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People who work at Goodwill have seen some pretty freaky stuff. From human remains to bondage gear to a surprising amount of wedding dresses, there are a whole lot of things you'd be surprised to find while sorting through a pile of personal belongings. And that's just the things people take out of their homes. You should see what they keep in there.

Andrew Sipowics had some pretty impressive news for Twitter when a kid left a note on his banged up car. When we were in 6th grade, all we were worried about was video games and being terrified of girls. Anyway, since the hit and run, the bus company paid for the damage and fired the driver.

There's a lot of people in the world, so it's a statistical certainly that some really, really, ridiculously rare crap is gonna happen to someone out there. Whether it's getting struck by lightning, something worse, or just winning some weird sweepstakes, there are some crazy unlikely stories out there.

Just because something is statistically improbable doesn't mean there's no way of it happening. When you consider how many people there are living their own individual lives, the possibility of something improbable happening between them, at least once, becomes a near certainty. Chance is a real mofo. And in case you wanted to see how unlucky people can get, here are some more stories.

The saying, "bullet dodged" can cover a lot of ground: an actual bullet, a person who is all kinds of life-ruining crazy, a terrible illness, etc. The fact is, these people enjoyed an incredible stroke of luck that kept them safe from hell's fury, itself. 

Some lucky bastards just seem to have all the luck in the world! These people were basically dealt a winning hand right out the womb. 

It can seem like the world only began when we were born, but in reality our whole lives are just minuscule dots in history. There have been countless humans before us, and a lot of them did some pretty amazing things. Thinking about the past really puts things into perspective, and I think everyone needs a little wake up call now and then to remember that some pretty crazy stuff went down before we were around. Here's 19 stories from AskReddit about some very cool things humanity has achieved so far. Inspiring. 

These people had some real close calls, but by chance, circumstance or skill managed to get out (pretty much) unscathed.

These poor folks had weirdly specific things happen to them, and people have a hard time believing them.

People can get very lucky in an otherwise unfortunate situation.

This couple from Staten Island, NY mistook a rusty and battered-down old metal safe for an electrical box wedged between a couple trees in their backyard. Well, as fate would have it that "box" was a safe which was stuffed with $52,000 worth of cash and jewels and gold. The wholesome couple took it upon themselves to return their findings...

Some fools just have all the luck, man. 

This is most definitely the best 'pointless' answer to grace this gameshow yet.