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Astrologer R.H. Naylor successfully predicted a deadly plane crash but completely missed the start of the Second World War

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Nostradamus he was not. The inventor of the newspaper horoscope accurately predicted the R101 airship disaster, cementing his fame, but awkwardly failed to foresee a global geopolitical meltdown, telling his readers in 1939 that Europe would remain completely peaceful.

Astrologer R.H. Naylor successfully predicted a deadly plane crash but completely missed the start of the Second World War
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