Look Closer At The Dog, You’ll Gasp When You See It! – Perfect Coincidences That Were Captured On Camera

joannashepherd | September 28, 2024 1:00 pm

There is nothing as surprising yet satisfying as a little coincidence. In a world where we are constantly planning things down to a schedule and trying to maintain as much control over our lives as possible, it's so much fun to come across a happy accident.

Here are some pictures of funny coincidences that the universe gave us.

The Shadow Knows The Truth

dog sleeping by window has shadow of word
Photo Credit: Reddit / themattsquared
Photo Credit: Reddit / themattsquared

Is there anything more majestic and perfect than a dog peacefully lying in the sun?

Apparently so: you can find a dog lying in the sun with the word "dog" cast on him.

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Proof The Author Really Knows What They're Talking About

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woman sleeping on bus holding book titled
Photo Credit: Reddit / OmiK_
Photo Credit: Reddit / OmiK_
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People sleeping on public transit is generally a fun image to capture, but the fact that this woman was reading a how-to book on falling asleep really takes the cake.

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Ironic much?

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Together, They Make A Full Head Of Hair!

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man with head shaved on sides next to man with hair only on sides
Photo Credit: Reddit / MigBagOfMaths
Photo Credit: Reddit / MigBagOfMaths
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Have you ever met someone and just felt like they completed you?

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These two men found each other and their complementary hair cuts were probably enough to start a beautiful friendship.

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Shoes That Know How To Camoflauge

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polkadot shoes blend in with shelf
Photo Credit: Imgur / TWrox
Photo Credit: Imgur / TWrox
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These shoes definitely took a page of out the chameleon's handbook and decided to blend into their environment on the rack at the store.

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The CIA should hire these shoes for a covert mission.

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A Q-Tip For President Lincoln

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man cleaning lincoln memorial statue looks like he's q-tipping his ear
Photo Credit: Reddit / vitorpga
Photo Credit: Reddit / vitorpga
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Statues, like the enormous one of President Lincoln in Washington, D.C., require regular cleaning to continue looking top-notch, and this person perfectly timed a photo for Honest Abe's ear cleaning.

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We all need a little help sometimes.

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Didn't Know Date Night Had A Color Code

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two separate couples at restaurant are wearing matching outfits
Photo Credit: Reddit / L33SA
Photo Credit: Reddit / L33SA
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It's adorable enough to see couples in public who accidentally happen to match, but it's even cuter when two couples who don't know each other happen to match at the same restaurant.

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Fate?

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Holy Cow, That's Cool!

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Photo of bull young vs. much older
Photo Credit: Reddit / heathwards
Photo Credit: Reddit / heathwards
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When looking through their photos, this person realized that they unknowingly took two nearly identical pictures of the same bull while visiting the same ranch in Texas five years apart.

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Some people are just predictable.

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The Neck Has To Be That Size On Purpose

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Overlapping british coins make the queen looks like she's just a head, neck and legs
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Have you ever sat and wondered to yourself, "What would the Queen of England look like if she didn't have a torso and arms?"

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If so, look no further than the currency.

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This Is His First Time Meeting This Cat

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man with cat on his shirt holds cat that's identical to it
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This guy, upon hearing his friend had just got a new cat, went over to meet the little fur ball only to realize he was already wearing his twin on his shirt.

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We still like the fluffy version better.

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When The Brand Name And The Knockoff Share A Plate

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two packages of minute rice by different brands perfectly match up on boxes to make a full plate
Photo Credit: Reddit / landy1
Photo Credit: Reddit / landy1
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In a marketing landscape where brands are constantly fighting to win over the consumers, it's kind of beautiful to see these two instant rice boxes finding a way to share a meal.

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The price ain't similar at all though...

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Do You Think She Owns Both Cars?

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woman with half red, half blue dress standing between two cars of the same shades
Photo Credit: Reddit / Koopatroopa_7
Photo Credit: Reddit / Koopatroopa_7
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I'm just saying, after buying this dress and having this situation happen once as a happy accident, it would only make sense to buy a second matching car to keep the look up.

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A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

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Maybe 33607 Is His Magical Lucky Number

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Man's tshirt, race ticket number, and run time are all 33607 (3:36:07)
Photo Credit: Reddit / Sneaky-Goat
Photo Credit: Reddit / Sneaky-Goat
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Not only did this man have 33607 on his shirt, as his randomly assigned participant number, and a run time of 3:36:07, but 33607 is also the zip code for this childhood home.

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Majorly spooky coincidence.

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What Came First: The Chicken Or The Egg?

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halved boiled egg looks like chicken
Photo Credit: Reddit / raines88
Photo Credit: Reddit / raines88
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Making hard-boiled eggs often leads to at least one shell cracking and part of the eggs slipping out, but this person had half of the egg's yolk boil outside of the shell into the shape of a chicken.

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This is too much egg white for my liking.

