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14 Unexpected Friendships Between Enemies

By:: Ryan Menezes; Cracked Writers

April 02, 2021

14 Unexpected Friendships Between Enemies

You can probably think of a a few people you'd never forgive. But the following people were a lot better at forgiving than you are.

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Eric Lomax CRACKED.CO Nagase Takashi tortured POW Eric Lomax during wwll, so years later, Lomax set out to hunt him down and kill him. Finding Takashi remorseful- he'd now dedicated his life to charity-Lomax gave up the murder quest, and the two became friends. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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Microsoft Sure, Microsoft and Apple have long been rivals. But in 1997, Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple, and agreed to keep making software for Macs. These moves saved Apple from collapsing. — For details, read 6 People Saved by Literally the Last Person They Expected

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John Adams CRACKED COM Soldiers fired on a crowd during the Boston Massacre, and it went down in history. But they still deserved lawyers, and sO John Adams represented them, even though doing sO put his own life in danger. — For details, read 6 People Saved by Literally the Last Person They Expected

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Michael Banyard When addict Michael Banyard was serving 25-to-life and wrote his own appeal, judge Spencer Letts might be expected to read it with a closed mind. Instead, he overturned the sentence and mentored Banyard during his rehabilitation. — For details, read 6 Sworn Enemies Who Teamed Up and Kicked Ass

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Ann Atwater When Durham, North Carolina, saw Ann Atwater was chairing a community meeting on combating racism, they appointed a KKK member as co-chair, to mess with her. Didn't work. She and Claiborne Ellis became friends, and he left the KKK. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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Fredericksburg CRACKEDC Union and confederate armies were camped on opposite sides of the river during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Restless, they sent toy boats back and forth with gifts of tobacco and coffee. Finally, this escalated in meeting in person and chatting. — For details, read 6 Inspiring Tales of Friendship in the Middle of Brutal Wars

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Chris Carrier In 1971, David MCAllister kidnapped Chris Carrier, stabbed him, and shot him in the head. 25 years later, now blind and in a nursing him, he confessed to the crime. Carrier visited him and became his only friend in his final days. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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Pepsi lteacats ocaCA pepsi P pepsi CRACKEDG In 2006, a coke employee smuggled out some secrets and samples and contacted Pepsi, offering to give it to them. Pepsi said they were interested, but actually contacted coke to set up a sting and arrest her. — For details, read 5 Crazy Stories From the War Between Coke And Pepsi

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Nobuo Fujita Fujita firebombed Oregon in 1942, in the only wartime bombing of the American mainland. Then in the 1960s, he visited the city he'd bombed, handed a 400-year-old sword over as his final surrender, and the cheering crowd welcomed him. — For details, read 6 Sworn Enemies Who Teamed Up and Kicked Ass

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Ted Morris CRACKED COM Tommy Pigage, drunk, hit Ted Morris with his car, killing him. He got just probation as a punishment, so Ted's parents started stalking him. They discovered he really was penitent, and they mentored him, eventually helping him kick the booze habit. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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King Richard I CRACKED CON During a campaign against Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Richard I found himself sick and the whole army unable move. Saladin sent physicians to save the king, even making them bring snow to cool him- in the desert. — For details, read 6 People Saved by Literally the Last Person They Expected

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Matthew Boger CRACKED.COM Timothy Zaal and a gang of fellow skinheads beat up and left for dead Mathew Boger, who'd just come out as gay. 24 years later, the two reunited and formed a charity together, the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary. — For details, read 6 Sworn Enemies Who Teamed Up and Kicked Ass

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Charles Brown American Air Force pilot Charles Brown found his B-17 plane about to die on him after a 1943 attack. He was surprised to find himself escorted to safety by Franz Stigler, a pilot with the Luftwaffe who was supposed to kill him. — For details, read 5 Shocking Ways Enemies Worked Together During Times of War

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Daryl Davis Ceabitianalit 3ateriean miglt La lux ale 010 BnLBeria CRACKED.COMT In 1983, Davis Cleft) struck up a conversation with a Klansman in a bar. In the decades since, Davis has befriended hundreds of Klansmen and convinced them to leave the organization. They give him their rObes as trophies. — For details, read 6 Sworn Enemies Who Teamed Up and Kicked Ass

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