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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.11,0:00:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking backwards)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.06,0:00:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, Vsauce. Michael here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.88,0:00:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(static noises)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.86,0:00:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can practice speaking backwards,\Nso when your words are reversed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.27,0:00:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're intelligible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.63,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's something\Nelse that is weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.06,0:00:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The digits in the speed of light \Nare exactly the same
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.27,0:00:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the latitude of the great pyramid of Giza.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.86,0:00:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, as the anagram genius has revealed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.18,0:00:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the world's a stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.26,0:00:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you rearrange the letters\Nin the meaning of life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.32,0:00:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes the engine of a film.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.31,0:00:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or more pessimistically, the fine game of nil.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.06,0:00:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does all this mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.62,0:01:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are these just coincidences \Nor are greater powers at work?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.47,0:01:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it so easy for us to find hidden messages?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.90,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can a mere coincidence give us chills?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.40,0:01:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is it so fun?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.78,0:01:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you reverse Neil Armstrong \Nsaying, "Small step for man,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.42,0:01:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can hear what sounds \Nlike "man will spacewalk".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.62,0:01:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- {\i1}(Armstrong) That's one small step for man.{\i0}\N- {\i1}Man will spacewalk.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.40,0:01:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}One small step for man. Man will spacewalk.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.09,0:01:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Small step for man. Man will spacewalk.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.25,0:01:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated \Npresident John F. Kennedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.64,0:01:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this interview, he defends the Fair\NPlay for Cuba Committee,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.24,0:01:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of which he was a member.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.94,0:01:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The fact that I did live for a time in the Soviet Union{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.60,0:01:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}gives me excellent qualifications \Nto repudiate charges{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.56,0:01:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that Cuba and the Fair Play for Cuba \NCommittee is communist controlled.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.39,0:01:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen to what it sounds like \Nwhen we reverse him saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.78,0:01:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...and the Fair Play for Cuba".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.60,0:01:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}...And the Fair Play for Cuba{\i0}\N{\i1}I wish to kill president.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.37,0:02:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I wish to kill president.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.13,0:02:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I wish to kill president.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.77,0:02:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a coincidence or a subconscious\Nconfession hidden within his own words?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.80,0:02:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a coincidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.04,0:02:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For crying out loud, if anybody says,\N"...and the fair play for Cuba"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.69,0:02:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reverses it, it sounds the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.89,0:02:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I wish to kill president.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.63,0:02:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This app, by the way, is called Virtual Recorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.02,0:02:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really easy way \Nto quickly reverse your own speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.67,0:02:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew Hudson, in {\i1}The Seven Laws of Magical\NThinking{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.10,0:02:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,points out that if you record yourself saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.49,0:02:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ooh! You sniff turkey fat!"\NAnd then reverse it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.50,0:02:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it sounds a bit like "Happy birthday to you!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.72,0:02:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Happy birthday to you!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.82,0:02:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.92,0:02:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a word can be spelled \Nthe same forward and backward,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.80,0:02:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a palindrome.\NBut if a word or phrase
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.68,0:02:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sounds the same, whether \Nspoken forward or rewound,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.69,0:02:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a phonetic palindrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.32,0:03:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, "Say yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.35,0:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Reversed?\N- {\i1}Say yes.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.58,0:03:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.67,0:03:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But check out this poem by\NKarsten Johansson.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.68,0:03:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When I wonder why \NWhat's never been's never been so
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.76,0:03:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would lie when we say\N'Yes, you know we all love you'
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.83,0:03:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's never been's never been so\NHell, we're nowhere now."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.99,0:03:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I wonder why\NWhat's never been's never been so
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.18,0:03:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would lie when we say,\N"Yes, you know we all love you."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.08,0:03:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's never been's never been so\NHell, we're nowhere now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.44,0:03:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, some people \Ncan speak in reverse on the fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.33,0:03:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is really cool to see them in action.\NWatch guys lean back after this video.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.56,0:03:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's linked down in the description
