Mind-blowing: Blink 182 mocked One Direction - 11 years before they even existed!

Forget Nostradamus and the ancient Mayan people — late '90s/early '00s punk-pop rockers Blink 182 were onto something when they predicted the world would end up in just one direction.

That's right, the American band totally pre-empted the success of pop phenomenon One Direction — 11 years before the boy band formed on The X Factor UK last year.

In a ground-breaking discovery made by pop culture site BuzzFeed, Blink 182's 2000 clip for 'All The Small Things' parodies a boy band on a beach ... on the same beach as One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful' clip.

Blink 182's 'All The Small Things'.

One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful'.

Blink 182's clip originally poked fun at bands like the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and 98 Degrees, who are more up 1D's, well, direction.

But we've spotted a suspiciously similar-looking beach in a 1999 clip by British boy band Westlife (of Brian McFadden fame) for 'If I Let You Go'. Perhaps Blink got their 1D intuition from there?

Westlife's 'If I Let You Go'.

Compare for yourself:

Blink 182's 'All The Small Things'

One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful'

Have you found any uncanny stuff that should be published on TheFIX? Taken a sneaky pic of a star that you want to share with the world? Send your photos, tip-offs and gossip to spotted@ninemsn.com.au.