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Which of the following is NOT a coincidence between the lives of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy?
Which of the following is NOT a coincidence between the lives of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy?
- Both succeeding vice presidents were southern Democrats and former senators named Johnson
- Both were assassinated on a Friday
- Both assassins were known by three names with 15 letters in each complete name
- Both were born and died in the same state (correct)
What was the similarity between the ways in which Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth fled after assassinating Kennedy and Lincoln, respectively?
What was the similarity between the ways in which Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth fled after assassinating Kennedy and Lincoln, respectively?
- They both fled to a different country
- They both fled to a theater
- They both fled to a warehouse
- They both fled to a barn (correct)
According to the text, what is the author's opinion on coincidences?
According to the text, what is the author's opinion on coincidences?
- Coincidences can always be found between any two people with reasonably eventful lives (correct)
- Coincidences are rare and should be studied further
- Coincidences are insignificant and should not be given much attention
- Coincidences are only found in the lives of famous people
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- Comparing coincidences in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
- Both presidents had seven letters in their last names and were elected 100 years apart
- Both were assassinated on a Friday in the presence of their wives
- Both assassins were known by three names with 15 letters in each complete name
- Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater, and Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a barn
- Both succeeding vice presidents were southern Democrats and former senators named Johnson with 13 letters in their names and born 100 years apart
- However, there were no coincidences in their birth and death dates, states, ages, and names of their wives
- Comparing other relevant attributes finds no coincidences
- One can always comb random data to find regularities
- Coincidences can be found between any two people with reasonably eventful lives.
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