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50 Facts That Are More Interesting Than Anything You’ve Googled Today
With Google at our fingertips, we may think that we know it all. But studies have found that access to Google has actually worsened our information recall, aka our memory, which may pose a problem in learning new knowledge. While Google creates a false security that we understand something, in order to truly educate ourselves, we need to move beyond quick searches and look for knowledge in ways that challenge and enrich our memory.
To help you with that, our Bored Panda team scoured the Inspiring Facts subreddit for the best they have to offer. Your healthy dose of new knowledge is waiting for you just a scroll away!
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#1
Turkish Garbage Collectors Opened A Library After Citizens Discarded Their Books In Trash. It Has Around 25,000 Books Sorted In 17 Categories Now
Nova Rook 2 months ago
At our old apartment people used to place their older books or dvds in a public area so others could go and grab the discards. I got a great cookbook once that I still use.
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Shortstuff 2 months ago
I put my read books in a box at the gate for anyone to take. They always go.
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#2
A Pilot And His Son, Now A Co-Pilot, Recreated A Cockpit Photo They First Took Together 29 Years Ago
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
My husband has been involved with The EAA Young Eagles program, run by the Experimental Aircraft Association that offers free introductory flights to young people of any background. Being a private or commercial pilot used to be very exclusive - but now many more women and people other than white men are joining the ranks, some because of simple exposure to the possibility. Love this!
#3
They're Happily Married For 44 Years
LizzieBoredom 2 months ago
"And I would walk 500 hundred miles, and I would walk 500 more".
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glowworm2 2 months ago
According to the post on Reddit: His name is P.K. Mahanandia and her name is Charlotte Von Schedvin. He was/is an artist who had shot to fame for his portraiture work by drawing the portrait of Indira Gandhi. A really interesting part of this story is that Charlotte was the first one to undertake a long journey; she was a fan of his work and had driven for 22 days in a van to India from her university in London just to meet P.K. and have her portrait done by him in 1975. They fell in love and actually married in India. Charlotte returned to Sweden and asked him to come with her, but he decided one day that he would go on his own, and they kept in touch through letters. When he was ready, he didn’t have enough money for a plane ticket, so he sold all of his belongings and bought a bicycle. He set off on January 27, 1977 and made it to Europe by May 28, 1977, where he was able to complete the rest of the journey to Göteborg by train.
glowworm2 2 months ago
He is now an adviser of arts and culture for the Swedish government and a well-known artist in Sweden. He and Charlotte have two adult children, Siddhartha and Emelie. "I did what I had to, I had no money but I had to meet her. I was cycling for love, but never loved cycling. It's simple."
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GalPalAl 2 months ago
For all single ladies who are dating, Take this is as an example of a true gentleman and someone you want to spend time with. Don't accept less
Börje Strömming 2 months ago
Yeah don’t accept less then a man willing to ride a bicycle across the world to be with you, good luck with staying single for the rest of your life
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#4
Alia Muhammad Baker, A Librarian In Iraq, Saved Around 30,000 Books By Secretly Moving Them Before Her Library Was Destroyed During The 2003 Iraq War
Ariom Dahl 2 months ago
Yes indeed. There's a book been written about her too. Much applause. :)
RomanceRadish 2 months ago
Just the logistics of moving that much material is overwhelming to think about!
Nova Rook 2 months ago
On 911 we knew that America would invade Iraq, no matter the cost. We all saw how the government lied to the nation and created a divide that has yet to heal. The Iraq war drained America, both in treasure and moral standing and America has never recovered. But hey, they had all those Freedom Fries to enjoy.
#5
99-Year-Old Mum Cheers On Her 72-Year-Old Son After He Graduates From A Georgia College
#6
A Small Town In Spain Has A Huge Statue That Depicts The Overwhelming Weight That Mother Carries Towards Household And Raising A Child
Mari 2 months ago
This! All the work and responsability and you have to look good and s**y too.
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Christophe Beunens 2 months ago
I don't know for Spain, but I believe that running a household and raising a child is best done by two people.
Breadcrumb. 2 months ago (edited)
I'd say that the larger percentage, does not do their share. Not all, but yes the majority. So yes their statement, art, is valid in my opinion, based on a majority.
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Ilan Elron 2 months ago
scary motherhood? even with immigration, Spain's birth rate is ~1.4 children per woman
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 months ago
"I like pancakes" "Oh so you hate waffles"
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This Groom Was Having A Wedding Photoshoot With His Wife When He Noticed A Child Being Pushed By Another Child, Into A Nearby River
He Immediately Ran And Jumped Down, Saving The Child Who Couldn’t Swim. A Real “Hero Husband” Moment That The Wife Will Cherish Forever
WindySwede 2 months ago
Well, I don't think he could keep the kid just because he found it.. 🤷♂️🙃
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Multa Nocte 2 months ago
See? That's why I commented above on how nice Canadians are.
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Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭 2 months ago
I do not want to downplay here what he did, but honestly, what sort of person would have not done the same? Is it not a normal human reaction, you see a child in danger, you do something? No matter if you are at a photoshoot or having an icecream nearby. Maybe i am a bit naive
Celeste Hambrick 2 months ago
If she had any jitters about marrying this man, I would say they were erased in that moment
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
No, they need responcible parents. Unless theyre orohans, in which case feed them to the lions! /s 🤪🤪🤪
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School Janitor Achieves His Dream
Ben 2 months ago
My dad went from school bus driver, to art teacher, to principal, to superintendent. He worked at the same school district for 35 years.
🇳🇬 Asi Bassey 🇳🇬 2 months ago
Sometimes all you need is one person to light the fire and show you the way.
#9
Selfless Man Saving Lives ❤️
Bert van Aalsburg 1 month ago
I think this may be the inspiration behind the Acorn TV series, Totally Completely Fine. Not about him, but about the daughter to whom he bequeaths his cliffside home on the condition she continues to help people, in distress, standing at the cliff’s edge.
#10
He Made 1000 Donations In His Lifetime
ॐBoyGanesh 2 months ago
Up until two years ago I, and many like me, haven’t been able to donate blood because the whole “men who sleep with men” ban. Basically continuing the stigmatization of gay & bisexual men rather than weeding out via science-based risk factors. I’m also AB neg, so could have really helped out for 33 years of my adult life.
Trophy Husband 2 months ago
His story is the reason I started giving blood some time back. And then I found out I'm anemic, so I can't give any more. Everyone who can give blood should do so!
Laura Lawson 2 months ago
And he was Australian. There's another great photo of him surrounded by babies that he saved with his donations.
#11
This Guy Got Stuck With His Leg Between A Train And The Platform. So Hundreds Of People Started To Tilt The Train Backwards And Saved The Guy
Ariom Dahl 2 months ago
I think this happened in Perth in Western Australia some years back. People power!
JK 2 months ago
So what was the outcome? Does he still have a leg? And great job for those bystanders who didn't stand by.
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#12
A Canadian Cop Went Undercover In A Wheelchair, Leaving Cash Visible To Attract Thieves. Instead, He Received Money, Prayers, And Warnings, With Zero Arrests In Five Days
Nova Rook 2 months ago
Pretty sure being seen as vulnerable would not be considered entrapment. Does an attractive female cop in the park entrap rapists? This is absurd.
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Lucy And Maria Are Twin Sisters, But Most People Don’t Believe It
Born To Mixed-Race Parents, Their Mother Expected Her Twins To Look Alike. But She Was Stunned When The Midwife Handed Her Two Babies Who Looked Completely Different From Each Other. Their Case Is Said To Be A One In A Million.
Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
That's what I thought, too. The coloring is radically different, but look at the nose and cheekbones.
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Lavender Myst 2 months ago
Are fraternal twins not a 'thing' anymore? I was always taught it was possible for twins to look entiely different, have sifrent or same genders etc depending on how the egg divides, when it does or if there are two eggs. I've even heard of women getting pregnant while pregnant.. though rare.
