Wildly unbelievable coincidences that actually happened! From a 50-year football curse to an unsinkable stewardess.

#8 Curse of Bobby Layne
The world of sports has changed drastically over the course of the last half-century, but there has been one consistency: The Detroit Lions have not won a championship in 61 years and counting. And some say legendary quarterback Bobby Layne is to blame.
Following an incredible eight years with the Lions in which he led the team to three championships, played in four Pro Bowl games, and was voted first team All-Pro twice, Layne was traded to Pittsburgh. Upon receiving the news, he supposedly responded by saying Detroit would “not win for 50 years.” And in many ways, he was right. The Detroit Lions have a number of records that are less than flattering, including the only team that has been in the NFL since 1970 and has never been to a playoff game and the first team to have a winless record of 0-16 in a 16-game season. While the curse is supposed to be long over, the Detroit Lions still have a steep summit to climb back to the top.
#7 Morgan Robertson’s The Wreck of the Titan
Fourteen years before the sinking of the RMS Titanic, a novella written by Morgan Robertson detailed a similar journey and consequential sinking. The book, titled “The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility” follows the story of a man named John Rowland as he drunkenly survives the voyage, iceberg crash, and return to mainland. A redemption story of sorts, the novella doesn’t seem too aware of its grave subject matter. But that doesn’t mean the parallels between the two are missing.
The Titan was 800 feet long and displaced 75,000 tons in the novel, a size not too much heavier than the Titanic and just a bit shorter than it too. Both the Titan and the Titanic were described as being “unsinkable” and having too few lifeboats. Both instances struck a tree at a pace of more than 20 knots. The ships had similar builds, number of casualties, and even shared the same propeller design. So when the Titanic went down in 1912, the world couldn’t help wonder if Robertson was clairvoyant. He went on to claim the similarities were all because of his extensive maritime knowledge...not his ability to see the future.

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