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.67,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's full of pretty cool coincidence videos.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.21,0:03:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apophenia is the perception of\Nconnections, or patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.54,0:03:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in information.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.09,0:03:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One type of Apophenia is Pareidolia,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.82,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seeing or hearing of things \Nthat weren't meant to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.79,0:03:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, hearing your name being\Ncalled, or your phone ringing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.23,0:04:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sound of running water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.20,0:04:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or hearing English words \Nin a non-English song,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.70,0:04:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or seeing faces that weren't \Npurposely placed there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.45,0:04:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our brains aren't good at this kind of work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.44,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably because being \Nhyper-attentive to patterns and faces
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.40,0:04:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can save your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.18,0:04:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's ambiguity \Nas to whether that thing hiding
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.88,0:04:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shadows is a threat or just a shadow,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.59,0:04:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's advantageous \Nto err on the side of threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.82,0:04:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organisms with a healthy sense of Apophenia
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.84,0:04:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live longer--long enough \Nto have kids and raise them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.95,0:04:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and naturally become the norm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.75,0:04:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We connect with faces so well, \NHudson relates a story
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.43,0:04:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a friend who draws faces \Non things she doesn't wanna lose,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.65,0:04:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like her bags.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.04,0:04:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says the faces make her \Nless likely to forget about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.04,0:04:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like, it you should have put a ring on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.63,0:04:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like not losing it,\Nyou should've drawn a face on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.60,0:04:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so good at at teasing out patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.58,0:05:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and faces from random noise,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.25,0:05:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actual random sequences don't always\Nfeel random to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.63,0:05:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Originally, Apple's iTunes shuffle feature \Ngenerated complaints from users.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.02,0:05:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said that similar songs, \Nor songs from the same artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.45,0:05:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appeared in a string...which, of course, \Nis to be expected from randomness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.22,0:05:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it didn't feel random enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.93,0:05:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Apple introduced a smart shuffle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.97,0:05:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that avoided totally random \Nsequences that nonetheless
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.66,0:05:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't seem random \Nto our pattern loving brains.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.57,0:05:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Steve Jobs explained, \Nwe're making it less random
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.34,0:05:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it feel more random.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.95,0:05:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our impressive ability to imagine\Npatterns also expresses itself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.82,0:05:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to connecting \Nsongs and moving images.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.32,0:05:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dancing Spider-man animation \Nwill famously sync up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.49,0:05:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with any music you play.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.59,0:05:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try it. What kind of black magic is going on here?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.39,0:06:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as it turns out, \Nmost of it is in our heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.31,0:06:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RADIOLAB reported that \NMichigan State University explains
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.54,0:06:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the major movements \Nof dancing animations like this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.38,0:06:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this one, move at typical song tempos,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.79,0:06:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also contain, like most dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.55,0:06:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,various other different \Nrelated rhythms of movement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.08,0:06:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing them to seemingly fit \Nmany different tempos.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.30,0:06:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Selection bias helps a lot too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.89,0:06:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We fall prey to this when we reject\Nall the times the animation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.59,0:06:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't really sync up, focusing instead\Non the more surprising times
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.36,0:06:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it does.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.81,0:06:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bizarre pyramid coincidence \Nmentioned earlier is a lot less bizarre
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.21,0:06:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you consider\Nthe fact that we got to control
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.61,0:06:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we placed the decimal point.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.60,0:06:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that a number of degrees this precise\Nisn't necessary to locate the pyramid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.50,0:06:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the fourth decimal, we're only talking\Nabout a matter of a few meters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.10,0:06:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's easy to make the rest fit\Nthe speed of light exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.17,0:06:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have still picked \Na point on the pyramid.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.44,0:07:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confirmation bias \Nalso comes into play here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.69,0:07:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really want two things to sync up...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.82,0:07:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.81,0:07:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often look for evidence that supports\Nwhat we already believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.23,0:07:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while marginalizing things against it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.34,0:07:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Marshall McLuhan said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.99,0:07:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I wouldn't have seen it \Nif I hadn't have believed it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.51,0:07:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These biases also help explain\Nthe seemingly mind-blowing coincidence