FreeTheUnicorn 2 months ago
Two thirds of twins are fraternal. This is not a one in a million situation, but rather in a mixed race family with twins, this is the more likely outcome.
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FreeTheUnicorn 2 months ago
It isn't one in a million, they are fraternal twins, like two thirds of all twins, so their chances of having different skin to es is exactly the same as singleton siblings having different skin tones. And that happens all the time. Stop being weird and racist BP.
#14
Their Love Story Lives On Forever 💗
dan gerene 2 months ago
When he finished the last step did she leave or want to know when he was finally going to paint the inside of the cave?
#15
When Miss Colombia 1994 Was Asked An Ethical Question Of Whether She Would Save Famous Paintings Or A Guard Dog In A Museum Fire. Without Hesitation, She Replied, "Oh My God! The Dog."
Tabitha 2 months ago (edited)
I guess it depends, you could say that you always save a life over an inanimate object. No matter how beautiful or priceless the object is, the life, especially an innocent one, is more valuable and deserving of being saved. However, it kind of depends on the life they’re asking you to save. Of course I would save a dog, or any animal, or a child. I’d also save another adult, but that’s where it kind of depends. If the question was whether I’d save the Mona Lisa or Hitler, and I know for a fact he is Hitler, there’s absolutely NO doubt about it, then Mona and I would be the ones walking out of the museum together, and Hitler’s on his own. Gee sorry, too bad, buh-bye Adolph. In that scenario, I don’t think anyone would blame me for saving the Mona Lisa, because I would be doing the world a favor by ridding it of a monster like Hitler. That’s the thing with such questions. The world isn’t black and white, and there are a load of variables to consider in such a situation. Yes, I would save the dog, who wouldn’t. But change one component of the question, such as the identity of the life in the scenario, and the whole thing becomes more complicated. Just like real life is complicated (and just like the way I complicated a simple question, right?).
Fellfromthemoon 2 months ago
This question with the dog is perfect. If she were asked whether she saved the paintings or a fruitfly, or whether she saved a child or the artifacts, in both cases, only a very dense person would pick the fruitfly over the culrural heritage, and only a monster would pick lifeless objects over the human life.
Jaya 2 months ago
It's interesting how everyone seems to pick the dog because it's a living being, yet millions of animals get killed every day and nobody gives a f*ck.
Senjo Krane 2 months ago
Well I guess we save the ones we can. Like starfish on the beach.
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#16
In 2002, A Mother Filing For Public Assistance , Failed 4 DNA Tests To Prove Maternity Of Her Children
Later It Was Discovered That She Had Absorbed Her Twin In The Womb And Her Reproductive Organs Had Different DNA To Other Parts Of Her Body.
BeesEelsAndPups 2 months ago
Chimerism. It's rare, but it happens. Her case was particularly famous
arthbach 2 months ago
BeesEelsAndPups, I'm going to be picky about wording. It's *believed* to be rare. It's only investigated when things aren't quite as expected, eg reproductive organs not having the same DNA as taken from a cheek swab. The vast majority of people don't have their DNA tested, and the people who do, it's normally just from a cheek swab. We do not know how many people are chimeras because we aren't looking for it.
Load More Replies... LizzieBoredom 2 months ago
TIL you need a DNA test to get Public Assistance. Also, don't eat you twin.
BrunoVI 2 months ago (edited)
I'm curious where this is. I've never heard that you DON'T need a DNA test for public assistance in the US, but I can't believe that if you do, (1) I've never heard of it or (2) that it didn't create tons of controversy when they first implemented it.
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I saw a show about her several years ago. Her OB/GYN either wrote a letter or testified that he had delivered all of her kids. It was a very interesting show, I think there were other cases on it also.
Mreoww 2 months ago
Well that’s fair, it’s not inspiring, but it is interesting at least.
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#17
It Was The Happiest Day Of Her Life
DennyS (denzoren) 2 months ago
What's sad is she had to quit school because she was being bullied.
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Neither of my grandparents even got through 6th grade because of racism
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Earonn - 2 months ago
What's happy about a society that mocks someone for their appearance? Or that they have to beg for money to get surgery to live a life free of that mockery? China should be ashamed of itself.
dan gerene 2 months ago
Did you ever see Trump making fun of the reporter with a handicap. He represents the US to the world. So many of us a ashamed of Trump.
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A 14-Year-Old Boy Spends His Summer Holidays Making Lunch Boxes So That Children In His Area Won’t Go Hungry
Black Cat 2 months ago
I hope this kid gets into politics when he gets older. He's the sort of politician every country needs.
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
Fun fact: Canada's NDP ("New" Democratic Party) was formed by a guy from the Winnipeg riot, caused by poor work conditions. The NDP later went on to create retirement pensions
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We had something similar in Texas until the GOP killed it. Make women bear children, but then let them starve seems to be the party line.
Rick Murray 2 months ago
The depressing thing here is that reflection looks like the logo of a British Heart Foundation charity shop...which means I have only one question to ask: What the f**k has happened to my country? This dude is awesome, but that it needed to be done is the very antithesis of awesome.
Cee Cee 2 months ago
It is the UK, Devizes Wiltshire. No help during school holidays along with benefit cuts and the benefit cap on families with more than 2 children are major contributory factors. So much for this Labour government which seems more and more Tory in all but name.
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When A Desperate 71-Year-Old Passenger Mentioned He Was In Urgent Need Of A Kidney Transplant, His Uber Driver Made An Extraordinary Decision: To Become His Donor
OneHappyPuppy 2 months ago
It's not simply a selfless act, the coincidence of them being compatible is the extraordinary part
Lily bloom 2 months ago
That is awesome but has anyone else thought the donor looks like Teddy Swims?
#20
A Woman Drove 30 Miles To Buy The Last Generator At A Hardware Store For Her Father, Who Relied On An Electric Oxygen Pump
But When She Arrived, It Had Already Sold Out, And She Broke Down In Tears. A Stranger Who Saw Her Crying Immediately Insisted That She Take His Generator Instead
FreeTheUnicorn 2 months ago
The person was kind but this is an apocalyptic story about not getting life preserving treatment unless you pay for it and have someone drive for hours. This is not inspirational.
Bewitched One 2 months ago
I think this was likely when electricity was out due to ice or rain. We had similar circumstances in Ohio a few years ago but 30 miles can easily be an hour drive in some places
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I Bet The Grandmas Make Great Food There
UKGrandad 2 months ago
There is a recurring pop-up restaurant in Japan called The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders. It pops up in towns and cities around the country and all the wait staff are local people with Alzheimer's or dementia. Whether the diners get the food they want or something completely different depends on whether or not the waiter/waitress remembers the order by the time they get to the kitchen. http://www.mistakenorders.com/en/home.html
Mary Tonningsen 1 month ago
Oh, I wish I lived in New York!!! I'd love to try different Grandma's foods!
#22
In 1986, A Nurse Had To Leave A Dying Patient Who Quietly Asked Her To Stay
When She Returned, The Patient Had Passed Away Alone. Heartbroken By The Moment, She Later Start No One Dies Alone, A Worldwide Program Where Volunteers Sit With People In Their Final Hours, So No On Has To Die Alone
Yayheterogeneity 2 months ago
Don't down vote people for telling the truth. It was like that, that you were not allowed to be with your loved ones in hospital during COVID and that was indeed horrible.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 2 months ago
Just hope you get to sit with one of the quiet ones that accept the inevitable and just sort of fade away. Some people refuse to accept, and will fight it. And some people will fight it so hard they'll break their own bodies in the process. Ask me how I know... 😳😱 Of course, we *always* smile and tell the relatives that "she died peacefully in her sleep" because they don't want or need to know what really happened.
Shortstuff 2 months ago (edited)
Sometimes the dying person waits until they are alone. At the hospital, I sat with my dad for 4 days, round the clock. I just had to go home to shower, change and eat something other than a sandwich. I was barely in the door 20 minutes after I left him, to get a phone call he had passed away.
