Name change and fresh food
The people of the Piraha tribe stand out for their unique view of the world. At first, they are not particularly polite. There are no such words in their vocabulary., like "thank you", "Please" etc.. d. They are afraid to sleep long, because they believe in, that during sleep you can lose yourself. And also change their name often. Usually 5-6 once in a lifetime, each name can refer to a specific age period.
They don't think about tomorrow, the writer was very surprised by this fact. Unlike other tribes, do not prepare stocks, eating fresh food such as fish and fruits, which are collected in the forest. In their understanding, there is no one god, they only believe in ghosts, who live in their forests.
Michael Benson spent two days in the crater of a volcano
49-summer operator spent two days in a fire-breathing crater of a volcano in Hawaii. IN 1992 he and his colleague Chris Duddy filmed from the air for their film, when their helicopter crashed just over Kilauea, one of the most active active volcanoes on the planet. The documentary filmmakers and the pilot hit Puu-oo, one of the two smoking cones of this volcano., nearly hitting boiling lava.
Pilot Craig Hosking and Duddy got out the next day, They tried to find Benson from above through the smoky clouds for another day.. He spent two sleepless nights inside, breathing poisonous gases and listening, how lava seethes and bubbles under it. And only then he could see the rescue net thrown to him and get to it.
Frane Selak escaped death seven times
First time Selak, Croatian music teacher, was in mortal danger in 33 of the year: a train, which the man was riding, in an accident fell into an icy river. Seventeen passengers died, Selak escaped with bruises, abrasions and got hypothermia. A year later, Frane got into a plane crash.. Passengers had no chance of escape when the plane crashed, but there was a fatal accident: in the liner the door opened by itself, and the man fell out of the burning plane.
He pleased in a haystack and thus survived. After that the fate of the whole 3 haven't tested a man for a year. And then Frane went on a trip - and the bus with tourists fell into the river. Miraculously Selak survived. Then there was a burning car, scalp burn, Traffic accident and car accident - but the Croat miraculously survived. Selak considers his last luck to be winning the lottery - the man got almost 600 thousand. pounds!
Case two: plane
Another unpleasant incident in the life of a Croatian music teacher was an incident on an airplane in 1963 year. What happened then? Jet airliner Douglas DC 8 made a flight from Zagreb to Rijeka. Frane, not indifferent to the fair sex, decided to have an affair with a flight attendant, unfastening the seat belt. Suddenly, the cabin was depressurized and the plane door opened. It turned out, due to dense fog Douglas DC 8 accidentally hit the ledge of the mountain, because of what the door of the salon and opened. Some passengers were sucked out, including that stewardess, whom the music teacher wanted to get to know better. He fell out of the plane and Lovelace Selak. 19 people became victims of this tragic incident. Frania was miraculously lucky to fall on a large haystack, he got off with fright and abrasions. Lucky for the stewardess: she fell on the deciduous part of the tree. true, I didn't manage to get to know the girl better. But he remained safe and sound. This amazing case was entered in the Guinness Book of Records.
Personal life
As mentioned above, Frane Selak has never been indifferent to the fairer sex. What is the case on the plane, which only miraculously ended well for him. Apart from his many intrigues, he was married four times, but all marriages after a while ended in divorce. Last, 5-th marriage, was concluded already in old age, some time after that biggest cash win, and the man is still happy. His chosen one is called Katarina. She is younger than Franya by 20 years. The Croatian pensioner himself considers his wife the greatest success in his life..
Lucky people in the world
7. Sole survivor of the plane crash.
IN 1971 Julian Koepke (Juliane Koepcke) became the only survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon Peru.
Köpke fell from a height 3200 meters, being tied with a seat belt, when her plane crashed in the Amazon rainforest. She walked through the jungle, teeming with crocodiles and piranhas during 10 days, until the lumberjacks found her.
8. Two days inside an active volcano.
IN 1992 Chris Daddy (Chris Duddy), Michael Benson (Michael Benson) and Craig Hosking (Craig Hosking) spent two days inside the crater of active volcano Kilauea after the helicopter crash.
The helicopter lost control so suddenly, that pilot Craig Hosking didn't have time to report help. When the helicopter fell into the hot bottom of the crater, he almost fell into a seething lava lake, and all three escaped with only minor cuts. While the men waited for salvation and heard, how lava gurgled under them, they have already mentally resigned themselves to a terrible death.
