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* Sports example: In Super Bowl XXV in January 1991, the Buffalo Bills, trailing 20-19 late in the game, had driven to the New York Giants' 30-yard line to set up what would be a game-winning field goal by Scott Norwood. As he prepared to kick, [[ABC]] ran a graphic stating that Norwood was pretty much at the outer limits of his kicking range, and later added that he had never kicked well on a grass field. Sure enough, [[wikipedia:Wide Right (Buffalo Bills)|he missed.]]

* Once upon a time, there was a man named W.T. Stead. In the late 1800s, Stead penned two stories - the first one about a mail boat that collided with another boat, resulting in massive loss of life due to a lack of lifeboats. The second one was called ''From the Old World To The New'', and dealt with a White Star Liner named the ''Majestic'' that was called unsinkable, sunk by an iceberg. He published this story in 1892. He died on April 15, 1912, at the age of 62, when the ''HMS Titanic'' sank.

* Martin Luther King, Jr. "We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. ''Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place.'' But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. ''I may not get there with you.'' But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! So I'm happy, tonight. ''I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.'' Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!" That speech was given on April 3. King was assassinated the next day.

* A few days before he was assassinated, [[Abraham Lincoln]] actually had a nightmare where he was awakened by muffled crying coming from downstairs in the White House, in which he then found out that the crying was actually coming from the mourners at his own funeral held in the White House's East Room.

* [[Osama Bin Laden]] once said in an interview, "If I am to die, I would like to be killed by the bullet." On May 1, 2011, [[Badass Crew|SEAL Team Six]] had no problem in granting that request.