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Have you heard of Frano Selak? Well have now because he’s the luckiest guy in the world.

• 1962: Frano is taking a train from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik. The train didn’t make it after it jumped the tracks and plunged into an icy river. 17 passengers died, but not Frano. He was able to swim to shore, suffering from hypothermia, broken arm, and various, but he survived.
• 1963: Frano is flying from Zagreb to Rijeka. The plane didn’t make it after a door blew off. Frano was sucked out the open door and the plane crashed immediately afterwards killing 19. Frano survived after being found in a haystack with only minor injuries.
• 1966: Frano is on a bus that goes off the road and crashes into a river. Four passengers were killed while Frano walked away with minor cuts and bruises.
• 1970: Frano is driving his car when it catches fire. He stops and gets out moments before the gas tank exploded and engulfed the car in fire.
• 1973: Frano is driving his replacement car when the fuel pump malfunctions and dumps fuel on the engine. This starts a fire that ends up shooting flames out of the air vents. He of course survived but he did lose his eyebrows and hair.
• 1995: After two decades of peace Frano gets back to work by being hit by a bus in Zagreb. Of course, he suffers only minor injuries.
• 1996: Frano is driving yet another replacement car on a mountain road. After rounding a corner there was a truck driving in his lane toward him. So Frano swerved off the road and through a guardrail. He wasn’t wearing his seat belt so he jumped (or was ejected) and latched onto a tree branch where he watched his car plummet 300 feet and explode.
• 2003: Frano buys his first lottery ticket. And wins $1.1 million dollars. He celebrates by marrying his 5th wife and buying two houses and a boat.
• 2004: Frano is now famous and is hired to star in an advertisement in Australia. He eventually declines to fly there because he didn’t want to push his luck.
• 2010: Frano goes frugal and gives away almost all the money and property he owns.
• 2016: Frano passes peacefully at the ripe old age of 87.

Then again, none of his exploits before 2003 were ever verified, so Frano may have just been a big fat liar to explain his flakiness in getting places.

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