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PREDICTIONS THAT CAME TRUE

Added on: 7th Apr 2015

 

ROBERT BOYLE PREDICTED TRANSPLANTATION OF

ORGANS  FROM ONE BODY TO ANOTHER

transplant

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

population

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

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

Periodictable

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

Apollo

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

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

cells

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

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

Greatlondonfire

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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