Ron pipedreams 2 months ago
My wife had that experience when her boss demanded she leave to do because she was behind schedule.
Just off the Goat 2 months ago
I think I would prefer to 'die alone'. I won't know until the time comes I guess, but it's how I feel now.
#23
A Homeless Man In 2010 Was Seen Holding A Cardboard Sign Advertising His Smooth Radio Voice Near A Highway Ramp In Ohio
One Day In 2011, When A Youtube Video Of His Radio Voice Went Viral, He Became All Anyone Could Talk About. Now He’s Known As "The Man With The Golden Voice."
Ace 2 months ago
He was already/previously a radio DJ and announcer who'd just gone off the rails with alcoholism, petty crime, homelessness... So although it's a cheering story of someone managing to recover their life it's not quite the way it was presented at the time.
Shortstuff 2 months ago
When will people wake up. Booze destroys lives. Kills the brain cells.
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Claire Was At A Garage Sale Where She Bought A Moldy Table For $25, Drawn To Its Shape And Size
Thirty Years Later, An Appraiser Spotted The Name “Seymour” Underneath, Who Were Linked To Makers For Rich People In 1700s. Initially Valued At $250,000, It Later Sold At Auction For $541,000
Gingersnap In Iowa 2 months ago
The appraisers are twin brothers Leigh and Leslie Keno. They're quite enthusiastic about antique furniture and very fun to watch.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
"I was delighted when I saw that you brought this in!" (That's probably not them specifically, but it's a running joke between me and my father since we both enjoy appraisal shows)
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Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Depends on the maker. Antique prices in general might be at a low, but if it's got collector value...
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When The Owner Of A Restaurant In Baltimore Learned That One Of His Loyal Customers Had Stage Four Terminal Cancer, He Immediately Decided To Drive Six Hours To Vermont To Bring Her Favorite Cooked Meal
His Act Of Kindness Left Her Deeply Touched, Creating A Memory She Would Cherish Forever
StarCrossedFriday 2 months ago
When I was 10 I used to be obsessed with these sandwiches from a cafe in Cambridge, where we used to live before we moved to Belgium. Three years later I was hospitalised and my parents went all the way back to the UK to get one of those sandwiches for me. The cafe owner sweetly obliged and gave my parents some rolls and a tub with the sandwich filling - it turned out to be a ready-made tub of chicken and sweetcorn sandwich filling from Sainsbury’s. I still don’t understand why they didn’t try harder to preserve the ‘magic’ of those sandwiches 😂
#26
Matthew Was Born In 1988 With Severe Disabilities And Wasn’t Expected To Live More Than A Few Hours, But He Lived 11 Years
In 1999, His Father Honored Him With A Tombstone Showing Him Rising From His Wheelchair Toward Heaven. An Inspiration For People With Disabilities.
Dave Van Beurden 2 months ago
in what world is that an inspiration for the living? oh, just wait until you are dead, then you might be able to get up??!?
BrunoVI 2 months ago
How about: Your present infirmities don't define your soul?
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Cecilie Hammershøy 2 months ago
I have a version of this tattooed on my Leck in memory of a very close friend who died of the age of 13 years old. She's now free of the chair and dancing around somewhere. I miss her so much but I'm happy that she's not a prisoner in her body anymore.
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Are you advocating refusing medical treatment for people who don't look and act like you? I worked all my life with people with severe disabilities and none of them ever wanted to die just because it wasn't convenient for people around them. In fact, they were as joyful to be around as they were happy to be alive if you learned to look beyond the externals. And what are your criteria for letting them die if you don't judge that they will "never be able to live"? I've worked with people in wheelchairs, people confined to beds, and people on respirators who were ever so glad to be alive and I'm glad I didn't have to deal with people who had opinions about it being "selfish and cruel to keep them alive."
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A 24-Year-Old Man Sits On The Side Of The Road In Johannesburg
But Instead Of Begging, He Collects Books, Reads Each One, And Offers Book Reviews To People Passing By. If You Like The Review, He’ll Sell You The Book
Beautifullybroken 2 months ago
I love to read, keep trying to get my 10yr old to love it, I tell her it will take you anywhere and everywhere
#28
Single Mom Dressed Up Like A Dad So That Her Son Wouldn't Miss His Father At School Event
JK 2 months ago
While I understand the point, not all kids have fathers, or grandfathers they can bring to an event like this. It can ostracize them. How about, "Bring a Significant Person" in you life instead? Or just can it all together. Replace it with something that everyone can participate in?
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Guys will post online for Auxilliary fathers to show up and they usually get more than enough
#29
After Being Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer In 2000 And Given 12 Months To Live
Jane Tomlinson Went On To Complete Marathons, Triathlons, And A Cycling Challenge Across The Us, Raising £1.85 Million For Charity Before Passing Away In 2007
Paulina 2 months ago (edited)
No. Her very own Jane Tomlinson. She doesn't need to be compared to a man to be valued.
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In 1975, Officials In Haicheng, China Noticed Unusual And Anxious Behavior In Dogs And Other Animals
Concerned By These Signs, They Ordered The Evacuation Of 90,000 Residents. Hours Later, A Powerful 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Struck, Destroying Nearly 90% Of The City’s Buildings
Jaya 2 months ago
It would be interesting to study how many animal species seem to know and how many don't. We know that a couple of animal species act very differently before an earthquake, but there might also be many that don't.
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sudarsanforever 2 months ago
This is an awesome story, but unfortunately not quite accurate. The evacuation was ordered because of seismic foreshocks which steadily increased over time up to a magnitude of a 4.8 quake and then a 5.6 quake. Animal behavior alone would not have caused an evacuation, although animals certainly sensed even more disturbances than humans did.
David Paterson 2 months ago (edited)
Following this, China tried it as an earthquake prediction method. It didn't work. Pure random.
OneHappyPuppy 2 months ago
Wasn't random. My dad had a similar experience snorkeling in Montenegro hours before the devastating earthquake in North Macedonia back in '78 or '79. He said he saw the entire seabed of living things retreat into the depth an hour before the earthquake was registered
Load More Replies... Tabitha 2 months ago (edited)
They wrote it as a title. Since it’s not an academic article, it’s OK and quite normal to capitalize every word in the title. Also, that’s ALL you got out of it?
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She Had A Real Talent
Tabitha 2 months ago (edited)
This went hand in hand with the beginnings of reconstructive surgery. It was an effort to help the men adjust to civilian life without being shunned because of their injuries. BTW, in any previous war, they would’ve died from such wounds, but medicine and surgery had gotten good enough by the early 20th century to save their lives. Then the doctors were faced with helping the men blend back into society with the scars from those wounds, and both prosthetics and plastic surgery were born.
JB 2 months ago
Don't know if it's still touring, but I saw the War Medicine exhibit at the Canada War Museum. It has a flipbook of the something like 23 surgeries this guy went through. You see his face after the IED hit, and it's gone. Just gone. You turn the pages and you see the slow progress. The last picture is him smiling. D**n did it wreck me.
#32
This Restaurant Comes With A Challenge
Rika 2 months ago
There was life *before* phones too. I understand teenagers being glued to their smartphones because they probably started using one before they learned to walk, but I'm always surprised to see people who are 40+ and can't seem to be away from their smartphone for a minute. It makes me wonder how they survived in an era when those things didn't exist.
Auntriarch 2 months ago
I was visiting my parents earlier this year and they were both looking up something on their phones so I sneakily took a photo of them and sent it to my teenage nephew, with a suitably snarky caption 😂. Unfair, but funny.
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Cee Cee 2 months ago
I remember we were in a restaurant. Family of 4 came in and were seated close to us. Out came the phones. The entire meal was silent as they scrolled through their mobiles. Very sad.
KatWitch57 2 months ago
Sometimes silence from the next table is a bonus.
