The 15 Strangest Coincidences of All Time

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Originally posted by: biggestmuff

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

Originally posted by: pontifex
# Morgan Robertson's 1898 novella Futility had many parallels with the RMS Titanic disaster; the book concerned a fictional state-of-the-art ocean liner called Titan, which (like the Titanic) eventually collides with an iceberg on a calm April night whilst en route to New York, with many dying because of the lack of lifeboats. Various other details in the book coincide with the Titanic disaster. Later, she wrote a book, Beyond the Spectrum, that described a future war fought with aircraft that carried "sun bombs". Incredibly powerful, one bomb could destroy a city, erupting in a flash of light that blinds all who look at it. The war begins in December, started by the Japanese with a sneak attack on Hawaii.

WWII did not start with the attack of Pearl Harbor. That was when the US joined the war, if I'not mistaken.

you are correct, but for the intents and purposes of most Americans, it began on 12/7/41. We didn't start it, but we certainly finished it.

Holy sh!t. I honestly thought that American ignorance/arrogance couldn't get any worse. You just set a new benchmark.

What do you mean? Please explain.

My guess is that he is objecting to the use of "intents and purposes" which no one ever says. There is a saying "for all intensive purposes" that some people incorrectly hear and restate as "all intents and purposes".

What Mikey used is actually correct here, but the phrase "intents and purposes" in my experience is usually only used by people misstating "intensive purposes".