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John D. Rockefeller escaped death


Prior to becoming the oil magnate, John D. Rockefeller escaped death on his way to a critical meeting with Cornelius Vanderbilt to negotiate kerosene shipments.

He overslept, missing his train buy a few minutes.

The train would end up de-railing, killing 50 people in the car Rockefeller would have been seated.

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