luck

It's extremely rare and extremely stupid, but sometimes money finds its way into people's hands for what seems like no reason. One chance encounter or ill-advised risk can land a very lucky few of us with randomly gotten gains. That said, once people have money, they tend to spend that money on the stupidest things.

If you thought a regular day was hard, lets reel that back with a few images of people and stuff in weirdly bad and not normal circumstances. Some days life is just aching togive people a bad time. All we can do in those unfortunate moments is understand that they don't happen all the time.

Statistics don't lie. Even though it's super unlikely, some some super unlikely stuff is just bound to happen. Whether it's stuff falling in a weird pattern, simultaneous lightnings strikes, or strange personal connections, there will be moments that go against all odds. Call it luck, faith, destiny, the will of the universe or whatever, the world is big and a lot of interesting things happen in it.

Sure, it's not like any of these happened against all odds, but it's still fun to see. These are some good old fashioned everyday lucky moments and really close saves.Yeah, it's not winning the lottery, but it's still rare and satisfying to get an avocado with minimal to no pit. 

If you think your day isn't going great, then it may be a good time to remind yourself that it could be worse. Chances are, you didn't lose a boat on the freeway today, or get hit with a full can of paint. Whether you find it cathartic or just funny, here are some times things just didn't go right. For more, here are someimpressive moments of misfortune and failure.

The inconvenient thing about the future is that you never know what seemingly insignificant thing is going to become a big deal later on. Here are people whose butterfly effect-style small choices ended up having huge repercussions later in life. For more stories about unlikely things that happened to people check these out.

Get ready to give up your dreams of stardom and take up new dreams of being assaulted by a toilet! Here are some surprising, and somewhat disappointing numbers on the likelihood of something happening to you. Sure, you can increase or decrease your odds by taking acting classes or getting drunk on the toilet more, but these are your ballpark numbers. Check this out for a list of incredibly unlikely things that actually happened,

We're all just trying to get through the day. Sometimes it helps to know that "just getting through the day" is pretty good compared to the unintended trials and tribulations life might throw at someone else. So here's misfortune big and small to put things in perspective. And if you wanna see more, then here it is.