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Jeremy James 2 months ago
Makes since. You'd probably flip tables faster when your guests aren't so distracted.
Extinct Animal 2 months ago
Flip tables?? if I go out for food i'll take as long as i d**n well wan't! I wan't to sit, relax, eat, chat with friends have drinks, go out for smokes, drink more, chat more...If a bill gets put infront of me when we are all still busy it just wont get paid.
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Yrral Spavit 2 months ago
Read where someone has everyone put their phone in a pile on the table. First one to pick theirs up also picks up the tab.
WindySwede 2 months ago
*Have second phone under table, calls random friend at table* ☎️
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The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago
We do this with our kids every time we go out anyways, I would happily accept a 10% discount to boot 😁
#33
In 2019, 8 Years Old Tani Adewumi, A Nigerian Refugee, Went From Living In A Homeless Shelter To Winning The New York State Chess Championship After Only A Year Of Playing
Squirrel Chaser 2 months ago
Awesome. How much far advanced would we be if the colored races weren't subjugated and oppressed.
Tabitha 2 months ago (edited)
Brown and black people, women, the physically challenged, the autistic (just imagine how bad they had it, just because they were different and maybe a little awkward), you name it. As long as they didn’t look or act or speak exactly like the favored group, they became “others”, the “them” of “us and them”. They were barred from developing their intellect and talents, in favor of the ruling class, the conquerors, the other gender, who may have had some great minds amongst them, but had a hell of a lot MORE entitled idiots who didn’t care about learning anything, because they were rich and didn’t have to, so had no motivation, BUT could not stand to be proven wrong by one of the “others” who was simply smarter. How stupid they were to not want to develop EVERYONE’s mind and talent, because all that did was continually hold the human race back, over and over. The knuckledraggers, who always have to be right even when they’re dead wrong, are STILL doing it, only they have to be more subtle about it.
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At This California Based Donut Shop, Customers Would Buy Out All The Donuts Before 2 P.m. Daily So That The 62-Year-Old Owner Can Be His 63-Year-Old Sick Wife At The Rehabilitation Facility
#35
Between 1908 - 1940s, Sears Offered 'Build-It-Yourself' Home Kits Through Their Catalog. Each Kit Came With Plumbing, Wiring, Heating, And All
Many Of These DIY Homes Are Still Standing Strong Today
Tabitha 2 months ago
You sure the bricks weren’t included? For wooden home models, they sent every last needed plank and two by four—-pre-cut, and they even numbered them—-to finish the house, according to the accompanying instruction manual, so why wouldn’t they send all the necessary bricks for brick models? I can see not sending supplies for modifications that weren’t offered in the catalog, but why wouldn’t they send everything needed for the basic construction of the house?
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Sally Moen 2 months ago (edited)
My town has entire neighborhoods where most of the houses were kit houses. The rooms were much smaller than what houses built nowadays have. And many feature a telephone nook where the landline phone sits with room for a phone book. It was a good way to have a home for cheap, and you could hire local workers to do the building or you could do the work yourself
BrunoVI 2 months ago
Home Depot still sells homes for $20,000 to $50,000. Electrical and plumbing are part of the design, but sold separately. $1,000 in 1908 works out to about $35,000 today.
Otto Katz 2 months ago
I did not know that! https://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Tiny-Home-Frame-Kits/2/N-5yc1vZ2fkpcycZ1z1wjq1
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BookFanatic 2 months ago
My aunt and uncle had a Sears home! As a small child, I was completely fascinated by the fact that the same company Mommy bought clothes from could also sell a house.
Russell Bowman 2 months ago
There is a "sears house" Kilbourne model in Arlington Va ... The house was bought in 1928 by the Jennings family , with a $6700 mortgage ... Zillow now lists it as 1.1 Million
#36
Clerk Helps Grandfather In A Diaper To Buy Milk And Then Safely Escorts Him Home
Multa Nocte 2 months ago (edited)
That is so sad, but I am happy to see that the clerk was decent enough to escort the man back to where he lived.
meeeeeeeeeeee 2 months ago
Annoys me that someone decided to photograph this and put it online.
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Escaped from a nursing home? Been there, done that. Myself and a newbie girl walking around in the rain with torches (and she's only wearing her uniform (we're carers, so think nurse outfit)) and it turns out that the Rozzers found him at a nearby petrol station, called the home, and the f*****g charge nurse said "nah, he's watching TV" and hung up on them...while us carers are running ourselves ragged trying to find him. Sadly this level of incompetence isn't unusual, "them in charge" have no f*****g clue, they really don't... 🤬
#37
In 2018, A Homeless Man Named Adam Gillian Discovered A Worn Bambi Painting And Sold It To A Dealer Alexander For $20
Who Later Sold It On Ebay For C$3,700 And Immediately Tracked Gillian Down To Share Half The Profit
Peter Bear 2 months ago
Which is a type of painting, so the post isn't wrong.
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103 Year Old Woman Celebrates Her Birthday As A Wonder-Woman ❤️
Auntriarch 2 months ago
It just makes me smile how many old people are out there "helping the elderly" who are younger than them. My Nan used to help "that old dear down the road" - said old dear was 65, my Nan was 73.
Tabitha 2 months ago
I am amazed at how fast some folks age, in comparison to others. I don’t know why, I mean is it genetics, lifestyle, youthful outlook, plain meanness, a combination of any or all? Is it that some people just give up, or get too set in their ways, or have an old fart attitude? Your grandmother must’ve been one of the lucky ones who stayed perennially younger than her years, while the “old dear” down the street wasn’t so lucky. I hope I’m lucky enough to age more like your grandmother than the “old dear”, tbh.
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#39
A 19-Year-Old Who Had Aged Out Of Foster Care, Finds Family
The Majestic Opossum 2 months ago
She was adopted by her caseworker, who officially became her mother
#40
Bus Driver Asks His Passengers To Get Off The Bus After They Refuse To Make Space For A Passenger With A Wheelchair
Tabitha 2 months ago (edited)
Why wouldn’t anybody make space for someone in a wheelchair? I mean, it’s not like the person in the wheelchair can just get up and squeeze in, ffs. If you’re not adaptable enough to move over for someone else, then don’t insist people move over for you—-though, tbh, most people are nice and will move. Just not the a******s on this bus.
G A 2 months ago
Because the space is usually taken up by pushchairs and even though they are supposed to give up the space, most don't in practice.
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A Struggling And Desperate 47-Year-Old Mother Was Caught By Police Stealing 5 Eggs To Feed Her Family
But The Officer Didn't Pass Any Judgment. Instead, He Went Inside The Store, Returned With A Dozen Eggs, And Told Her Not To Shoplift Again
WhatEvenIsLife 1 month ago
If you see someone stealing food, no you didn't. Especially if they're a parent.
#42
Moment When Miners Split Open A Rock And Discovered A Perfectly Shaped Heart On Each Side Of It
S Bow 2 months ago
It is, I have several small geodes and amethyst in my mineral collection but nothing like this. What a find!
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Lukas (he/him, it/its) 2 months ago
Dunno why you're getting downvoted, this is a funny joke- unless it's not a joke and I'm reading it wrong. I'm choosing to take it as a joke and finding it funny.
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A Woman Didn’t Know She Had An Identical Twin Until She Saw A Youtube Video Of Someone Who Looked Exactly Like Her
She Started Texting On Her Facebook And When They Finally Met, Both Of Them We Surprised. Neither Of Their Adoption Documents Had Mentioned Of Them Being Twins.
Auntriarch 2 months ago
I don't know if the adoption documents would indicate the same birthday mother? (I am blissfully unaware of these details)
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SouthernGal 2 months ago
The Bogota Twins case is also fascinating. Because of a switched at birth incident, two sets of identical twin boys were raised as fraternal twins and discovered their birth twins at age 25.
Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭 2 months ago
Uh oh, if i am not wrong they rather do not want to find out who there mother is. This might be one of the many cases of forced adoption from korean prison inmates wich happened a lot in the 80s. Often the babies went trough shady agencies to the US it is not uncommon for twins to get separated. I think they were lucky to grow up with parents who went to great pains to adopt a child
Rick Murray 2 months ago
[looks at picture of two cute Asian women] Huh? 🤷🏻♀️
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94-Year-Old Widow Waited 64 Years For Her Husband To Return. She Never Remarried, Hoping Her Husband Would One Day Return Home
Amy S 2 months ago
For context, her husband was a POW in the Korean War, where he died. His remains were identified years later: https://news.sky.com/story/korean-war-widow-receives-husbands-remains-10423751
Nea 2 months ago
Thanks- a lot of these posts in this list are frustrating with half information.
Load More Replies... 2WheelTravlr 2 months ago
I agree. I truly hope she lived a good life and didn't stay lost in grief the entire time.
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BrunoVI 2 months ago
The government never acknowledged the fate that my [redacted] suffered in World War II. Decades later, someone found a Japanese soldier who acknowledged having destroyed his [redacted], which was proof enough my [redacted] went ahead with a funeral mass. In his case, however, his bride did re-marry, and did so without legal trouble.
#45
Brave Cat Saves Owner's Life While The Family's Guard Dog Sleeps Through It All
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
If the cat wrote it, it would say "stttttttdrxyuty6ytiigkuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubh;''''''''' " I'm skilled at cat-typing
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Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
BP, I'm doing your job filling in info. A hero cat saved its owner, Scott White, in the middle of the night when a fire broke out. Surprisingly, the owner's dog was fast asleep, leaving the cat to take on the life-saving duty. When Scott woke up in the middle of the night, he thought his cat just wanted a midnight stroke. But when the cat jumped on his chest, Scott knew something was wrong. So he followed the cat downstairs, realizing the house was on fire. Scott had left a pot on the stove before going to bed, and it was just a few minutes away from turning into a full-blown fire. "I guess we found out the real hero is the cat," said Scott, as he watched his dog sleep right through the night.
Roester 2 months ago
Thanks for the details, not sure why you were downvoted, fixed.
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Dilly Millandry 2 months ago
I have a very alert and reactive dog - lets me know whenever anything is going on. However, he sleeps like he's been knocked unconscious. Could have a party in the room and he'd sleep through it. I think he's so alert and into everything that he exhausts himself.
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Dog was busy being a hero throughout the day and was pretty tired.
#46
Woman Named Florence Norman Was Seen Riding A Very Early Scooter, 1916
It Was A Birthday Present From Her Husband Which She Would Use To Travel To Work In London. The Little Box On It Is A Battery With An Electric Coil And Lights Connected.
BrunoVI 2 months ago
And they went 6 MPH and about 20 miles. UPDATE: I ALWAYS fact-check myself! Apparently there was at least one electric car that went 87 miles maintaining an average speed of 23 MPH. A Studebaker Electric sold 1800 units with a car that went 80 miles at 21 MPH; that's actually pretty good comparison to gas cars of its day!
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Miss Ann Thrope: if you look carefully at that back wheel, you'll see it's got a really huge mudguard over the wheel. And being a *modern* lady, Priscilla Norman's skirt is short enough to *nearly* show her ankles... 😉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Norman
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This is a petrol powered motor scooter - first made in New York City. The battery/coil arrangement was, as far as I can figure out, the improved ignition system, upgraded from the original flywheel magneto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoped and https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1918-eveready-autoped-scooter/. 125 mpg, apparently: https://x.com/PeterDiamandis/status/1099160077376745472?lang=ar-x-fm
Peter Bear 2 months ago
Really not that different than modern designs. We just have better batteries now.
Forrest Hobbs 2 months ago
Peter Bear: that's a petrol powered scooter. The battery was added to run electrical accessories as far as I can tell, including (I think) an improved ignition system. Here's a place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoped
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British Man Was Struggling To Sell His £800k Six-Bedroom House. So He Decided To Sell Raffle Tickets Online For £2 Tickets
After struggling to pay £2,000 a month mortgage for the house that originally costed him £435,000, Dunstan put the house up in the market for sale. But when he found no buyer, he decided to raffle £500,000 worth of tickets online for £2 with which people could get the chance to win the property.
He managed to sell 186,000 tickets with which he cleared his debts and finally handed over the house keys to a 41-year old factory worker who had also participated in buying the ticket.
Jrog 2 months ago (edited)
Math isn't mathing here. He raffled "500k worth of tickets", but the actual value was 372k (ok, maybe he did not sell all of them), and with 372k he "cleared his debts" by selling the house at a lower value than the 435k purchase price, a fraction of the roughly 800k current value... So, either there is something off with the reporting, or ìthis is not an "unbelievable inspiring fact"; is just a dude who is a complete idiot when it comes to money selling off his house at a loss through barely legal means. I am curious to know about the legality of this, he would have needed a Gambling Commission license to sell tickets (free tickets are ok though), that he likely had not because I found a remark about the Gambling Commission cracking down on house raffles after being notified of some illegal ones.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 months ago (edited)
He bought the house then acquired equity via payments towards his mortgage. We don’t know how long he’d been making payments nor how much equity he had. His debts were the remainder of what he owed, NOT the cost he bought it for or its current value. Also, raffles aren’t usually considered gambling. Mostly because the revenue is counted as donations. So not sure how how he worked that out, because I’m not aware of UK tax law and their gambling laws. But he obviously did.
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dan gerene 2 months ago
He owed a lot but he did managed to selled the tickits.
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Black Cat 2 months ago
I love creative solutions like this, but how would a factory worker pay that kind of mortgage? Or are factory workers paid a lot in the UK?
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
The raffle runner paid off the house with the raffle proceeds. The factory worker got the house for 2GBP, and a considerable amount of luck.
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75-Year-Old Man Felt Lonely After Losing His Wife To Cancer. So He Put A Message On His Window Looking For A Friend To Talk To
Agfox 2 months ago
From Reddit: After seeing the poster, Tony has been flooded with phone calls and emails from thousands of people, asking him to be their pal. People from America, Germany, Holland, Australia, Egypt, India, and Japan have been in touch, inviting him on road trips to the U.S. or for an afternoon drinking gin and tonics. "They’ve sent me pictures of their kids, their pets, told me about their aspirations, and told me they are thinking of me. I got an email from a local teacher asking if children in her class could write me letters. I got in touch with her straight away and said it would be delightful. I would love that. When I started responding, they were coming in thick and fast. I would say about four or five a minute. The thing is, I can’t respond now, as my email account seems to have crashed. A red message came up saying there was some sort of error and it needs to be reset.”
Harry Gondalf 2 months ago
Be careful about what you pray for. You just might get it.
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It wasn't that no one answered him, it was that SO many people responded that he had a temporary e-mail crash. His phone was still working and he was still receiving letters.
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Widowed Goose Finds Love Again, After Posting An Ad On Facebook
Lady Eowyn 2 months ago
Blossom, the widowed goose, lost her partner Bud in 2022 and has been lonely since. Seeing her loneliness, Dorie Tammen, a cemetery manager, posted an ad on Facebook that said, “Seeking a life partner for Blossom.” Out of the responses, she found one male goose named Frankie, who was also in need of a partner. When the two met, they hit it off instantly and have never left each other’s side since.
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
Mean while my exfiancee is a gnob gobblin in London. Why cant humans be monogamous? 🤷
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Foxglove🇮🇪 2 months ago
Reminds me of the children's story book "The Other Goose" by Judith Kerr. Katerina was the only goose on the pond, saw her reflection in a shiny car, and in the end "the other goose" came out of the car and the lived on the pond together. I used to know it by heart, when my kids were small.
