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One of the more interesting aspects of being a Highlander (I did mention I was one, right?) is that I’ve gotten to meet a lot of people throughout history. I’ve met simple men and women, great warriors, the inventor of the cheeseburger, Debbie Gibson and many, many others. One thing I’ve noticed is that there are sometimes crazy parallels between people that we would never think about. The one that instantly comes to mind are all of the coincidences and facts relating to Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. If you don’t know a lot of this, this link is a good place to start: http://healthandsurvival.com/2008/01/22/similarities-between-john-f-kennedy-and-abe-lincoln/

Okay, now that you see how people can magically be linked in life and death, it’s interesting to note that we are living in a time where the same exact thing is going on. Most people know about the OJ Simpson and Robert Blake murder trials. What most people don’t know is how their lives have run along an eerily similar path, much like Lincoln and Kennedy. What I’m about to do is just state facts. You can judge for yourself if you find it interesting, informative or just plain spooky. Here we go:

-Both were conceived on trapezes

-Both were born on hammocks in the year 1897

-Both grew up on dairy farms in Southern Mississippi

-Both befriended and subsequently hung a dog

-Both dogs were Saint Bernard’s

-Both were illiterate for their entire lives

-OJ Simpson’s father and brother were named Robert Blake

-Robert Blake’s father and brother were named OJ Simpson

-Both pretended to like peanut brittle

-Both liked to dig holes

-Both starred at USC at running back

-Both secretly were experts with a hula hoop

-Both flew B-29 bombers in WWII

-Both wore one black glove and gave a Black Power salute on the podium at the 1968 Olympics

-Both were early cartoonists for Walt Disney

-Both were fired by Walt Disney for “charlatan type acts”

-Both starred in the Our Gang children’s movies

-Both sired Triple Crown Winners

-Both were on the cover of a Wheaties box

-Both were original Ewoks

-Both considered Peter Cetera’s “Glory of Love” to be the greatest song ever sung

-Both wrote the movie Karate Kid: Part II and put the song in the movie

-Both once made out with Barbara Stanwyck

-Both starred in the television program Jake and the Fat Man

-Both liked white women

-Both savagely murdered their wives in a jealous rage

-Both were acquitted

-Both will always be assholes

So, now you know some of the mysterious facts. Do what you may with them. But be careful, knowledge can be a dangerous thing.