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Life can be harder some days than others. The good part is that most days aren't completely crap, and most bad days that happen aren't happening to you. Maybe these unfortunate moments will put things in perspective. Maybe you'll just find them interesting or hilarious. Either way, they sure must have sucked for whoever they happened to. For more, check out these times people had their day derailed by misfortune.

These moments might remind you that, while daily life is hard enough, it could get worse. Sure, you might be behind on laundry or maybe you didn't sleep too great, but there are bigger things to be upset about. Check these out for more times misfortune got the best of people.

These lucky people all found themselves less than seconds, or in some cases inches away from complete and utter destruction. It really makes you feel deep thoughts about the delicate balance in which all our lives hang. And also it's effin' wild. For stupid people who things didn't perfectly work out for, check out these utter morons who deserve darwin awards.

Sometimes life can be a real bastard. We try our best to avoid bad outcomes, but there are some things you just can't predict. Whether it's a crocodile in your pool, missing out on a huge opportunity, or getting stuck in a bird feeder, life will hit you with some unlucky circumstances. For more, here are some times misfortune got the best of people.

Life is a series of close calls. Yours might be almost having spilled your coffee this morning. For these people it was almost getting hit by a train. Oh, quick reminder, look both ways before crossing the street. Don't save the looking for when you're halfway through. These could have been some real doozies. For more, here are some close calls where people escaped ruin by moments.

If there was a button we could push to not have anything bad happen, we'd do it. Sadly that button doesn't exist and all we can really do is look in awe at how many unforeseen unfortunate events can happen. Man, people are just magnets for misfortune. For more, here's some times misfortune got the best of people.

After a crazy freak accident, this man was able to pull himself out of his destroyed car and walk away. Holy crap that thing is wrecked. And holy crap is he lucky to be alive. If you wanna see more unlikely and mostly uplifting coincidences, then check these out.

We all just want our days to go smoothly. We're not even asking for them to go great. But sometimes life has other ideas and decides to heap some crap into your trough. Here are some folks who had to deal with misfortune of all stripes. If you wanna see more, check these out.

Is it that hard to install a tv without it falling over and crashing onto the floor? Is it hard to find parking without getting your car encased in cement? Is it hard to make a cake without ruining your kitchen? No, not really. But sometimes you just get unlucky. For more moments of disappointment, check out these times people's days got derailed by misfortune.

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,

You're bound to see a few incredibly unlikely moments in your life. Luckily, with the power of the internet, you can see and learn about oodles of crazily unlikely occurrences! So here are some amazing moments that went against the statistics. If this was too uplifting, here are some instances that weren't so lucky.

You should never expect things to go your way all the time. However the manner and variation of disappointing moments are completely unpredictable. Will you get rear-ended on your way to work? Or will your pancakes just look at you weird? There's just no way of knowing how things could go wrong.

You don't get a lot of opportunities to take photos like these. Whether it's just a rare thing, a type of perspective you never see, or just sheer coincidence, all you can say is "cool." Here are some wonderful photos taken at the exact moment of failure.

Ignorance is bliss. We don't advise reading these "we're all doomed" moments from grateful pilots, who pulled things off, without any passengers getting wind of it. You can just feel the terror and panic in these stories. Flying is fun until it isn't!