PREDICTIONS THAT CAME TRUE
Added on: 7th Apr 2015
ROBERT BOYLE PREDICTED TRANSPLANTATION OF
ORGANS FROM ONE BODY TO ANOTHER
Sometime in the 1660’s, Robert Boyle predicted that in the future,
the cure of diseases would be made by transplantation. Since he
lived during the pre-Enlightenment era of magic and superstition,
to think that organ transplantation would be possible was
extremely forward-looking.
EZRA STILES PREDICTED THAT THE U.S.
POPULATION WOULD REACH 300 MILLION BY 1983
In 1783, then Yale University president Ezra Stiles predicted that the
population of the United States would reach 300 million in the next
two hundred years. He based his prediction on his analysis of the
population growth in Europe. Apparently, just a little over 200 years
later, the population of the country actually hit 300 million.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE PREDICTED THE COLD WAR
In his 1840 book entitled “Democracy in America,” Alexis de Tocqueville
wrote: “There are now two great nations in the world which, starting
from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal:
the Russians and the Anglo Americans. Their point of departure is
different and their paths diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by
some secret desire of providence one day to hold in its hands
the destinies of half the world.”
DMITRI MENDELEEV PERFECTLY PREDICTED THE
WEIGHTS AND PROPERTIES OF THE 40+ OTHER
ELEMENTS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE
In 1863, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev predicted the properties
and weights of 40+ elements comprising the modern day periodic
table of elements perfectly. At that time, there were about
60 known elements.
JULES VERNE PREDICTED THE APOLLO MOON LANDING
More than a century before the Apollo 11, writer Jules Verne wrote in
his book “From the Earth to the Moon” that a rocket would launch
from Florida and fly to the moon. He predicted the name of the ship,
Apollo, as well as the number of astronauts aboard and the feeling
of weightlessness once on the moon.
A SHORT STORY PREDICTED THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
A short story entitled “Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan” written
by Morgan Robertson in 1898, details how the largest ship ever made
in history crashed into an iceberg and sank. 14 years later, the
RMS Titanic was launched and sank under exactly the same
circumstances.
NIKOLA TESLA PREDICTED PERSONAL
WIRELESS DEVICES
In a statement he gave to The New York Times in 1909, Nikola
Tesla predicted that it would soon be possible to transmit messages
via personal devices. Today, we have wireless communication
devices that we bring anywhere we go.
H.G. WELLS PREDICTED THE ATOMIC BOMB
In his novel entitled “The World Set Free”, H.G. Wells predicted
that a city-destroying atomic bomb would destroy lives in the
future. 18 years since he wrote the book, the atomic bomb was
launched through the Manhattan Project. At the time he made the
prediction, little was still known about the power of
radioactive elements.
NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTED THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
During his time, Nostradamus predicted that “fire will burn the blood
of the just in London in the year 66. This actually came true during the
Great Fire of London that took place on September 5, 1966, when
fire swept through vital parts of the city and killed thousands.
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