20 Surprising Details About People Who Got Seriously Lucky

9Struck by lightning

Japanese-Buddhist priest and poet Nichiren was sentenced to death for his philosophy and writings. But on the day of his execution, his executioner was struck by lightning. The regime considered the accident to be a sign of retaliation from the universe and pardoned Nichiren.

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10Lucky 7

A man named Frane Selak, who was from Croatia, has escaped death seven times. He has survived a train crash, more than three car accidents, and he even fell out of a plane once. His life is like a real-life Final Destination movie, except he never dies. To make matters even weirder, he won a million-dollar lottery in 2003.

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11Cindy Crawford

One of the most successful supermodels ever, Cindy Crawford, struck it big while she was pollinating corn in her hometown of Illinois when she was snapped by a newspaper photographer. The picture went ahead to gain a lot of popularity, and Cindy started thinking about modelling seriously.

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12Adolphe Sax

The inventor of saxophone, Adolphe Sax, had escaped death multiple times. From burning himself in a burning pan to being affected by a gunpowder explosion, Sax faced it all. His mother had once told him that he is unlucky and won’t live, and yet he lived till 79 and invented the saxophone and the saxhorn.

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