9. Sailed from the world's highest tsunami on a fishing boat.
On the night 9 july 1958 Alaska earthquake led to tsunami wave, which was twice the height of the Eiffel Tower (more 500 meters). Howard Ulrich's boat (Howard Ulrich) and his 8 year old son bravely by the wave, which was approaching the bay at a speed 160 km per hour. Amazing, but the ship lifted to the top of the wave, which carried them over the trees and lowered them back into the bay.
10. The only person in history, hit by a meteorite.
Although it sounds like extreme bad luck, do not jump to conclusions, until you hear the whole story.
Late morning near Sulacoga, Alabama, США молодая женщина Энн Ходжес (Ann Hodges)dozed off on the couch, covered with a blanket, when a grapefruit-sized meteorite hit the roof of a house, bounced off the radio and hit her in the thigh, leaving a pineapple-shaped scar. If it wasn't for the blanket and the radio, a meteorite could hit her head.
The luckiest people
1. Woman pulled out a carrot with a long-lost ring.
Working in the garden, Lena Palsson (Lena Påhlsson) pulled carrots from the ground with a wedding ring, which she lost 16 years ago.
Ring, designed by Lena herself, lost, after, how she put it on the kitchen table in 1995 year. Probably, the ring fell into a bucket of fertilizer and later spread throughout the garden. If not for the happy carrots, he would hardly have been found.
2. The man found his biological mother, who worked with him in the same store.
Steve Fleig (Steve Flaig) searched for his biological mother since then, how was he 18 years, but only in 2007 year discovered, that you pronounced her name wrong. New searches ended in success. Luckily Chris Talladi (Chris Tallady), 45-summer cashier, who worked with him in the same store, turned out to be his mother.
3. Winning the lottery twice on the same day.
Virginia Fake (Virginia Fike) always played the lottery with the same numbers: the day of the wedding anniversary and the age of the parents, divided by year, when they got married.
IN 2012 year, the mess at the checkout led to, that she wrote numbers on two tickets instead of one. Later on TV she saw, that two tickets guessed five of 6 numbers in the lottery, and each of them reached the cost $1 million. The woman looked at her mother and said: “It would be funny, if …”, and then couldn't stop laughing, until I reached the bank.
Survival stories
4. Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived two atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business, when the bomb was dropped, what damaged his eardrum, led to temporary blindness and burns to the upper body.
Despite the injuries, three days later he ended up in Nagasaki for work. Yamaguchi discussed the Hiroshima bombing with his boss., when the sirens sounded, and another bomb was dropped. He officially became one of the few, who was able to survive these two nuclear bombings.
5. The man survived three days underwater, falling into an air bubble, after, how his ship capsized.
Nigerian sailor Harrison Okene (Harrison Okene) was in the toilet, when in 5 in the morning his boat suddenly began to sink. The ship sank almost 30 meters under cold water. Okene managed to survive only in her underwear thanks to an air bubble in the cockpit. He was discovered only after, how did he spend 60 hours under water.
6. The man jumped with a parachute, when a meteorite nearly fell on him.
Anders Helstrup (Anders Helstrup) captured the close passage of the meteorite on camera, attached to the head, when he jumped to the ground.
He himself did not even suspect, that he narrowly escaped death, until I watched the shooting. “I had a feeling, that something happened, but I didn't notice, what happened“, – told the Norwegian.
Further destiny
The luckiest person in the world today 88 years. He is a retired music teacher, lives in the town of Petrinya, what is south of Zagreb. Life presented him with many unpleasant surprises.. However, at the end of this path “luck” he was in for real luck. IN 2003 year Frane Selak decided to try his luck in the lottery. As a result, he hit the jackpot, winning the amount, equal 1 million dollars. Unheard of reward for long trials by fate. Some would immediately run to put that kind of money in the bank, others would start spending them.
Frane Selak, which by then was 74 of the year, decided for myself, that he is too old for that, to put money aside. Plus, the old Croat was literally head over heels in debt.. And the passion for travel has not been canceled. Paying off debts, he spent most of the money on a new house, car and boat, and also married for the fifth time.
IN 2010 year, tired of travel, Frane returned to Petrinho, sold previously purchased, had a hip replacement surgery, and donated the remaining amount to charity. Today, the 88-year-old pensioner is swimming in debt again. However, the luckiest person in the world has no regrets about wasted money left and right.. He considers that lucky win to be a kind of gift for those trials., which he had to go through. Including for the saved life of the old woman, when in 1962 year the train derailed.
