As a teenager, Jacqueline Novogratz donated a favorite sweater to charity. Eleven years later, a stunning coincidence in Rwanda illustrated how intertwined our lives on this planet have become.

• Chance collisions throughout time

From the February 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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