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The Matrix Is Glitching

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Two women at redbox look exactly the same with same outfits
Photo Credit: Reddit
Photo Credit: Reddit
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Fashion is supposed to be a way to express your individuality through choices of clothing—key words: supposed to be.

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I don't even know where to buy neon sweats, let alone find someone else who'd wear the same ones.

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How Many Of The Same Car Can You Park On One Street?

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three of the same car parked in the same place on the same street
Photo Credit: Reddit /cs502
Photo Credit: Reddit /cs502
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It's one thing to have someone park the same car model right next to you, but these three cars are all the same color and model and somehow ended up together on this street.

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There's no shortage of spare parts in this neighborhood.

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You Can Actually Have Butterflies In Your Stomach Now!

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sliced eggplant has a butterfly design in seeds
Photo Credit: Reddit / ChunkyCharcoal
Photo Credit: Reddit / ChunkyCharcoal
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This woman was chopping up an eggplant while preparing her dinner only to discover that the seeds on the inside made a perfect little butterfly shape.

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I really hope she was cooking this for a date.

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Find Your International Clone Abroad!

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two girls with blue hair, a yellow scarf, and a beige coat coincidentally next to each other in public
Photo Credit: Reddit / salmeida
Photo Credit: Reddit / salmeida
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This woman was visiting the USA for the first time only to experience a severe glitch in the Matrix while standing in line at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or maybe this is just a remake of The Parent Trap.

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Either way, we hope they connected.

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Wear Yourself With Pride

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man with socks that have drawing of person that looks just like him
Photo Credit: Reddit / IamtheEric
Photo Credit: Reddit / IamtheEric
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My favorite part about shopping for crew socks is looking at all the fun and irregular designs and patterns available, but I haven't been lucky enough to find my face on a pair.

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To be fair though, this could be any number of guys with big beards.

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Hey, I Recognize Those Mountains!

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man holding phone of picture of mountains in front of the mountains in real life
Photo Credit: Reddit / xbshooter
Photo Credit: Reddit / xbshooter
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After using this stock photo as his phone background for the past two years, this man accidentally stumbled across the landscape in real life while traveling through Santa Cristina, Italy.

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Now someone find me the Windows screensaver.

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They Go Together Pretty Well, Though

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planned parenthood location next to a store called
Photo Credit: Reddit / itsjustalampbro
Photo Credit: Reddit / itsjustalampbro
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It's a classic pairing, like Batman and Robin, gin and tonic, or Bonnie and Clyde.

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This service location and store were just meant to be next to each other, even if it wasn't planned (pun intended).

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Art Imitates Life

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boy reading book looks just like character pictured inside
Photo Credit: Reddit / designerlifela
Photo Credit: Reddit / designerlifela
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This little boy opened up a new book that came in a set only to find that he actually was the protagonist of one—or, at the very least, almost identical to the character.

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Bet he never knew he was so famous.

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They Were Born Seconds Apart!

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two cars of the same model parked next to each other have nearly identical license plates (one number difference)
Photo Credit: Reddit / ngalfano13
Photo Credit: Reddit / ngalfano13
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These fraternal twin cars are both the exact same model and had their license plates made right after each other, meaning they were probably purchased the same day.

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And by some miracle they ended up parked together.

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Apparently, Deer Can Read Road Signs Now

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three deer crossing road right at deer crossing caution sign
Photo Credit: Reddit / aadair86
Photo Credit: Reddit / aadair86
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Deer are some of the most lawless animals, as in they will sprint across a road at any given time and wreck a car.

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However, these sophisticated deer are on the road exactly at the "deer crossing" caution sign.

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Nailed It!

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girl's nail matches chocolate wrapper
Photo Credit: Reddit / whatserrname17
Photo Credit: Reddit / whatserrname17
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The meditation class leader from the one session I went to five years ago told us that we need to find a way to find ourselves in everyday life, but I don't think she meant matching the chocolate wrapper.

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Or was this all part of a greater plan?

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This Is A Very Considerate Bird

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bird poop on cleaning ad on back of car lines up with where cartoon spray bottle is aimed
Photo Credit: Reddit / notyoremama
Photo Credit: Reddit / notyoremama
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Birds in general are rude creatures who will poop on your car without a care in the world, but at least this one bird had the courtesy to poop in the best spot possible.

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What a perfect marketing opportunity.

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Everybody Loves Stripes, I Guess

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four strangers at bus stop all wearing the same shirt
Photo Credit: Reddit / Aw3s0m3G4m3r
Photo Credit: Reddit / Aw3s0m3G4m3r
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This guy probably thought his outfit was pretty fresh until he rolled up the a public bus stop only to realize that three other total strangers were wearing the exact same shirt.

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I hope the bus driver is wearing them too.

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They Got The Hair Right!

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candy bar with bart simpson on it has jagged edges like his hair on the show
Photo Credit: Reddit / D4ftHunk
Photo Credit: Reddit / D4ftHunk
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When doing the packaging design for this chocolate bar, I bet the company didn't realize that, when actually printed and sold, the edges would match Bart's hair on The Simpsons so well.