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.25,0:07:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that famous movies\Nand famous albums can line up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.53,0:07:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One the most popular states \Nthat if you start playing Pink Floyd's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.54,0:07:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Dark Side of the Moon{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.10,0:07:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time as the {\i1}Wizard of Oz{\i0},\Nthey will eerily line up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.74,0:07:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entire communities have sprouted\Naround the syncing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.30,0:07:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of movies and albums.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.88,0:07:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of my favorites are \Nthe {\i1}Yellow Submarine{\i0} soundtrack
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.84,0:07:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and {\i1}The Little Mermaid.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.27,0:07:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lordes {\i1}Pure Heroin{\i0}\Nand {\i1}Twilight's{\i0} Saga, {\i1}Breaking Dawn II{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.96,0:07:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the end of {\i1}2001: A Space Odyssey{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.05,0:07:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with {\i1}Pink Floyd's{\i0} echoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.39,0:07:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are conspiracies that these \Nwere somehow secretly planned.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.80,0:08:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though, in reality, they're \Njust accidental music videos.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.21,0:08:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The product of selection bias,\Nconfirmation bias,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.54,0:08:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Law of Near Enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.28,0:08:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a behavior of our pattern sensitive minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.33,0:08:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two things don't have \Nto line up exactly, or literally,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.90,0:08:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to see a connection. \NThis is why vague predictions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.53,0:08:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a great way to look psychic.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.06,0:08:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are also actually unsurprising\Nwhen you consider the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.39,0:08:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the number of narrative paces\Nand rhythms we enjoy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.28,0:08:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and typically use, are much smaller \Nthan the number possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.08,0:08:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In {\i1}The Improbability Principal{\i0},\NDavid J. Hand calls this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.63,0:08:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the probability lever.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.80,0:08:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What may be rare on average, or when \Nconsidering all possible scenarios,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.48,0:08:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be less rare for specific scenarios,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.53,0:08:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they are only marginally different.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.26,0:08:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting struck by lightning \Nis a proverbially unlikely event,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.42,0:09:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Walter Summerford wasn't just struck \Nby lightning once during his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.99,0:09:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was struck three times.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.38,0:09:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It never killed him, but \Nfour years after his death
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.60,0:09:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his gravestone was \Nalso struck by lightning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.41,0:09:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the chances? \NI mean, clearly Summerford was
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.39,0:09:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some sort of robot built \Nout of lightning rods,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.17,0:09:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or had somehow angered Zeus. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.02,0:09:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.75,0:09:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, while for the average person,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.06,0:09:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chance of being struck \Nby lightning is quite low.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.58,0:09:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For an avid outdoor sportsman \Nlike Summerford, it's not as low.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.100,0:09:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Law of Truly Large Numbers \Nalso comes into play here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.56,0:09:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With lightning striking earth \N40-50 times a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.34,0:09:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of people for it to strike
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.23,0:09:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thousands of years of recorded history?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.82,0:09:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually not surprising at all\Nthat at least once,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.27,0:09:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story like Summerford's \Nwould've happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.39,0:09:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the truly large\Nnumber of people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.89,0:09:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who visit Disney World every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.20,0:09:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fact that they take\Nphotos--and lots of them--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.31,0:10:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually not surprising \Nat all that at least once so far
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.51,0:10:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a story like Alex and Donna \NVoutsina has happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.02,0:10:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While sorting through \Nold photos before their wedding,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.46,0:10:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alex and Donna found a photo of Donna
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.01,0:10:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Disney World, 14 years \Nbefore the couple met.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.44,0:10:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then Alex noticed something.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.49,0:10:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He too had visited Disney World \Nas a child and there,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.65,0:10:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the background, was \Nhis father pushing him in a stroller.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.96,0:10:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes coincidences can be tragic.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.14,0:10:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1864, Abraham Lincoln's son,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.61,0:10:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robert Lincoln, was saved from\Nserious injury, or possibly even
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.92,0:10:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,death, when a stranger \Ngrabbed him by the shirt collar
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.82,0:10:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moments before he plunged \Nonto train tracks below.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.26,0:10:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That stranger turned out to be Edwin\NBooth, one of the most famous
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.93,0:10:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shakespearean actors of the time--
