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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True
There is only so much that you can add to a story until it becomes hard to believe. Yet, when you really think about it, belief is subjective, yet saying that something has a non-zero chance of happening is based on hardcore theoretical probability that can be measured and scientifically deduced. So, based on that logic, even the most unlikely stories might still be true.
Whether you believe it or not, the following list is also claimed to be true, despite how unlikely some of them might sound.
Folks online have been sharing stories and facts about themselves that are 100% true as it happened to them personally, yet sound like the product of an imaginative mind that hasn’t spent enough time on Earth to know how likely all of it might be.
Scroll through it to see the best of the best stories siphoned from this post on the AskReddit community and while you’re out there, drop us and the submission an upvote, and share your very unlikely yet very true stories in the comment section below!
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#1
I beat anorexia. I'm a guy and I do not have photos of me from that time (due to shame) so I have no proof. I have gone from 70lbs to ~130lbs.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
As someone with serious food issues, I get how hard that had to be. I'm very proud of you.
Susan Teter 3 years ago (edited)
PLEASE take care of yourself now.I I had anorexia, then bulimia. It doesn't matter how much you weigh...as long as you are HEALTHY!!! And you are a BEAUTIFUL PERSON!!!
Elizabeth Brooks 3 years ago
Way to go! Best wishes to you as you continue on your healing journey. Stay the course. 🙏
Amanda Hunter 3 years ago
Well done, my ex was anorexic and looked like a concentration camp victim. He died.
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#2
I am related to William Henry Harrison - the president who died from hypothermia because he wouldn't wear a jacket. My great grandfather and his son both died from hypothermia as well but under slightly different experiences. I have almost died from eating way too many vitamins, jumping into a ceiling fan, and jumping from a cliff. My dad almost lit a gas station on fire. Basically, we are a very dumb bloodline starting from William Henry Harrison.
Do-nut touch da donut 3 years ago
Yo my names murphy but i think ur family has the murphys law curse lol
Marybeth Martens 3 years ago
what deity or person did your family offend to get cursed (rhetoriacal)
CalmAndCollected 3 years ago (edited)
William Henry Harrison didn't die from hypothermia. He died from pneumonia after getting sick, apparently from being in cold rain while refusing to wear a jacket all day. Parks and Rec even got this right... How does a descendant get it wrong?
Quitethedilemma 3 years ago
You can't be all that dumb if you are aware of it. It is possible to be intelligent but make dumb mistakes, actually it is more likely for intelligent people to make more dumb mistakes as they forget to use common sense or make more mental mistakes when problem solving etc. Anyway you may just be dumb but I tend to doubt that if you recognise it. Good luck to you and please don't burn anything down or walk off anymore cliffs though the ceiling fan incident made me chuckle 😄
Sarah Stalder 3 years ago
I'm very bright according to my iQ. I have a bit (not a lot)of common sense, but am accident-prone and get the dropsies daily. I'm what is colloquially known as a klutz. My mom, however is Mensa intelligent. She was also one of the most trusting and therefore gullible people I've ever known, without a lick of common sense. I spent the majority of my life intervening between her and people who wanted to part her from her money. Helped a little bit, not much, though. So, no, dumb decisions have no relation to intelligence, in my experience.
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Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
He was also famous for inviting Native American Indians to a truce council, and then ambushing and killing all of them.
#3
I took my mother for a surprise trip to NYC. She got married to my father there in '68. The surprise was manufactured by way of telling her we were going to Australia (we live in New Zealand, so a trip to Australia is not a huge deal, it's the type of thing you could do for the weekend) and therefore she packed a bag and brought her passport. We got to the airport and said "Surprise! We're going to New York!" and she cried her eyes out with delight.
When we arrived, on our first morning, I said "Okay, what do you want to do?"
She said "When I was last here, in 1968, the Twin Towers weren't complete, so, I'd like to go to the top of them."
"Your wish is my command!" I said and off we went to the WTC.
