can either accept your lot, or you can get yourself out there and try to change things for the better. And yes, luck does help us along the way, but anyone who has ever accomplished something knows luck is only half of it.
Well, the same philosophy doesn't exactly apply when you're speeding down the freeway and loose metal rods come flying through your windshield. That's what we call a kiss from the Devil.
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I Actually Won The Jackpot At An Arcade. This Is What 1,000 Tickets Look Like -
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I Poured This Glass Of Wine Before Noticing A Chunk Of The Stem Was Missing. Not Sure How It’s Still Standing, But Thankfully It Didn't Spill -
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I Saw This Extremely Rare Rainbow Cloud -
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I Found The Ultra Rare Physoplexis Comosa -
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Insanely Well-Timed Picture -
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A Reciprocating Saw Fell Off A Tool Bag And Landed On My Neck. Literally Less Than 1 Mm From Being A Quadriplegic Or Dead -
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We Were Seconds Away From Losing Our Home To The California Fire. Thank You To All The Firefighters Who Saved Our Community -
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Reminder To Always Be Alert To Your Surroundings. Solo Driver SB280 Was Lucky Enough To Escape With Only A Scratch -
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I Flipped A Kayak In Sea Cave And Lost A Go-Pro Style Camera. 2.5 Years Later, I Got An Email Saying That It Had Been Found And The Footage Was Intact -
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A Nice Person Found My Phone After I Left It In The Metro Train And Took Pictures Before Giving It To The Train Staff -
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The Bible That Saved My Great-Great-Grandfather In World War 1 -
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Dropping A Plate While Doing The Dishes -
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The Soldier Received His Mounted Helmet, Which Took A 7.62 Round At 20 Feet While Wearing It. He Wouldn't Have Survived That Impact Had He Not Been Wearing That Helmet -
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My Partner And I Survived This Car Crash 2 Days Ago. We’re Very Lucky -
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During A Storm, A Split Tree Fell On Either Side Of A Car. Both Trunks Reached Across The Street But Didn't Damage A Car -
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Reminder To Always Wear A Helmet If You Want To Be Lucky Like Me -
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My Mom Lost A Very Special Earring Overseas While Visiting Relatives Two Months Ago. We Searched For Days When It Went Missing. Today We Found It -
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Nearly Lost My Toes On An Escalator. Thank God I'm Okay -
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Somebody Mailed My Lost Wallet Back, And They Even Left The Cash Inside. I Left 70$ Cash In Here, They Didn't Take Any Cards Out. I'm Just Speechless. No Note, Just Some Basic Packaging -
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I Happened To Be At A Garden When The Botanical Gardens Of St. Louis Corpse Flower Bloomed -
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Found A Sword Hiking Near An Old Clearcut. British Columbia, South Coast -
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Yesterday, On Our 4th Grade Field Trip To A Local State Park, My Students Found Actual Hidden Treasure -
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Close Call -
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This 10 Kg (22 Lbs) Chocolate Bar I Won From A Competition Is An Absolute Unit -
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Today, I Found A 94-Year-Old Dollar On The Ground -
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Picture Fell Off The Wall But Never Hit The Ground. Luckily, The Painting Wasn't Damaged -
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I Was Trembling When I Carried This 12-Inch Vase Out Of The Store For Just $10. I Am Baffled As To How It Slipped Past The Processors Without The Signature Being Checked -
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This Is The Result Of Hitting A 750 Lbs Moose Going 100 Km/H, I Walked Away Barely Hurt -
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My Mom Texted Me A Picture Of Her Friend Who Had A Ball Drop Into Her Purse During Batting Practice For Tonight's ALCS Game -
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My Brother Likes To Search For Shark Teeth On Beaches. This Was 6 Hours Of Searching At Folly Beach, SC
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