22 Insane Coincidences That Make Curses Seem Totally Possible
The Curse of the Two Pandas sounds really adorable, though.
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We like to believe that curses are instances relegated to movies, television, and Major League Baseball. Nope. But, you can consider us converts, because after reading the following stories, we're pretty sure curses are a thing. Like, a bad thing. And don't even think about looking for talismans to buy for your protection, because we bought them all already. They look great.
(As always, thanks to AuntieMeme for the voodoo she works putting these together.)
(Also, does anyone want to buy some talismans? We're pretty hungry.)
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![Oetzi The Iceman was found in 1991. In the 13 years that followed, seven people associated with his discovery died. Oetzi is a 5,300-year-old mummy](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/5/579815.jpg?v=2)
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![Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers had some memorable characters. And a startling number of them died young. Yellow Ranger Thuy Trang died in a car crash a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/2/579812.jpg?v=2)
![In 1866, Dr. Livingstone set out to find the source of the Nile. And he wound up as an exhibit in a Z0O. David Livingstone's on-foot expedition across](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/1/1/579811.jpg?v=2)
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![Child stars often lead hard lives. But nothing can explain the Little Rascals curse. Between The Little Rascals TV show and the Our Gang shorts, there](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/7/579807.jpg?v=2)
![In 1974, three world leaders were forced to step down. They had one thing in common: They had all been given two pandas. Richard Nixon had the Waterga](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/8/579808.jpg?v=2)
![In 2013 a cruise ship was crippled by an onboard fire. u 1 And that was just the beginning of its troubles. The fire left the Triumph dead in the wate](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/6/579806.jpg?v=2)
![You've probably heard of Magellan. You might not have heard that his crew had to drink urine to survive. Magellan's mistake was underestimating the si](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/2/579802.jpg?v=2)
![FIlmmakers had a priest bless the Exorcist set. Yet the filming still met with disaster after disaster. The interior sets of the MacNeil residence, ex](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/4/579804.jpg?v=2)
![What do these musicians have in common? They all died at age 27 Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse all died at 2](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/3/579803.jpg?v=2)
![You've probably heard the Sinatra standard My Way. At least six people have been killed while singing it over the past 10 years. Specifically, they](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/1/579801.jpg?v=2)
![This painting was sold on eBay. The seller claimed it was haunted. The listing told a story about how the boy and the doll in the painting (called The](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/0/0/579800.jpg?v=2)
![Playing Superman geems like a huge stroke of luck. But actors associated with the franchise have suffered some serious misfortune. George Reeves, who](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/9/9/579799.jpg?v=2)
![In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out to explore Antarctica. He never made it. His ship got stuck in the ice, sO he and his crew were forced to wait for](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/9/7/579797.jpg?v=2)
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