That was the afternoon of September 10th, 2001. Suffice it to say, there was a particular poignancy when we looked out the window at around 8am the next morning.
TheHalloweenTeen 3 years ago
That's terrifying! And happy, and sad. I actually don't know what to feel now.
Contented potato. (They/them) 3 years ago
After the attacks, all flights in the US were canceled that day except one. My mom was on it
Amy Taylor 3 years ago
I have Super 8 movies of the Twin Towers right after they were completed. My grandpa took them from the ferry.
Michelle C 3 years ago
Thank God they survived. I can only imagine what would’ve happened had they gone any later!!
#4
Husband and I fell in love at first sight. Moved in together after two days. Married five months later. Still married. It will be forty years in may.
Reviewer UK01 3 years ago
I have the same story but only half way along the line. 20th anniversary coming up
Andrew Pugg 3 years ago
Same here I went to meet him first time at his flat and didn't leave married 5 months layer xx
sarah downer 3 years ago
Same here. We married 11 days after we started dating and we just celebrated ten years
Yayheterogeneity 3 years ago
Sounds like me and my husband. We married after a year but I was pregnant after 5 months. 6 years and still going strong 💗
Paul Brown 3 years ago
I met my wife in May, got married in August and still together going on 15 years!
#5
I was the best man on both sides of a lesbian wedding because I had dated both the bride and the bride, stayed close friends and introduced them to each other after our breakups.
Barbara R. Perry 3 years ago
I have a dear friend of many years whom I have known since she was a 'he'. Never affected our friendship one bit. She needed support through transitioning - had professional therapists, etc., but you need a friend who still hangs out with you when you first decide to stop presenting yourself as the gender you aren't. I still remember her excitedly calling me, telling me that she was in a public ladies' room,& a desperate girl needed a tampon..." I had one in my purse, just like you said! She was so grateful - and I felt like I was an awesome woman! " (Which she is!) 💕
John Marr 3 years ago
That's not bde. That's gde. God d**k energy. A man so comfortable within himself that he didn't take it as a personal slight that not one but two of his exes came out of the closet and married each other. I commend you good sir. More people need to feel that comfortable with themselves and not take biology as an afront to your masculinity.
#6
When I was a kid, I woke up to find my cat giving birth to her kittens on my pillow, one inch from my face. I took it as a compliment.
John Marr 3 years ago
I have the exact opposite happen to me. Last February my baby Fred turned 19 and then suddenly took a turn for the worse. Within 2 days she crashed, hard. My wife and I set up a vet appointment for her on Tuesday. Monday night she snuggles up on me like always, and at some point in the night peacefully passed away on my chest. The absolute worst morning of my life, but at the same time I was happy because she passed peacefully in her sleep, at home, in the safest place she knew.
Sleeping Solipsist 3 years ago
I'm so glad you can see the huge positives in that situation. You're right to be relieved because she couldn't have had a safer, more comfortable end; her death was just a moment compared to the many, many years of love and comfort with someone who must have given her a full and contended life. 🤗
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My cat was looking for a "nest" because the kittens would be born any time soon. So my mother decided to close all the wardrobes so that the cat wouldn't have the kittens inside and everything would have to be washed. So I woke up one night with the cat licking my face and meowing really softly on top of me. I moved my knee and felt the sheets wet. There were five small creatures right next to my hand. I just took my pillow and slept on the floor leaving the bed for them. My mother's reaction was priceless when she went to wake me up.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Aw. I remember when I was a kid my cat Lady gave birth on my comforter in my room. Geez that was about 30 years ago and I still have that comforter
Veronica Devlin 3 years ago
My dog had her puppies on the bed. I had set up a whole nesting area for her and when I got home from work I found that she had decided to use my bed instead. She was always a queen.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
Similar thing happened to me as a kid, though thankfully she gave birth under the bed, but the newborn kittens absolutely had to sleep on my pillow.
