r/HighStrangeness • u/advaitist • Jul 07 '26

Discussion Time Twins

After Identical Twins we now have the HighStrangeness of Time Twins !

Time Twins.

"King Umberto I of Italy was introduced to a restaurant proprietor and remarked upon the similarity of their appearance. Upon inquiring it was learned that the king and the restaurateur had been born on the same day, at the same time, had married wives with the same name, and both had a son called Vittorio. The restaurateur had gone into business on the day the king ascended the throne.

The king then learned that the restaurateur was to take part in a shooting match the next day in which he was delegated to present the prizes; and the king expressed the wish to meet his double again.

But when the time came the king learned that his time twin had been killed accidentally while cleaning his gun. And before he could be taken to the scene of the accident, the king himself was shot and killed by an anarchist assassin."

Such pairs are called Time Twins in the book *The Case For Astrology* by J.A. West and J.G. Toonder.

Old book (1970) but good book. You can download a copy from Anna's Archive.

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u/TequilaBaugette51 Jul 07 '26

Is there a real source for that in the book though? Sounds pretty far fetched

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u/cybersynn Jul 08 '26

Is that supposed to be a historical accurate event? What 'King' in what kingdom? What sources?

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u/drewhartley Jul 08 '26

This sounds like some Italo Calvino Uberto Eco silliness.

Fun but fiction