Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction.
You’ve probably heard that phrase before, right?
It’s a common saying because it’s totally true! Real life is so weird that you can’t make this stuff up!
Check out these stories from folks who took to Twitter to tell us tales that may seem fake, but are totally true.
1. This is funny.
What a good sport!
As a child, I once asked Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy’s) to hold a piece of ribbon while he talked to someone else and then proceeded to run in circles around him until he was tied up https://t.co/YHmv8Hx5uG
— Danny Gay-da-Lore-ian (@weredawgz) January 5, 2020
2. That’s fate!
And I hope it’s your song forever!
Before my now-fiancé and I’s first ever date, we realized while apart that we were both listening to Somebody to Love by Queen at the same time. The next day, on our first real date, we accidentally walked in on an entire orchestra playing Somebody to Love. https://t.co/pMo8h2Ysh5
— swaggy p (@paige_vermeer) January 8, 2020
3. What are the chances?
You sure are special, no doubt about that.
I got a cancer so rare that you literally have only a one in a million chance of getting it.
My husband and I won the lottery three months later. https://t.co/voxawP7UEb
— Punky Mantilla (@PunkyMantilla) January 7, 2020
4. You’re lucky to be alive.
Always in the wrong place at the wrong time.
On my 3rd day in New York… the two towers fell.
On the 3rd day after visiting New Orleans… Katrina came.
On the 3rd day after leaving Nepal… the hotel was bombed by rebels.— Jessica Chavez (@HProtagonista) January 4, 2020
5. The lucky $10 bill.
Hang on to that one!
My girlfriend years ago wrote a quick thank you in a $10 bill for tip and months later that same bill ended up in my hands as change. I still have that bill because of the coincidence.
— Harry Balczak (@lookmahvelous2) January 7, 2020
6. Saying goodbye.
It wasn’t a nightmare.
when I was 3 I went into my parents’ room in the middle of the night & told them my grandpa was in my room, they assumed I had a nightmare & let me sleep with them, we got the call a couple hours later that he was dead https://t.co/JV7HM1ONAJ
— cc (@cc_fla) January 7, 2020
7. Trying to be a hero.
I’ve always been baffled by this kind of thing.
My high school had to evacuate because of a bomb threat written on a bathroom wall. Turns out it was written by our school’s security guard, whose handwriting incriminated him when his write up of the incident was compared to the threat itself. #LivinLikeLarry https://t.co/muqrMZBtKt
— ?????? (@haley4406) January 8, 2020
8. Britney to the rescue.
That’s crazy.
I used to work at a bar when I was 18 & got fired at 20 for underage drinking. I went back to visit the staff 3 months later & Britney Spears pulled up weeks after she shaved her head. We had a cigarette in the private patio while she caressed my hair. I couldn’t make this up. https://t.co/qHb4LsUy6m
— Ourfa Zinali (@ourfazinali) January 8, 2020
9. Just go with it.
Why not, right?
My middle name is literally a fucking typo. My mom had a c section and forgot to write the rest of Nicole due to the drugs, she fell asleep and they took the paperwork, wouldn’t give it back and now my middle name is Ni https://t.co/SYbP92eN9r
— ✨lil L on the beat✨ (@teriyakiJUULpod) January 8, 2020
10. That’s pretty random.
Hope you had a good time!
I don’t tell this story because everyone thinks it’s a lie anyway but I once tweeted about getting drunk in fancy clothes, a random guy saw it, and he invited me to Kanye West’s party that night, where I met a man who gave me seats to Rihanna’s first PUMAxFenty show the next day. https://t.co/AmfpVwpwyI
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) January 8, 2020
11. Back where you started.
What a night!
Once accidentally kidnapped a drunk man who was trying to get into his own home. Saw him slumped by the road, coaxed him into the cab to ‘take him home safely’ and ignored his slurry protests. Some 30 mins of confusing directions later and we… end up at exactly the same place. https://t.co/cwj43Fig8g
— Sara Spary (@saramayspary) January 7, 2020
12. That’s awesome!
The hidden room…
Moved into what we believed was a three bedroom apartment. Discovered a fourth, hidden bedroom—still furnished and filled with the clothes, records, and diaries of a hip art student who had lived there 15 years ago. https://t.co/DbchiUdEey
— Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (@vishnevetsky) January 7, 2020
13. You’re free to go.
I guess that paid off.
I got hit by a cop on Friday the 13th when I was in the 7th grade. Broke my arm. Worked out well – same cop pulled me over a couple times in high school. He’d see me and say “oh, it’s you,” then let me go.
— ?????? (@glyphwizard) January 7, 2020
What’s a crazy story that’s happened to you in your life?
Tell us all about it in the comments!
We can’t wait to hear from you!