Quitethedilemma 3 years ago
It is a compliment it's not often people get invited to a cat birth haha
Amy Chirman 3 years ago
The family cat of my childhood, a Siamese named Sassafrass Sasparilla, have birth to her litter one night between my knees. That was a compliment of the highest order, I have always felt. She knew she was safe with me.
#7
my dad kidnapped me and took me to Singapore for very malicious purposes (i'm sure you could imagine). i was 15 and my dad literally had fake documents and suitcases filled with random clothes. when we got there we went to a sketchy hotel and after 15 minutes he went to the bar. a bit after that, some guy just walks in. i was confused but he began muttering saying i was 'too pale' and 'too old' and he left. i called my dad but he didn't answer so i climbed out through the window and went to the police. they put me on a plane home that same hour.
i don't really tell people because it's a bit of a crazy story and sounds made up (hence why it's here) but yeh.
BetterBitterButter 3 years ago
I thought it was a parental kidnapping but it seems way more sinister than that! I wish it was made up.
Michelle C 3 years ago
Human trafficking. The “dad” was literally trying to sell his child into sexual slavery. Thank God the police got involved and got him or her out of it!!
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago (edited)
This post is from 2 years ago and in it they said it occurred 2 years ago so happened 4 years ago and op said when asked if dads in jail: "unfortunately not but he's been charged with something (i'm not allowed to know because i'm not 18 which is bs) and he's allowed monitored visits with my siblings and I (my siblings have to go by law and I get a choice bc i'm 17) but yeh.". Wish they would update now
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Further in the thread they note they received therapy and when asked if dad is still in Singapore op said: "he got arrested in singapore and held for a week then sent back to the uk for a trial. not entirely sure what he was charged with but it's probably kidnapping, faking documents and something else but idk"
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Mike Morton 3 years ago
I'm glad our police helped you out, I'm sure it must've been terrifying for you :(
JuniorCJ82 3 years ago
So FIFTEEN was too old for that disgusting POS?!?! Thank God she got out!!!
Ivan Petrov 3 years ago
"Too pale" - that's not something people usually take as a negative trait. Don't they always talk about "having fair skin" and stuff like that? "Too old" - f**k, that's terrifying. OP was lucky the police wasn't in on it.
#8
I was at a store when Tony Hawk was signing autographs. I was only 10 at the time and was a huge fan. One of his early video games had just come out. The store had a couple TVs on the wall and some video games to play. Being a kid I waited for one controller to open up and someone leave. A kid ended up leaving and I grabbed the controller and started playing and minding my own business. A couple minutes later the store wanted to grab photos of Tony playing his own video game. He came over and grabbed the second controller and began to play multiplayer with me. Probably played for 10 minutes. The bonus was it was also my 10th birthday. So I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater with Tony Hawk.
I do not have photos of myself playing the game with him but I believe my parents have a couple of photos of me with him and getting his autograph. I still have the signed board on my wall.
BasedWang12.3 3 years ago
I accidentally played HALO with Linkin Park (who I was obsessed with at the time) it was rad
Michelle C 3 years ago
Tony Hawk’s known for being humble! I wouldn’t be surprised if we seen many more of the stories in the coming days!
#9
I once successfully ran an unfunded shelter for ~100 homeless veterans....as a homeless civilian.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
A damning indicment of how the American dream has gone wrong ..... Well done to the OP but How, oh how in the richest country in the World can there be 100 homeless VETERANS, not including the rest of the homeless population, in one place FFS ?
Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
Unfortunately, there are thousands of homeless veterans. Some of this is due to the fact that they can't get help from local VAs, or they won't ask for help due to pride. Some of them also have mental issues that keep them from being able to keep a home or a job. There are many many reasons for homelessness. That's still no excuse for not trying to help them. Extra kudos to OP for running this! and I hope someone took over when they left.
Load More Replies... Bouche Clay 3 years ago
After WWI, the vets marched on Washington to demand benefits. The leaders were arrested for being "commies" and the rest were officially ignored.
