Fifa's move to ban for life Patrick Assoumou Eyi, a former Gabon youth coach found guilty of sexually abusing players, is a "positive first step", the global players' told the BBC. Eyi was named in a 2023 BBC Africa Eye investigation into claims of abuse. https://t.co/C5tRSZFRJR
...Years later, Ziegland attempted to cut down that tree and, when he failed, he decided to use dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet lodged in the tree straight into his head, killing him instantly.
10. A bullet that reached its destination years later
In 1883, Henry Ziegland broke up with his girlfriend, who, devastated, committed suicide. Her brother, furious, shot Ziegland and then took his own life...
...Although Poe claimed the story was fictional, 46 years later something similar happened: a ship sank and the survivors, to stay alive, ate a cabin boy.
The name of the unfortunate cabin boy? Exactly, Richard Parker.
8. Did Edgar Allan Poe have a time machine?
In his book The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe recounts how four sailors, after the sinking of their ship, are forced to eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker...
7. The Dutch cyclist who escaped two plane crashes
Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge managed to avoid two major air disasters in his life:
- I was originally booked for a seat on the defunct Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, but changed to a flight that left an hour earlier.
- He was also scheduled to fly on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, but opted for another flight to save money.
A double coincidence that saved his life.
- Each had a son, one named James Allan and the other James Alan.
- They both had a dog named Toy.
After divorcing, both of them remarried women named Betty. An incredibly amazing coincidence.
5. The separated twins with almost identical lives
Two twins from Ohio, separated at birth, lived surprisingly similar lives:
- Both were named James when they were adopted.
- They both became police officers and married women named Linda...