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.27,0:10:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so famous, in fact, \NRobert recognized him
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.29,0:10:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had a letter sent thanking \Nhim for saving his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.10,0:10:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Less than a year later
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.60,0:11:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edwin Booth's brother, \NJohn Wilkes Booth, undid the favor by
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.15,0:11:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assassinating Abraham Lincoln. STOP 11:04
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.17,0:11:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,map says that given enough time and\Npsychology says that given up interest
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.62,0:11:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in finding them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.85,0:11:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coincidences and connections will be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.89,0:11:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.91,0:11:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even unlikely the coincidences between
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.65,0:11:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy are\NBanus
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.04,0:11:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both were elected to the presidency in\Nthe year Indian
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.14,0:11:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sixty Lincoln was shot at boards
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.39,0:11:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealer kennedy was shot in 1961 Lincoln\NContinental four-door convertible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.67,0:11:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made by forward both presidents last\Nnames have seven letters
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.11,0:11:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both assassins had 15 letters in\Ntheir names
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.49,0:11:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the list goes on as it should
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.70,0:11:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you look long enough you can find\Ncoincidences between any two people or
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.20,0:11:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things were tense
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.35,0:11:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any seem strange at first but tend to\Nwind up being in the end
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.94,0:11:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty expecting for just one example
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.35,0:12:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,name like isn't that wildly variable
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.84,0:12:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven-letter names are pretty common\NLincoln
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.27,0:12:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kennedy I'll Michael Stevens
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.02,0:12:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ok in the famous spooky presidential\Ncoincidences contest
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.72,0:12:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held by the Skeptical Inquirer in 1992\None contestant alone
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.58,0:12:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found similar lists of crazy\Ncoincidences
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.79,0:12:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 21 pairs a former presidents
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.80,0:12:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given the vast amount details in anyone\Nin our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.59,0:12:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its pretty easy this court can be\Nexploited to almost comedic Heights
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.03,0:12:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to overanalyzing of course
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.10,0:12:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hidden messages in fines are often\Nintentionally included in media
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.39,0:12:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for fun or to reward attentive viewers
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.57,0:12:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unintentional extraordinary things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.93,0:12:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happen all the time its not really that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.58,0:12:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extraordinary there's a the\Nmiscalculation
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.65,0:13:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is known as little woods law given\Nthe number I've
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.34,0:13:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours we are awake every day and\Nassuming an event only takes about a
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.30,0:13:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.85,0:13:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to occur if you calculate the odds of\Nsomething happening to you are only one
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.19,0:13:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a million
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.10,0:13:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well you should expect that thing to\Nhappen to you about
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.68,0:13:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once every 35 days DDG
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.15,0:13:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took this even further with seven\Nbillion people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.35,0:13:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on earth the chance that an event with a\None in a million probability of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.50,0:13:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.14,0:13:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take each of us won't happen today is\None
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.38,0:13:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intended 3,000 boring as Percy diet\Ncolas put it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.25,0:13:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the truly unusual day would be a day\Nwhere
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.05,0:13:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing unusual happens and as always
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.38,0:13:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks for watching me
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.08,0:13:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may have noticed a lot of YouTube\Nchannels making videos about learning
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.53,0:13:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this week
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.19,0:13:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well that is not a coincidence it is\Nschool
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.08,0:13:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,YouTube week many people are going back\Nto school or college right now
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.35,0:14:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but across the world millions a children
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.72,0:14:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won't be either because the work to\Nsupport their families
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.50,0:14:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work lived without a home bring areas\Nwhere there is conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.12,0:14:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inexperience overcrowding at school or a\Nlack of teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.46,0:14:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school supplies but luckily we can help
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.31,0:14:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,donations to comic relief school love\Nyou too campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.71,0:14:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help disadvantaged young people all\Naround the world
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.14,0:14:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get an education it doesn't take much to\Nchange a life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.39,0:14:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can learn more in description below\Nwere Dhoni
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.44,0:14:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now and is all its thanks for\Nhelping and thanks for Lord