35 Times People Experienced Once-In-A-Lifetime Strokes Of Luck

The internet is full of wild stories and pictures of people getting insanely lucky.

From dodging disasters by a hair to finding random fortunes, these lucky moments make you think anything’s possible. It’s always fun to scroll and get a dose of those unbelievable luck stories.


1. “My Friend Just Got This Once-In-A-Lifetime Picture”

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2. “My Mother Found My Cat Online After A Whole Year Of Being Lost”

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3. “I Pointed My Telescope At The Phoenix Nebula For Almost 12 Hours To Capture This. I Really Got Lucky”

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5. “I Found The Ultra Rare Physoplexis Comosa”

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6. “I Saw This Extremely Rare Rainbow Cloud”

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7. “Insanely Well-Timed Picture”

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8. “I’m A Woodturner And Found A Lovely Bowl In A Vintage Store Made By The Guy Who Inspired Me As A Kid. I Felt The Bowl Was Very Familiar, So I Flipped Through The Book And Found This”

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9. “A Reciprocating Saw Fell Off A Tool Bag And Landed On My Neck. Literally Less Than 1 Mm From Being A Quadriplegic Or Dead”

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10. “Close Call”

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11. “I Stumbled Upon These Heavy Crystal Cats At An Antique Store For $19 Each. Turns Out, They’re Lalique French Crystals Worth Around $3000 A Pair. Not Bad For A $40 Find!”

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12. “Picture Fell Off The Wall But Never Hit The Ground. Luckily, The Painting Wasn’t Damaged”

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13. “We Were Seconds Away From Losing Our Home To The California Fire. Thank You To All The Firefighters Who Saved Our Community”

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15. “A Nice Person Found My Phone After I Left It In The Metro Train And Took Pictures Before Giving It To The Train Staff”

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16. “Reminder To Always Wear A Helmet If You Want To Be Lucky Like Me”

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17. “The Bible That Saved My Great-Great-Grandfather In World War 1”

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18. “I Flipped A Kayak In Sea Cave And Lost A Go-Pro Style Camera. 2.5 Years Later, I Got An Email Saying That It Had Been Found And The Footage Was Intact”

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19. “The Daughter Of My Nephew Last Night Was In The Right Place At The Right Time. It Was An Amazing Concert”

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20. “Dropping A Plate While Doing The Dishes”

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21. “The Soldier Received His Mounted Helmet, Which Took A 7.62 Round At 20 Feet While Wearing It. He Wouldn’t Have Survived That Impact Had He Not Been Wearing That Helmet”

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22. “My Mom Lost A Very Special Earring Overseas While Visiting Relatives Two Months Ago. We Searched For Days When It Went Missing. Today We Found It”

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23. “My Partner And I Survived This Car Crash 2 Days Ago. We’re Very Lucky”

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24. “During A Storm, A Split Tree Fell On Either Side Of A Car. Both Trunks Reached Across The Street But Didn’t Damage A Car”

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25. “Today, I Found A 94-Year-Old Dollar On The Ground”

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26. “I Poured This Glass Of Wine Before Noticing A Chunk Of The Stem Was Missing. Not Sure How It’s Still Standing, But Thankfully It Didn’t Spill”

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27. “Reminder To Always Be Alert To Your Surroundings. Solo Driver SB280 Was Lucky Enough To Escape With Only A Scratch”

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28. “After I Posted My Painting Of Bad Luck Brian, Mr. Bad Luck Himself Contacted Me To Purchase It. I’m Feeling Blessed”

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29. “Nearly Lost My Toes On An Escalator. Thank God I’m Okay”

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30. “Somebody Mailed My Lost Wallet Back, And They Even Left The Cash Inside. I Left 70$ Cash In Here, They Didn’t Take Any Cards Out. I’m Just Speechless. No Note, Just Some Basic Packaging”

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31. “Found A Sword Hiking Near An Old Clearcut. British Columbia, South Coast”

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32. “Yesterday, On Our 4th Grade Field Trip To A Local State Park, My Students Found Actual Hidden Treasure”

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33. “This 10 Kg (22 Lbs) Chocolate Bar I Won From A Competition Is An Absolute Unit”

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34. “I Happened To Be At A Garden When The Botanical Gardens Of St. Louis Corpse Flower Bloomed”

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Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.