Elmer Sherwin (America)
Slot machine "Megabucks", who was in one of the casinos in Las Vegas, twice lucky for Elmer Sherwin, which at the time of the first win is 76 years.
The lucky one won the first time 4,6 million. dollars, which he later spent on his old dream - travel.
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Later 16 years Sherwin decided to try his luck again and went to the same casino, to the same slot machine. And as it turned out, not in vain - the man won again, only this time 21 million. dollars. At the time of the win, Elmer Sherwin was 92 of the year.
Earlier we talked about the biggest lottery wins, which described the success stories of no less lucky people.
Michael Benson
49-summer operator spent two days in a fire-breathing crater of a volcano in Hawaii. IN 1992 he and his colleague Chris Duddy filmed from the air for their film, when their helicopter crashed just over Kilauea, one of the most active active volcanoes on the planet. The documentary filmmakers and the pilot hit Puu-oo, one of the two smoking cones of this volcano., nearly hitting boiling lava. Pilot Craig Hosking and Duddy got out the next day, They tried to find Benson from above through the smoky clouds for another day.. He spent two sleepless nights inside, breathing poisonous gases and listening, how lava seethes and bubbles under it. And only then he could see the rescue net thrown to him and get to it.
Lucky people practice "counterfactual thinking"
Counterfactual thinking is thinking, counterintuitive. Psychologists often use this term, when they talk about our ability to imagine something, what could have happened instead, what happened.
In the case of lucky people, this term means, that when some trouble happens to them, they interpret the event as, that in their view of the world there is, what are they lucky.
In one psychological experiment, Weisman asked subjects to imagine, that they got into one of the situations he described, and watched their reaction.
So, once he asked them to introduce, that they were injured during a bank robbery.
What do you think, how lucky and unlucky people react to such an event? Here's what the researcher says:
"Usually, unlucky people said, what, if they got into such bindings, they would consider, that they were very unlucky, once they ended up in a bank during a robbery. Lucky people believed, what if in such a situation they would just get off with injury, they would consider themselves lucky, because the alternative could be much worse.
As one member of the lucky group commented, “I would consider, that i'm lucky, because I could have been killed. I could also sell the rights to my story to newspapers and make some money. ".
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Lucky people see opportunities there, where others do not notice them
To discover this ability in lucky people, Weisman conducted a very simple and funny experiment.. He asked the participants to flip through the newspaper and find out, how many photos are printed in it. It was a simple and boring task for careful counting., which the, at first sight, had nothing to do with luck.
On that, to count the total of all photos, it took a group of unlucky people about two minutes ... the lucky people did it in two seconds.
Why?
“Because, that on the second page of the newspaper was printed the message “Stop counting. In this newspaper 43 photos". This message was half a page, and it was printed in huge letters. It was impossible not to notice him, but unlucky people, usually, overlooked him, and the lucky ones noticed right away ", - Wiseman writes.
But that's not all.
To make the experiment even more interesting, about the middle of the newspaper another big message was posted. It said “Stop counting, tell the experimenter, what did you see this message, and get 250 dollars ". And again, no one from the group of unlucky people noticed him, because they were too keen on finding photos.
Richard Lustig writes books about, how to win the lottery
Richard Lustig demonstrates his book (left) and a photo, on which he keeps a huge check, Won in the Fantasy Lottery 5
Everyone knows, that the only sure way to win the lottery is to be born lucky. Florida resident Richard Lustig is one of the few, who has a different opinion. Lustig states, that he knows a special system, allowing you to win any lottery. And that would sound very unlikely, if not for the following evidence. FROM 1993 by 2010 year Lustig became the winner of the lottery 7 time. The last ticket brought him a little over a million dollars, excluding taxes.. Twice he won trips with a total value of 8,5 one thousand dollars, and his biggest win in January 2002 year was 842 thousand. Lustig even published a book "How to Increase Your Chance of Winning the Lottery". Apparently, income from lotteries was not enough for him, once he decided to earn extra money by writing.
• The most unlucky person in the world
Whether he is lucky or unlucky? Decide for yourself.
Selak area
On a cold January day 1962 r. Croatian music teacher Frain Selak (Frane Selak) traveled by train from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik. At least, he thought, what goes to Dubrovnik, and did not even imagine, which embarks on a strange 40 year odyssey, filled with amazing incidents and deadly dangers.