Verena 2 months ago
What peopke shooting geese ignore: Geese have strong family bonds. If one is shot out of the flock, another will grieve. So if you are determined to k**l a goose for your meal, make sure to k**l the entire flock and make sure every goose is consumed entirely.
Billo66 2 months ago
That's how they used to do it :( This thing was insane. punt_gun_c...061f8e.jpg 
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
All I can hear seeing this is "Honk!" "Honk!" "HonkHonkHonkHonkHonkHonkHonkHonk!"
#50
Blind Man Reunites With His 14-Year-Old Service Dog That Was Stolen In Chicago, After A Citywide Search
Agfox 2 months ago
How s****y do you have to be to steal a blind person's service dog? I hope the thief/thieves were caught & their names were widely publicised
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
I wish for worse things to happen to them, but I am trying to rein in my darker side.
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#51
She Had Dreamt Of Traveling To All 193 Countries In The World At The Age Of 23. On Nov 9, 2023, She Achieved Her Goal, At The Age Of 79. She’s A True Example Of What Happens When You Take A Leap Of Faith
#52
The Nypd Replied "Please Don’t Ever Hesitate To Call 911 If You Have A Concern, We Take All Calls Seriously, Even Umbrella Related Ones. Worst-Case Scenario We Have A Good Story To Take Home With Us
#53
Pizza Delivery Guy Gets Hugged By A Toddler At The Time When He’s Grieving For His Daughter
Az Oz 2 months ago
As he arrived at her porch to deliver, Lindsey's two-year-old son, Cohen, ran straight up to the delivery guy with his arms outstretched for a hug. Although the parents found it funny and sweet, the gesture meant a lot more to the pizza delivery guy. This sweet interaction was captured by Lindsey's doorbell camera, after which she decided to upload the footage on Facebook for others to see. The delivery guy soon revealed to Lindsey, "After losing my daughter this past week, it touched me because it was like she was there. It really just meant a lot to me."
Nadine Debard 2 months ago
Thank you for sharing. So he lost his daughter just a week before and was working instead of grieving the most horrible pain one can suffer. Poor, poor man. I'm glad he found this little angel on his way.
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#54
It's Time For Me To Learn Building A House On Youtube 😄
Rika 2 months ago
In Nordic countries, schools used to teach students how to build a wood cabin because a lot of people own a part of the forests and it was considered an important skill to be able to build your own home there.
Auntriarch 2 months ago
She's teaching herself Photoshop next 😂. Fair play to her though.
Load More Replies... Shelley Keenan 2 months ago
How could she not get a mortgage, but got a huge bank loan? doesn't track sorry
S Bow 2 months ago
I wondered about that myself, that loan is more than the 30 year mortgage on the duplex I bought that I live in.
Load More Replies... Kit Black 2 months ago
Ok, but how does someone who can't afford a home loan, managed to get a loan for building a house with no experience whatsoever in doing that???
#55
In 2015, A Woman Took Bmw’s April Fools’ Day Advertisement At Its Word, And Ended Up Winning A Brand-New Bmw With The Number Plate “Nof00l.”
Az Oz 2 months ago
A New Zealand newspaper had published the campaign under its April Fools’ Day Special section. The ad promised a free BMW to the first person who showed up at a dealership with their own car and the newspaper ad in hand. Most people assumed it was just another April Fools’ prank, until one woman actually took the company at its word. Tianna Marsh drove her 15-year-old station wagon to the showroom at 5:30 a.m. local time. To her delight, she was rewarded with a brand-new BMW worth nearly US $37,000, complete with the cheeky plate “NOF00L.” “We wanted to turn the tables and reward the first person who was willing to take the chance,” said BMW spokesman Ed Finn. The company later uploaded the moment to its YouTube channel, with the message: “Happy April Not Such a Fool.”
WindySwede 2 months ago
Then they later good good from the yearly service on thecar? Meaning, BMW parts stare not cheap?
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A Rich Man In Brazil Once Buried His Bentley
People Criticized Him For His Extravagant Gesture. Then He Replied: “Most People Bury Something A Lot More Valuable: Hearts, Livers, Lungs, Eyes. Many Are Waiting For A Transplant, And You Bury Healthy Organs That Can Save Lives.
Multa Nocte 2 months ago (edited)
"The day of the “funeral” arrived and right before he lowered his beloved Bentley into its freshly dug grave, he stopped the burial and went on to reveal the real reason behind such a stunt: “People have condemned me for trying to bury a million dollar Bentley. The fact is, most people bury something a lot more valuable than my car. People bury hearts, livers, lungs, eyes, and kidneys. This is absurd. There are so many people out there waiting for a transplant and you will bury healthy organs that can save so many lives. This is the biggest waste in the world. My Bentley is worthless in comparison to life giving organs. There is no wealth more valuable than an organ, because there is nothing more valuable than life. I officially announce I am an organ donor this week. I’m an organ donor, are you? Tell your family.”
Brian Droste 2 months ago
Wel, if he can afford it, let him do it without any judgement against him.
Mreoww 2 months ago (edited)
He asked, 'Is here anything worth living for if we cannot be of any help and support to our fellow human beings. Why live with these worldly possessions that are of no good'. He further added, ' it is absurd to bury your organs, which can save many lives around'. Yeah, I still don’t get it.
#57
An Adopted Man In Michigan Looked For His Birth Mother For Four Years Before Finding Out That She Worked At The Same Store That He Worked In
Not Only Were They Co-Workers, But They’ve Passed By And Greeted Each Other For More Than Half A Year Without Realizing They Were Related
#58
61-Year-Old Married Man Wears Heels And Skirts To Challenge Gender Stereotypes At Work. His Wife Supports His Efforts And Even Helps Him Pick His Outfits
Sarah 2 months ago
Right?! I wish my legs looked half that good in a skirt!
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Fellfromthemoon 2 months ago
I would definitely try to talk him out of wearing those heels. Those are bad for the joints and increases the risk of falling, as the ankle is less stable. I talked anyone out of wearing high heels if anybody would listen to me.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
I love how half the comments are about him having great legs. Rubicante approves. Untitled-6...1c9277.png 
#59
Wwii Veteran Requests 100 Cards For His 100th Birthday, But Ends Up Receiving Thousands
#60
Depressed, Elderly Man Ready To Die After His Wife's Passing, Was Healed By A 4-Year-Old Girl
Squirrel Chaser 2 months ago
"In 2016, Dan Peterson’s wife had just passed away. He was severely depressed and didn’t find meaning in living. However, he would still go grocery shopping for himself in Georgia, where he first met Norah, the 4-year-old girl. The conversation between them went like this: “Hi, old person…” “Well hello, little lady! And how old are you today?” “A hug?!” asked Dan. “Absolutely!” he continued. Norah’s mother, Tara Wood, later found out that the elderly man had been suffering from a broken heart and that sleeping through the night had been a challenge for him. But Dan confided that since the moment he met Norah, he had been sleeping peacefully again. Over the years, Dan and Norah grew closer, celebrating birthdays, holidays, and other occasions together. They would meet at least once a week with countless hugs."
Angela B 2 months ago
There was a series on the ABC (in Aus) I think it was called "Nursing Home for 4 year olds" or something like that. The children would visit a Nursing Home and the series showed the beautiful, special relationships between the Seniors and the children. Would highly recommend it as something to watch.
#61
94-Year-Old Sleeps With Photo Of His Late Wife Every Night, So A Caregiver Gifted Him A Special Pillow
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
"Ken Benbow, 94, lost his wife Ada, 71, last August. Since then, he has gone to bed with a photo of his wife. The 94-year-old has been living in a nursing home in Preston, United Kingdom, for a while now. Watching him sleep that way, his caregiver, Tobin, decided to surprise him with a photo of his wife printed on a pillow, so that he could hug her and fall asleep. Ken broke down in tears when the caregiver finally gifted him that pillow. “I’ve got you a present,” Tobin said. “What’s that, darling?” asked Ken, before he received the pillow. But after seeing his wife's photo on the pillow, he started crying. The caregiver held his hand and said, “I thought this might be a bit better than your photograph.” Ken responded to Tobin with a hug."
