​Luck by by Mark Twain Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well; he died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". Read 9 minutes https://teletype.in/@one_story/SJmUtQL4Q