A train, in which Selak rode in 1962 g., inexplicably derailed and dived into an icy river, perished 17 passengers. Selak managed to swim ashore, overcooled, in shock, bruised and with a broken arm, but happy, because survived.
A year later, Selak flew by plane from g. Zagreb in. Rijeka. The plane door was ripped off and sucked out. A few minutes later the plane crashed, 19 people died, but Selak woke up in the hospital - he was found in a haystack with only minor injuries.
IN 1966 r. he was on the bus, when he left the road and fell into the river. Perished 4 human, but not Selak. He just cut himself and got a few bruises.
IN 1970 r. he was driving in his car, when she suddenly caught fire. He managed to stop and get out, before the fuel tank exploded, enveloping the car in flames.
IN 1973 r. during the trip, a faulty fuel pump sprayed gasoline all over the engine of another Selak car. Flames burst from the vents. His only damage: lost almost all of my hair. Since then, friends began to call him "Lucky".
IN 1995 r. in Zagreb he was hit by a city bus, he escaped with only minor injuries.
IN 1996 r. he was driving along a mountain road, when, turning around the next turn, saw a truck driving right towards him. He drove through the fence, jumped out, landed on a tree, and saw, as 90 his car exploded meters below.
Bad (and good) news travels fast
For his ability to survive, he gained worldwide fame. "You can look at it from two sides", says Selak. “I am either the most unlucky man in the world, or - the luckiest. I prefer to believe in the latter ".
What's the end of this story? Of course, happy! In June 2003, aged 74 years, Selak for the first time in 40 years I bought a lottery ticket ... and won more than $1 million. "Now I will just enjoy life.", he says. "Such a feeling, as if i was born again. I know, that God has watched over me all these years ". He told reporters, what is going to buy a house, car and speedboat, and marry your girlfriend. (Selak has already been married four times, and noticed about this: "My marriages were also disasters.")
IN 2004 r. he was offered to star in a commercial for Doritos chips for Australian television. He first accepted this offer, but then changed his mind and refused to fly to Sydney to shoot. The reason: he said, that he doesn't want to try his luck.
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10 the luckiest people in the history of mankind
1. Lena Paulsson
Harvesting on your site, Lena Paulsson discovered the missing 16 years ago wedding ring. A carrot sprouted through it, and the ring pulled out to the surface along with the root crop.
2. Steve Fleig
Steve grew up without a mother and spent years trying to find her.. It turned out, when making inquiries, he incorrectly indicated her last name. A chance helped find mom. Steve got a job in one of the stores of a large supermarket chain and told his boss about his problem. The surname of the wanted mother seemed familiar to him. It turned out, Steve's mother worked in the same supermarket chain, as son, only in another store.
3. Virginia Fake
Buying a lottery ticket, Virginia has always chosen ticket numbers according to the same pattern: the numbers on them meant, how many years did her parents spend married, as well as their age at the time of the wedding. IN 2012 year she accidentally paid for two lottery tickets with the same numbers. As a result, each brought her a million dollar win..
4. Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person, who miraculously survived both nuclear attacks on Japan. He was on a business trip to Hiroshima that day, when was the nuclear strike, the epicenter of which took place in 3 kilometers away, where was Tsutomu Yamaguchi. The man suffered serious burns, however, three days later he returned to his workplace in Nagasaki, on which the second fatal bombing was carried out.
5. Harrison Oken
When the ship, on which Harrison acted as cook, began to crash, the man was in the toilet and could not leave the ship in time. Fortunately, the sailor was able to quickly navigate and moved to the engine room, where the air bag formed. Rescuers managed to find the sunken ship only after three days. And Harrison was the only survivor of 12 crew members.
6. Joan Gunther
In this photo, the shop assistant, who sold for the first time Joan Gunther happy ticket, brought the girl $5,4 million. 10 years later Joan won $2 million, three years later - $3 million, and, finally, in 2008 year old girl hit the jackpot in the form $10 million.
7. Juliana Kopke
IN 1971 Juliana Köpke flew on a plane, which crashed over the Amazon jungle. 17-summer girl survived the crash of the liner, escaping with a broken collarbone, numerous abrasions and cuts. After the accident, the girl had to wander through the jungle among wild animals for several more days., until she was rescued by local loggers. Juliana is the only one, who survived that disaster.
