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“Joaquin Phoenix Escaped A Dangerous Cult”: 50 Inspirational ‘Forgotten Stories’ You Need To Read
She was banned from attending class because of the color of her skin. She never gave up and at 51, became her university's first black graduate. They were denied bank loans simply because they were female, so they each scraped together $1,000 and opened America's first women-only bank. He slept alone on the streets of London as a young boy, and went on to turn his deepest humiliation into laughter that healed the world.
These are the people you probably didn't read about in a history textbook. The stories that might even have been forgotten if they weren't immortalized in an inspiring corner of the internet dedicated to unearthing untold tales, hidden mysteries, and magical moments from past. The Facebook page Forgotten Stories is a treasure trove of uplifting and inspiring content. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things, against the odds. And we are all here for it!
Bored Panda has put together the best posts from the page in the name of keeping legacies alive and shining bright. Sit back, enjoy and don't forget to upvote your favorites.
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Lee Gilliland 17 hours ago
He really is an amazing, caring man who works quietly in the shadows.
We all have a story to tell. Sometimes, we just don't realize it or we underestimate the power of our own words.
Sharing your life experiences can not only heal you, but might help another person too. "Storytelling isn’t about broadcasting your life to the world. It’s about owning who you are and helping carve out spaces where others feel seen and understood," writes Sun Ah Brock, a public speaker, and the CEO of LUX Decor. "Ideally, it inspires others to do the same."
Brock says that often, the stories we’re most afraid to tell hold the greatest power to connect, inspire, and transform others - and ourselves.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 17 hours ago
Not all heroes wear capes. Also, it should not have been needed. Universal healthcare.
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Forrest Hobbs 13 hours ago (edited)
This reminds me that the current president of the USA recently dismissed a woman journalist's question by saying 'Shut up, Piggy'. Here in the UK, our very own Tr*mp wannabe Nigel Farage has been trying out the same tactic against women journalists. There are far, far worse things in the world, but why aren't more people calling out that sort of bvllshit more loudly? 🤷
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Spencer's slave no longer 15 hours ago
Lt. Ellen Ainsworth lost her life during the Battle of Anzio and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. She is buried in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Italy.
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Cat Palmer 5 hours ago
There are friendly relations between the two people to this day (link below). The English, contrary to popular belief didn't do nothing: they in fact actively made the situation worse by blocking aid because it might make the Irish people 'dependent' on the people who had stolen their country. My people have many things to be ashamed of, and this is right up there with the worst of them.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 17 hours ago
Beatrix Potter was an avid mushroom fan. She recorded many species of fungi and wrote a lot on the topic.
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Serena Myers 12 hours ago
It has been said before, but bees are very intelligent little creatures. They can 'recognise' a human face, apparently perceiving us as very large and ugly flowers.
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Shoshanna 3 hours ago (edited)
I'm not from the US, but I was living and working as a bartender at age 17 in New York when it happened (times were different then and more laissez-faire). So although I do have some controversial thoughts on 9/11 (not conspiracies, just that this happens around the world everyday (not always to this extent), and we forget or have to not think about that all the time because it is constant. Also, the US has spent a couple of hundred years attacking other countries, so sometimes you get what you give). On the other hand, I think about it often, have watched almost every documentary about it, including the one about the two men mentioned above. I haven't forgotten any story, and never will. It's always the civilians who are hurt and k****d. If you are going to k**l, why can't you just k**l some leaders, CEOs, oligarchs, etc?! Tactics of course, but.
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Roberta Surprenant 14 hours ago
Her name is Minnie Riperton, may hace heard of her daughter - Maya Rudolph (SNL)
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Isabel Sanford won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1981 for her iconic role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on The Jeffersons.
T'Mar of Vulcan 8 hours ago
Fun fact: "The Jeffersons" was on in South Africa in the '80s, dubbed into Zulu. My Zulu is limited to greetings and common words, but let me tell you, I used to watch it just for the occasional white person who would appear, speaking in perfect Zulu! It was so surreal, but check YouTube. It's also a reality now!
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Forrest Hobbs 13 hours ago
Not that simple. 'In 1868, Vansittart was awarded a patent (British Patent no 2877), for an improvement on her father's work – what she called the Lowe-Vansittart propeller' - 'Henrietta improved the design with curved rather than straight blades for greater efficiency' - 'For her work on ship propulsion, Vansittart won many awards, was mentioned by name in various newspapers, such as The Times and her invention took her to several exhibitions all over the world' - '[her] obituary also claims that Vansittart was the first woman to write and read a scientific paper, illustrated with diagrams and drawings of her own, before a scientific institution'. Link follows.
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Cheryl May 4 hours ago
These are very nicely poetic AI descriptions of historical events, but it SURE WOULD BE NICE if they bothered to include actual INFORMATION about those events.
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Forrest Hobbs 13 hours ago
This is down to new findings in archaelogy. When 19th century archaeologists opened the Birka grave, they assumed the skeleton was that of a lightly built young man. They were wrong. Link follows.
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Tea Drinker 6 hours ago
There were many women moviemakers in the early days. Then men decided it was unfeminine and only they should be behind the camera.
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Doris Eaton Travis (1904–2010), a renowned American dancer and actress who was the last surviving "Ziegfeld Girl" from the famous Ziegfeld Follies Broadway revues.
Bartlet for world domination 1 hour ago
Eight decades later she was 94. Her final bow was two weeks before she d1ied at 106.
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Dee Hampton 1 hour ago
A senior gentleman, who used to live in my neighbourhood, was a boy soldier at the liberation of Auchwitz. He commented on the silence. He saw what he thought was a stream of ghosts, drifting towards them.
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Chuck Feeney, the co-founder of Duty Free Shoppers who became a renowned philanthropist.
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Forrest Hobbs 13 hours ago
He didn't vanish - he just lived privately. The band wrote 'Shine on your crazy diamond' as a tribute to him.
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Tea Drinker 6 hours ago
If only our VA still had free rides. They lost the contract and funding so now only certain vets can get a ride.
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Cary Fowler is known as the "father" of Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Forrest Hobbs 13 hours ago
Oh dear. No, he didn't build it. He lobbied for the Nordic Gene Bank, established in Svalbard in 1984, to go global in reach - basically, expanding an already existing project. This American did in fact have an awful lot to do with establishing the global version of the seed bank, but you know what? A lot of others were equally involved, Norway funded it, and Fowler didn't personally build any of it.
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Lee Gilliland 17 hours ago
It would be nice, Robyn, if you could go back in and tell us these people 's names!
Loudawg76 8 hours ago
This is the most infuriating list! So many inaccuracies about the facts, missing context for many and the missing names!!!
kikinlivi 6 hours ago
These inflammatory lists are always inaccurate, or at best deceptive, but this had the added vice of being massively incomplete. Cudo's to the commentators for taking up the slack.
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 17 hours ago
It would be nice, Robyn, if you could go back in and tell us these people 's names!
Loudawg76 8 hours ago
This is the most infuriating list! So many inaccuracies about the facts, missing context for many and the missing names!!!
kikinlivi 6 hours ago
These inflammatory lists are always inaccurate, or at best deceptive, but this had the added vice of being massively incomplete. Cudo's to the commentators for taking up the slack.
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