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If they did though then hat's off to them.

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Bless You And Your Shirt!

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woman's shirt matches pattern on kleenex box
Photo Credit: Reddit / azaleahey
Photo Credit: Reddit / azaleahey
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It's always fun to catch your clothes matching other random patterned things out in public, and this woman found a Kleenex box that was rocking the same outfit as her.

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So who's gonna change?

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One Palindrome Is Rare Enough

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reading in car has two palindromes on top each other (3131.3 and 125521)
Photo Credit: Reddit / radicallymoderate
Photo Credit: Reddit / radicallymoderate
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I don't trust people who don't get excited over having random numbers they encounter accidentally make a pattern, so if you aren't freaking out about this double-palindrome, I am scared of you.

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This is some angel numbers level magic going on here.

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Some Things Are Too Perfect To Be Unplanned

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cheech and chongs DVD on sale at walmart for $4.20
Photo Credit: Reddit / prettylittlepistol
Photo Credit: Reddit / prettylittlepistol
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Some things, though not explicitly stated as intentional, are just too perfectly executed in order to be a coincidence.

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There is no fathomable way the price just happened to be $4.20.

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What Witchcraft Is This?

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people posing on textbook cover are holding versions of the textbook with them already on it in the same pose
Photo Credit: Reddit
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I don't know what sort of sorcery allowed these kids to get copies of the exact textbook they're posing for with themselves already on it for this photo, but I'm terrified of their power.

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They just knew which shot would be the cover photo I guess.

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So Who Owns The Other Cat?

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photo of identical cats captioned: last month my cat disappeared. A week ago I found him and brought him home. Today my cat came back. Now I have two identical cats
Photo Credit: Facebook / Stainislav Zak
Photo Credit: Facebook / Stainislav Zak
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What is this guy supposed to do now? Try and find the owner of the other cat?

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Even if he did find the second cat's home, how is he supposed to figure out which one is actually his cat.

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Interior Decor On Par With Video Game Design

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person finds a rug identical to the one his floor in a video game
Photo Credit: Reddit / flatsixfan
Photo Credit: Reddit / flatsixfan
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This person was just enjoying one of their favorite video games when they were stunned to see that the room in the game had the exact same rug as the one on their floor.

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To be fair, this rug isn't that uncommon. I'm sitting on one right now.

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A Romantic Reflection

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reflection on clear divider makes man and woman look like they're sitting together
Photo Credit: Reddit / kadafi17
Photo Credit: Reddit / kadafi17
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These two people might be sitting alone to eat their respective meals, but the reflection on the glass at least makes it look like they are on a date together.

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Why don't you two introduce yourselves?

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The Timing On This Photo Was Perfect

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television and mirror reflection of television show two different images
Photo Credit: Reddit / AvivaSappir
Photo Credit: Reddit / AvivaSappir
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This person was just trying to take a picture of their cat when they accidentally captured the television screen in the middle of a camera angle change, making the reflection in the mirror different from the current screen.

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I'm definitely more creeped out by this than I should be.

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Who Allowed This To Happen?

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side by side billboards say in big text
Photo Credit: Reddit / DingoDingus40
Photo Credit: Reddit / DingoDingus40
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At some point, someone involved in putting up these billboards had to know that putting these two beside each other was a horrible mistake.

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I would like to petition to move one.

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You Never Know Where You'll Find A Familiar Face

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man finds his doppelganger selling nuts at an istabul market
Photo Credit: Reddit / TisAubrey
Photo Credit: Reddit / TisAubrey
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This American tourist was visiting a small market in Istanbul, Turkey when he came across a vendor selling nuts that looked just like him.

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While they didn't speak the same language, they still got some good pictures.

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This Could Not Be More Perfect

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two side-by-side photos of different people look like they're combined into one face
Photo Credit: Reddit / DaveyG80
Photo Credit: Reddit / DaveyG80
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Facebook's "Suggested Friends" feed is normally just a barrage of acquaintances and people from high school that you don't talk to anymore, but this person found the best coincidental pairing of photos he could hope for.

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Surprisingly, this doesn't make me want to click the add friend button.

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The Shadows Were At Just The Right Angle

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light hits wall lettering that says
Photo Credit: Reddit / Becasuetoast
Photo Credit: Reddit / Becasuetoast
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Yes, I would like to have a cup of "cofee".

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What definitely seemed like a cute sign to decorate the inside of a café turned into a funny misspelling with the placement of the ceiling lights.

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He Is All Powerful

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screaming cat sitting in light from a window is at center of rainbow shots of light
Photo Credit: Reddit / _divinnity_
Photo Credit: Reddit / _divinnity_
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This cat picked the perfect place and time to make a scream-like meow in order to look like an ethereal being with mystical and unparalleled powers.

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Or maybe this cat really just is a supernatural wonder.