8. Maarten de Jong
Dutch professional cyclist Maarten de Jong booked his seats on both of Malaysia's infamous flights and was canceled at the last minute.. One of the Malaysian "Boeing" disappeared in March last year over the waters of the Indian Ocean, and the other was shot down in the summer 2014 of the year.
9. Reshma Begum
Reshma Begum worked as a seamstress in one of the factories in the eight-story building "Rana Plaza". After the collapse of the building, she miraculously survived, but remained buried under the rubble. Fortunately, she managed to find a supply of food and water and hold out under the rubble of whole 17 days, until rescuers released her.
10. Frano Selak
Croatian music teacher Frano escapes death for the first time, miraculously survived after, how the train derailed and fell into the lake. He then escaped in a plane crash, when fell out of the plane and landed in a haystack, while 19 passengers on this flight were killed. The man also survived several car accidents.. After all this, luck did not leave him, and Frano won nearly a million dollars, having bought the first lottery ticket in my life.
Bonus: Энн Ходжес — Самый невезучий человек в мире
Ann Hodges - American, which became famous all over the world after, how did the meteorite hit her. It happened like this, what in 1954 year in Ann, who was resting on the couch, suddenly some splinter flew, and he flew at such a speed, that even broke through the roof of her house. This case went down in history - the Sulakog meteorite (later they even began to call him Hodgesky) became the first case of a meteorite hitting a person.
Case Seven. Oh, this Skoda…
The last unpleasant incident in the life of the luckiest man in the world occurred in 1996 year. And again driving the ill-fated Skoda car. This time Frané toured the highlands, through a narrow gorge. Suddenly after turning, he saw with horror, that a UN peacekeeping force truck is rushing towards it at high speed. Turning sharply to the side, Selak broke through the fence with his car. The car hung on the edge of a cliff. Horvath jumped out of the car seconds before, how his car crashed to the bottom of the gorge, where it exploded. And this time it was all scared and scratched. Frane Selaku's life was saved by, that the seat belt was not fastened.
Lucky people never miss a chance to chat
They are not afraid of meeting new people., because they know: new people are always new opportunities, and new opportunities are good.
Weisman recalls one experiment participant, decided, that he should break the habit of hanging out with the same people at parties, meetings and others. Having made a decision, he did the following: before, how to go to the event, he chose a certain color, and after that he spoke only with people in clothes of this color, even if they were completely unfamiliar to him!
Lucky people, usually, are extroverts, and enjoy connecting with others and making new connections. Being surrounded by other people, they do not limit their social circle to just people, whom they know. They are ready to chat with anyone..
short biography
Frane Selak was born in 1929 year on the territory of what was then Yugoslavia. The birth of the future lucky guy happened quite unexpectedly and in an unusual place. The birth took place… in a boat during one of the child's father's fishing trips, to which he often went. The baby was also born seven months old. The vacation at sea was immediately interrupted. The child's condition did not inspire optimism. The baby was born weak and was on the verge between life and death. Parents took the baby to the hospital, but they counted, that the boy cannot be saved. But the mother was not at all going to part with her newborn baby.. She wrapped him in a shirt and took him to church, sprinkled with holy water. Only after that, the child's state began to change in a positive direction.. In this way, the hand of the lady of luck already then touched the shoulder of the future unlucky lucky. Since childhood, Frané was fond of music, therefore, the choice of a future profession was, naturally, associated with this particular area of art. He became a music teacher and children's choir director. However, fate has prepared him many deadly trials., who definitely didn't let him call his life boring.
Frane Selak
Frane Selak is the luckiest man in the world, who outsmarted the death of the whole 7 time, which is very difficult to believe. For the first time, a man had to face mortal danger in 1962 year, when the derailed train crashed into the river. Frane escaped with only a broken arm and several bruises. After just a year, a man fell out of the open door of a falling plane and landed directly in a haystack. Three years later by bus, which he was driving, fell into the river. Lucky swam safely to the shore, escaping with minor injuries. IN 1968 year Selak taught his son to shoot a weapon, as a result of which he shot himself a scrotum, although it could have ended more badly. Several years later, he was in several accidents., surviving. Then fate tested the man for strength again, he was hit by a bus, he escaped a collision with a truck. Frane was not only able to escape death many times, but in his old age he also became the owner of a large sum of money, winning the lottery for his 73rd birthday.