Urbangirlatl 3 years ago
For $715 BILLION (the current budget for the US military), you'd think there would be some spare change to take care of our veterans. Shameful.
#10
I found out my "father" wasnt my biological father in 10th grade Biology class. We were learning about blood types and traits. I raised my hand thinking I was a smart a*s, "You're chart isnt accurate, my dad has AB negative and I'm O positive." My teacher said "I think your mom has some explaining to do!". And we all chuckled.
Turned out, he was not my father.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago (edited)
The teacher was kind of an a*s lol, a funny a*s, but an a*s non the less, personaly i would have Said " you have to be mistaken, better to check that out with your parents. "
Nicky 3 years ago
I was a teacher in Napa and taught Mendelian traits to the class. A kid says, "That's wrong - I have brown hair and brown eyes and both my parents have natural blue eyes and blond hair." I didn't know what to say, but my teaching assistant understood immediately and said, "Mutations can happen." I knew that wasn't the correct answer and thought about why teaching basic biology can be a minefield in a society with so many family secrets.
Caroline Sinclair 3 years ago
Almost the exact same thing happened in my biology class, but the teacher said, brutally, "Then they are not your parents". The girl burst into tears and rushed out of the classroom. We never saw her again, but did hear that her parents had separated and that she and her mother had moved to another town.
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JoJo Anisko 3 years ago
Sorry to be a downer, but the title is ridiculous. The mother did the cheating.
LittleWombat 3 years ago
Maybe they needed a sperm donor to conceive, maybe he stepped in as a father when the mom was a single mother to a newborn and married her, there are other explanations. Doesn't mean cheating happened.
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Buren 3 years ago
My brother didn't have same blood type with Mom and Dad, but everyone brushed it off because we didn't know better. When he grew up, he insisted that Dad rechecked his blood type too, and... Dad indeed was tested with the wrong blood type, by official Red Cross. Luckily he didn't need any blood transfusion. And, yes, he is my brother and legitimate. :D
Sleeping Solipsist 3 years ago
To be fair, they'd probably not administer anything but O-neg in a dire emergency. I believe cross-matching is required in any other situation.
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Op: "When I got home, my mom was waiting for me. My mom had a stack of pictures on the foot of my bed and told me "that's your real father". Lol! So that's how I found out. I was actually ok with it. The person I thought was my father was already kind of a loser dead beat. Turns out my dad was also a loser deadbeat. No loss I guess. Would have been awesome if my dad would have turned out to be a decent human being. So, tragic story....not a happy ending. At least I can look back and laugh....kind of a funny way to find out?"
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
I think this + HIV is the reason they no longer have kids in advanced high school bio classes type their own blood.
Ivan Petrov 3 years ago
OK, what's the weird thing? And why "HE would've gotten away with it"?
Michelle C 3 years ago
I wonder if perhaps the OP‘s biological father was a terrible person or passed away when he or she was too young to remember the passing. I also hope his or her stepfather is a standup guy!!
April Stephens 3 years ago
As the story says, it is more often thought of like the MOM was ratted out by the chart, because one possibility for how this could happen is that the mom cheated on her partner, and her partner raised OP as his own child.
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At age 50 odd and with limited to no video game experience, my mother completed Mario64 before I did, in about half the time it finally took me to do it.
Your Average Panda 3 years ago
This happened to me. She finished all of Super Mario U in a single night. I had been working for months.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Dad played through and beat Mario's 1, 2 and 3 as well as original Link and Zelda games way before I ever could. Shoot I think I was a few years before I could beat them on my own. Wish I could share the newer ones with him today
ZombieSushi386 3 years ago
Same thing happened to me when I got the SNES and Mario World. I was terrible at it but mom was si good she beat it all in a few days, secret levels included. All the neighborhood kids would come to our place if they were stuck on a level and needed someone to pass it.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
One of my fondest memories from when I was a kid is my mother playing Zelda II whenever I was home sick. She had reached the end of the game and decided to wait until the next day before entering the last dungeon, but the next day the memory has failed and no saved progress remained. She hasn't played a video game since.