#62
Couple Dress Up As Shrek And Fiona For Their Wedding
#63
Mother Reunites With Son She Gave Up For Adoption 33 Years Ago After DNA Test Match
#64
8-Year-Old Boy Wins $1000 In A Scavenger Hunt And Donates It To The 2-Year-Old Little Girl With Leukemia
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
Really? I never would have guessed it would be the ONLY country without healthcare
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In 2016, Daisy Belle, Born On February 29, 1916 On A Leap Day, Celebrated Her 25th Birthday On Her 100th Year Of Life
#66
Fake Bus Stops Created For People With Dementia So That They Could Go To Their Most Secure Place In Times Of Panic Or Anxiety
#67
In 1992, Stella Liebeck Spilled McDonald's Coffee On Her Lap, Suffering Third-Degree Burns While Adding Cream And Sugar
She Sued And Was Awarded $2.9 Million. While She Endured Skin Grafts And Lasting Trauma, Mcdonald’s Profited Off The Headline: “This Lady Spilled Coffee And Become A Millionaire"
Bailey 2 months ago (edited)
Although the jury awarded her millions, that's not even what she got. The judge reduced it to 160,000 for medical bills, and 640,000 compensation
David Beaulieu 2 months ago
The judge should be investigated. Did he reduce that because of McDonald's couldn't pay the full amount, or because they have better lawyers and more money?
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JoRo 2 months ago
This is such a sad story, the PR put out implying she was a stupid woman who burned herself on coffee, that then expanded to her being the sole reason McDonalds have 'Caution: Hot content' on their cups was horrendous. She suffered burns right down to the bone, because the coffee was made way hotter than regulations.
WhatEvenIsLife 1 month ago
Studied that case while getting my paralegal certificate. McDonald's ran an absolute smear campaign on that poor woman. They were knowingly serving their coffee at unsafe temperatures and had already had hundreds of customers burn themselves.
#68
Stranger Teaches A Grieving Man How To Tie A Tie For His Dad's Funeral
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
No looking down on either of these men. Is it weird that they taught us to do this in high school?
#69
After Wwii, Coffee Became Expensive In East Germany By 1976
In Search For Cheaper Alternatives, East Germany Set Up A Coffee Production In Vietnam, But Withdrew Shortly After German Reunification. Vietnam, However, Ended Up Becoming The Second Largest Coffee Producer In The World
Ilan Elron 2 months ago
just today I heard this coffee trivium - now I know what got it started - THX
#70
Mexican Parks Has Something Called “Poo Wi-Fi” Where Residents Can Access Park’s Free Wi-Fi In Exchange For A Few Grams Of Poop
70 Grams Of Droppings Offers You 20 Minutes Of Free Internet Access
Sofia 2 months ago
I was thinking that my dad could have unlimited wifi in a couple of days... I am disappointed XD
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In Dubai, Public Signs Use The Term "People Of Determination" Instead Of "People With Disabilities." It's Commonly Seen In Malls, Airport, Public Lots, And Transportation
Francois 2 months ago
Why can't we no longer call a spade, a spade. Mind you, I am a deaf person, not a determined person.
Peter Bear 2 months ago
I have a visual disability, easily corrected with glasses. And I agree with you. There's nothing offensive about the term 'disabled'.
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When A 6-Year-Old Finds Her Disabled Mother Lying Unconscious On The Floor, She Immediately Jumps To Action And Calls 911
#73
102-Year-Old Woman Fulfils Her Secret Dream Of ‘Getting Arrested’
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
"You'll pay for this, coppers!" she was reported to say at the time of her arrest. "You'll all pay!"
#74
Ozzie Osbourne & Baby Jack (1985)
Tabitha 2 months ago
Agreed. Jack could so easily have slipped right out of that little outfit.
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When The NYC Subway Implemented A New Policy That Banned Dogs From The Subway Unless They Fit Inside A Bag, People Got Creative By Carrying Their Dogs In Different Sizes And Bag Colors
Kit Black 2 months ago
I've seen pictures of people doing this with German Shepherds, Labradors, the funniest is a husky in a backpack - *barely* in the backpack, lol!
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Rick Murray 2 months ago (edited)
😂 The expression! 😂 He's absolutely thinking "see the s**t I have to put up with just to take the subway with my human?".
#77
77-Year-Old Woman Decides To Celebrate Her Love By Getting Married... To Herself
#78
A Woman Named Victoria Wright Was Born With A Rare Genetic Condition, But She Continues To Inspire Others
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
"Growing up with a changing face due to cherubism, a rare genetic condition, doctors said that her head was as heavy as a cannonball. Victoria became the target of intense bullying and the world’s judgment, including verbal a***e from strangers and children mocking her with cruel names like “Fat Chin” or “Desperate Dan.” Despite that, Victoria never lost her strength. She refused to undergo surgery and instead embraced her appearance. She later met with a UK charity, Changing Faces, where she connected with people going through similar challenges. That gave her the confidence that she needed. She’s now a role model for people with similar genetic conditions and for those living with facial differences."
#79
In The Victorian Era, People Bathed In “Rocking Tubs”
These Weren’t Just For Fun. They Were Invented In 1891 To Mimic The Motion Of Sea Waves, Believed To Cure A Wide Range Of Illnesses. The Trend Soon Spread Across Europe And The United States.
#80
A Coffin Club In New Zealand Allows Elderly To Build Their Own Caskets And Combat Loneliness
#81
Cancer Survivor Celebrates Her 63rd Birthday By Paying Strangers’ Hospital Parking Fees
RomanceRadish 2 months ago
I've paid many thousands of dollars for medical care in my lifetime, but not one dollar for parking at clinics/hospitals.
Yrral Spavit 2 months ago
I have the opposite. Paid virtually nothing for clinic visits/hospital stays except parking a few times :P
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Woman Reunites With Her Wedding Ring After 33 Years Of Flushing It Down The Drain
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
"It was her 33rd wedding anniversary when Mary Strand was given a gift by her husband, Dave... "a beautiful wedding ring." But one day, Mary lost that ring when she was in her bathroom and it slipped off her finger, right into the toilet. "It went right down the drain. I was thinking, 'He'll never buy me another ring'... I felt really bad because it was a gift," revealed Mary. But a decade later, an employee named John Tierney, who was a mechanical maintenance manager at the Rogers, Minnesota, plant spotted something sparkly in the debris. Noticing the ring's unique design, the Metropolitan Council posted the lost-and-found ring on social media with its picture so that the rightful owner could identify it. After hundreds of reshares, the ring alert reached Mary's feed. She immediately contacted the authorities with the photo of her lost ring. When jewelry examiners matched her photo with the ring, it was returned to Mary."
#83
In 1998, A Man Was Declared Clinically Dead For 14 Minutes After A Heart Attack Before Miraculously Coming Back To Life
Within A Year, He Got Engaged, Started A Job, And Won A Toyota Corolla Worth Au $30,000. Later, He Scratched Another Card And Won Again, This Time Au $250,000
#84
Indianapolis Has A Volunteer Initiative Called No One Dies Alone (Noda) Where Lonely Elders Without Family Or Visitors, Are Offered Companionship Until The End
#85
In 1998, An Unemployed Woman Took A Job As An In-House Masseuse At Google, Then A Small Startup
Paid $450 A Week And Given Stock She Thought Was Worthless, She Retired Five Years Later After Those Shares Turned Into Millions.
