20 Surprising Details About People Who Got Seriously Lucky

5Charlize Theron

Did you know Charlize Theron was discovered when she yelled at a bank employee? A young Theron was struggling financially in LA and had just received a $500 check from her mother. The bank employee told her that they cannot cash it because it was an out-of-state check. Hearing this, Theron made a huge scene and impressed with her flair, a talent scout gave her a chance to audition.

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6How I Met My Mother

In 2007, a supermarket employee Steve Flaig was desperately searching for his biological mother and found an address which was said to be his mom’s. The address was in the same city, and was near the store where he worked. Turns out, Steve was working alongside his mother for months in the supermarket, and the house belonged to his mom/ colleague.

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7Penicillin

We all know Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, but many don’t know how. In 1928, he had left a petri dish uncovered in his lab, and it had grown a mol over the Staphylococcus bacteria in the dish. Today, penicillin is used to treat the infection driven by that that very same bacteria.

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8The accident which started the World War

Did you know that the first World War was triggered because an assassin got lucky? In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, who was heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was subject to an assassination led by nationalist Gavrilo Princip. But most of Princip’s men fired shots to kill the Archduke and his wife while they were on their open car. But Princip’s shots only hit the target because the couple’s car had taken a wrong turn. Incidentally, it was the assassination of the Archduke and his wife, which acted as a major catalyst for the first World War.

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