“Bank Credited Me $70M”: 51 Of The Rarest Things That Have Actually Happened To People In Real Life

Jon Bon Jovi had to pee in the middle of a concert. I heard him say it to Richie. I yelled out “Go pee, I’ll sing!” He called me on stage. I sang “Born To Be My Baby” while he left the stage to use the bathroom. It’s a night I’ll never forget and a story I’m still telling 24 years later!

After my daughter passed, I was given a referral to a grief counselor. As I was sitting in her office at the first appointment, I realized I had already gone to this same counselor 20 years earlier when I was a teenager. But that was impossible because I was now living 500 miles and 3 states away. Turns out just 6 months earlier, she had moved to the same small town that I now live in as an adult. That woman saved my life not once, but twice. 20 years apart.

My grandma always said “toodaloo” instead of goodbye because she hated goodbyes. When she passed away we were on our way to bury her ashes in the cemetery and we were stopped at a traffic light. There was a red Pontiac Sunfire in front of us with a license plate that said “toodaloo” on it. I kid you not we all lost our minds and started crying.

The ocean once stole my sunglasses. The next day the ocean kindly return them directly back into my hand with a little wave.

On a date, I got a fortune cookie that said I would marry him and be happy… celebrating 31 years this year, and I still have the fortune.

My wife and I have had four miscarriages, and have spent hours in OBGYN offices navigating grief & uncertainty for years.
We’ve always wanted to name our daughter Stevie, after Stevie Nicks. If a boy, then Ezra (after the protagonist in Star Wars Rebels).
Late last year, we signed up to get approved for foster/adoption. The same week we found out our latest round of IVF failed, the County called and assigned us a gorgeous, happy baby….named Stevie. She’s been with us for a few months now.

My mom recovered after we all gathered to “pull the plug.” She’d been on life support in ICU with respiratory failure (among other systems failures). Doc warned it would take time as her body depleted of oxygen About 3 hours later she started demanding popsicles, her throat was sore from all the intubation gone. Her O2 never went down, remained stable. They moved her to a regular bed, she lived another couple years.

When I was around 3 or 4 at daycare I really missed my dad and I didn’t know what he actually did for work but in my head he “fixed things” so I put a cookie in the stereo thinking my dad would come fix it. He didn’t but some random guy came to fix it. 10-15 years later the guy who came to be my stepdad was telling us a story about when he went to fix a stereo because someone put a cookie in it.

I finished my shampoo and conditioner bottle at the same time once.

I worked at a restaurant and one of the older ladies who host/managed over heard me talking about how badly I needed a car. This was the early 2000’s I was young and broke. She said I actually have a car for sale.I said oh what kind and what are you asking for it. It was a Volvo. They were the original owners and took amazing care of it. It was a boxy 90’s style I was obsessed! She said how much do you have I said only $500 so far saved up. She said stop by tonight. Sold me the car for $1! 😭💗

My husband passed away in March of this year and it has been rough. He used to have a way of finding little leaves or stones in the shape of hearts and giving them to me. A couple days ago I was feeling really upset and super missing my man so I went for a walk. I was thinking of him and wishing he was here with me and I look up and see a heart in the clouds! It was unreal and so amazing I had to take a picture of it.

On the day I was supposed to go on my first date with a guy I had met online, I got cold feet and almost canceled. I remember thinking, I don’t need this right now. I’m in New York now to build my career. I don’t need any distractions.

At that exact moment, I looked up and noticed an advertisement that read: “We know you can do it alone, but you don’t have to.”

So I went on that date ♥️

Seven years later, we’re together, married, and have our son Daniel.

Years ago at a casino, an old woman leaned over my shoulder and tried to shove her voucher into the slot machine I was actively playing on. Bold and insane of her. Figured she was senile so I got up let her have my machine. She instantly won $900.

Eye roll. That could’ve been my win. But I let it go. Found an open machine nearby and sat down. First pull, I won $15,000!!

In fourth grade I had a pink bouncy ball that I used a tack to carve my name into. We were bouncing it at recess and it went onto the roof. A seagull saw it and swooped down and grabbed it and flew off! We were all hollering. Next year in 5th grade we did a week long camp 2 hours away up in the coastal forest. Found my pink bouncy ball in the woods there! Carved name and all.

It's not quite as exciting as winning the lottery but it's kind of a fun story.

When I was a kid I had English with a friend, her name was Megan. We lived in a tiny town in upstate New York - population: about 2,000 souls.

At the end of 7th grade, Megan moved away.

In tenth grade I moved to a large town in Massachusetts - 20,000 people give or take. Walked into English class on my first day and sitting there was Megan. I swear I felt the world jitter around me. I thought I was in a dream.

I had a customer at the store his totally was $9.27 and he paid with a card and I saw the time on machine was 9:27 pm and I told him :" oh, the time and total are the same ha ha " he said :" my birthday is 9/27 " and pulled his ID to show me....that was crazy

I survived having my car run over by a semi truck in a dust storm.

One of our coworkers got sick with cancer and passed away, and at his funeral, his father came up to me and said Rick was so impressed and thankful for your friendship that He wants you to have his car!

So just because I was kind to somebody who really needed it when he was [fading] , I got a brand new 2017 Chevy Cruz paid for since it was in his name when he passed

When I was 6 months pregnant I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. It was aggressive so they started me on chemo right away. I did two rounds and never once got sick. Lost all my hair but I felt great. After giving birth I had surgery to remove my breast tissue and found out my margins were clear. I was cancer free! I beat cancer with the help of my baby girl 🥰 Shes 7 now

I've had testicular cancer. Already a shockingly rare form of cancer, apparently (1 in 250 men). But I've had it twice (1-3% of men with earlier cancer). Call it an inverted lottery win.
Some other things: I have red hair (2%) and gray eyes (3%) while I'm left handed (10%).
I feel like all these things combined make me the biggest statistical anomaly in the world 😂