#86
28 Year Old Marcy Borders Survived 9/11 Attack By Escaping The Tower When A Photographer Captured Her Covered In Dust. This Iconic Photo LED Her To Earning The Title 'Dust Lady'
Bailey 2 months ago
Sadly, hers is not a very "inspiring" story, more a sad one. She survived that day, but said she was left traumatised for the rest of her life. She ended up developing cancer which she blamed on the dust, and died having racked up massive medical debt
Grumpy old man 2 months ago
And the Republicans think people like her are freloaders but funding a 20 year forever war for oil? Sure, makes sense. 🤦🤷
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dean tirmizi 2 months ago
Poor woman died from Cancer. from what they think was asbestos and dust from this
Ace 2 months ago
Later died of stomach cancer aged 42, which she attributed to the exposure to dust, although that was not really medically supported.
Zach Taylor 2 months ago
Common sense says it was from this incident; environmental exposure.
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Google Maps Accidentally Captures 10-Year Journey Of A Couple Sitting Next To Each Other. Reminds Us About The Importance Of Little Things In Life
#88
In 2008, Rajo Devi Became The World's Oldest Mother At The Age Of 70. The Couple Spent 50 Years Fighting An Unsuccessful Battle With Infertility
Rika 2 months ago
Are we supposed to be inspired by someone who brought a kid into this world giving him all the chances to either become an orphan or a carer before he even turns 18 ?
Lauren K 2 months ago
She of course ended up dying a few years after the boy was born. It was all about having a male heir to pass their land on to. At the time, India had no age cap on IVF. The ethics of that are highly debated. I personally think it’s gross, on various levels.
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A 2-Year-Old Girl From Taiwan Was Asked By Her Teacher To Wear A Costume For Their Halloween Party. So She Pulled Off Dressing Up As No Face From Spirited Away
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
That is moderately terrifying and adorable at the same thing, and I love it.
Sam Trudeau 2 months ago
"What's your costume, little one?" "I'm nu-face" "Oh, I'm so scared!" How I imagine this going down
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A Swarm Of 20,000 Bees Followed A 65-Year-Old Woman’s Car For Two Days. It Turns Out Their Queen Got Stuck In Her Car
Sally Moen 2 months ago
If you ever have an encounter with a swarm of bees, DO NOT SPRAY THEM WITH WATER. Call a beekeeper, they will calm the swarm with a gentle cloud of smoke, then coax the swarm into a container. They will get the swarm into a hive
WindySwede 2 months ago
But the beekeeper might gently spray them with water though. But they know what they are doing in that case!
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Very inspiring story for the bees who got their queen back. 10/10, would recommend not accidentally kidnapping their queen again.
Lousha 2 months ago
Followed? As in the car was moving? As in anyone would approach the car in this state, let alone trying to drive it?
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago (edited)
Ironically, if you played your cards right, you could do this without being stung by the swarm. Gotta keep in mind that bees would really only attack things interacting with them or the queen. Even if they did frenzy when the car started moving, they wouldn't inherently blame that on the person driving, all the bees know is that this giant metal animal is kidnapping their queen (Or something along those lines)
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Waffle House Employees In Georgia Rush Outside To Greet The Elderly Man Who Frequents The Place
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
"A car parks outside the Waffle House when an elderly man is seen coming out and trying to cross the parking lot. The next moment, three women from the staff rush toward him with bright smiles, hold his hand, and gently walk with him. Backstory: One of the waitresses emphasized that they hadn't seen the elderly man in a while, but he used to visit the Waffle House frequently along with his wife. One of the reasons for his absence was moving into a home. The woman who uploaded the video has claimed to be the elderly man’s granddaughter. “This is my sweet grandpa. He and my grandmother always frequented here! She’s moved into a home now, but I’m glad to see he’s back and feeling all the love.”"
#92
In 2016, A 42-Year-Old Dad, Marc Carter, Made A Sincere Plea On Twitter To Help His Son Consume Water In His Favourite Blue Mug, Which Was Recently Broken
The Production Company Ended Up Offering 500 Blue Cups, A Lifetime Supply To Support His Son
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
To make this make more sense, the child was autistic and refused to drink out of any cup other than a cup that looked identical to this. "“People think Ben will drink when he’s thirsty. Unfortunately, that is not the case,” said Marc. He further added that since the broken cup, both of them had to make emergency trips to A&E due to severe dehydration that suggests ‘everything will NOT be okay.’ With the cup being out of production for several years now, Marc turned to social media, aka Twitter, to seek support from the online community. And the response has been overwhelming."
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
There was a similar case a few years ago with a plate set. One of those branded bowl/saucer/plate things from Disney, possibly. They received a pile of them, some in unused condition.
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Blind Man Gets A 'Tooth-In-Eye' Surgery And Is Now Able To See For The First Time In 20 Years
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
"Brent Chapman, now 34, lost his vision when he was just 13 years old after a rare allergic reaction to ibuprofen called Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Since then, his days have been occupied with trips to multiple doctors aiming to restore his vision, but he would return with no luck. Then Brent met Dr. Greg Moloney, an ophthalmologist in Vancouver, who suggested a 1960s-developed procedure, 'tooth-in-eye,' where Brent's tooth would be pulled, flattened, and a small hole drilled in the center to fill with a prosthetic lens. The tooth would then be placed at the front of his eye, allowing him to see through the new lens. The procedure is performed as it decreases the chances that the body will perceive the object as foreign, as Brent explained. Brent woke up from the surgery with positive results. "I feel fantastic. Vision comes back and it's a whole new world," he said."
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
The clarification on this particular story was specifically appreciated. Who just brings up tooth-in-eye surgery without elaborating? I knew what it was, but only because another post mentioned it and actually explained it 😂
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In 1983, A Psychic Warned British Rail About A Deadly Crash Involving Engine 47216. Two Years Later, A Similar Accident Happened, With Engine 47299
It Was Later Revealed The Number Had Been Changed From 47216
#95
Ethel Caterham, 116, The Oldest Living Person In The World Finally Meets King Charles
Multa Nocte 2 months ago
Hope she doesn't meet Liz Truss or J.D. Vance or you know what is going to happen next.
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A Chinese Farmer Once Refused To Relocate Despite Being Offered Compensation By The Government. Now The House Sits In The Middle Of A Highway
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Ok, BP. You're doing the Tiger Quoll thing again, but this time with inspiration.
#97
The First Product To Be Read Using A Barcode Scan Was A Fruit Chewing Gum, In 1974, That Costed 67 Cents. It Is Now On Display At The National Museum Of American History
#98
Many Of The Laugh Tracks You Hear On TV Today Were Originally Recorded In The 1950s. So, In A Way, You're Listening To The Laughter Of People Who Are No Longer Alive
Sally Moen 2 months ago
They have different audience laughing. I heard a recording of different sound effects, and there were dozen types of laughter, female laughing, crowds of females laughing, etc.
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
Their laughter lives on, even after they're gone? Feels kind of nice, to me.
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Couples Seeking Divorce Are Locked Up In This Matrimonial Prison For Two Weeks To Talk Through Their Marital Struggles
Michael Largey 2 months ago
A bad marriage is already a prison, so what difference will this make.
Cory Kent 2 months ago
It makes them more likely to find a way to work things out and work through the issues.
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
The intention is uplifting, but the practice.... fall significantly short. To be fair, I'm going to assume (or hope) there is clause carved out in the event of allegations of a***e.
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Japanese Man Speaks To His Wife For The First Time After 20 Years Of Silent Treatment
Sofia 2 months ago
she could do whatever she wanted and he couldn't complain XD
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“The husband revealed that at first he was just sulking, but it soon turned into a two-decade-long silent treatment because he felt that his wife was very involved in raising their kids and that he wasn’t receiving sufficient attention from her. It was his jealousy that got the better of him.”
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
I'm actually going to agree with that if what Multa says is true. This is cringey behavior in the extreme.
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Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Agreed. Some of these could have at least used a paragraph to provide further information.
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
I was at least inspired by the swarm getting back their queen.
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While I do enjoy posts like this... some more information would be great.
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Agreed. Some of these could have at least used a paragraph to provide further information.
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I was at least inspired by the swarm getting back their queen.
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