#12
I bought a guitar amp from Brad Whitford, of Aerosmith, when I was 17. He and Steven Tyler served up cheeseburgers for me and my friends.
So, Brad’s son was a punk and I knew him from the scene. I was in a band that had some small local marginal success. This is 97/98 in Boston. I needed a new amp for our first US tour but had very little money. I was getting drunk with his son and, on a whim, I asked him if his dad had any amps laying around that he didn’t need. We laughed and carried on partying.
The next day, I get a call at my home. It was Mr. Whitford himself. He was super nice but to the point. “My son says you got a band and need a good rig for your les Paul. I have something in mind for you. Just gotta have my guy get it from the warehouse. Come by my house in Norwell this weekend and check it out”. That was the gist of the call. Obviously, the whole band came with me. And our roadie.
We get to his house and it’s totally him. So weird. These guys were like gods in Boston. I wasn’t the hugest fan but knew him from his work with Wayne’s World. He takes me to (one of) his garage(s) where there is this cool full stack. The brand is Bedrock. An old company from New Hampshire that made good quality amps in the 80’s. This one was custom made for Brad. Basically Marshall components. 4 tubes. All the knobs go to 11. Not kidding. Still has the “property of Aerosmith” stickers on it. He plugs it in and rips a crazy solo on his les Paul and then hands it to me and I play a couple power chords. He asks for $300 for the whole thing. I pay him and he tells his son to give us a tour of the house.
This is where s**t gets nuts. It’s just like you expect. Tons of gold records, platinum records...Pictures of him with people like John Lennon, Robert DeNiro and Joey Ramone. Then we get to see his studio and THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MARSHALL AMPS IN THE WORLD. Seriously, like 200 cabs. A wall of guitars. Guitars so pretty and amps so cool, it made sense for him to find the one he sold me dispensable.
After the house tour, he told us to meet him at the little bar and grill they own in town. When we get there early and he arrives 30 mins later with muthaf**kin Steven Tyler in tow. “You guys the punk group?!” He was so nice. They went in the back and came out with burgers for us all on the house. Then they straight up left. Irish goodbyed, even! I still have the amp. I used it on the road for almost 10 years in five bands. Now, it’s just a conversation piece. But it still works! I’ll crank her up every now and then.
cadena kuhn 3 years ago
My mom actually beat up Steven Tyler back in the day. She has never had anything nice to say about him
Jessica Blankenship 3 years ago
Have u seen that documentary about him? Awful how he got this young girls mom to sign her rights over to him, got her pregnant and then had one of his goons try and set their apartment on fire with her in there and then forced her into an abortion when she didn't die in the fire! Horrible
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jovis 3 years ago
He SHOULD have given it for free. F-ing rich people. Eat them ;P
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Chicago Rocker 3 years ago
Was it Graham Whitford you were friends with? He plays rhythm guitar for Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, now.
Katrina Wysocki 3 years ago
As a huge Aerosmith fan, since I was a kid, I would have absolutely died if that had happened to me.
Wonderful 3 years ago
I have always thought that as well. Wow. If his voice had stayed like that on everything else it would have been a million times awesomer than it's already considered awesomeness.
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Just here for the comments ️ 3 years ago
This is a story you have to tell at every chance you get. Amazing
#13
I ran out of gas outside of La Paz Bolivia. Luckily it was down hill for about 6km into the city. I coasted the whole way on my motorbike, passed busses and drifted into a gas station. Never missed a beat!
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Luck was with you that day. I'd have run out halfway up the hill and rolled backwards! 🤣
Cindy Brick 3 years ago
We did this out in the desert in Nevada. Ran out of gas, poured the contents of our hikers' stove into the gas tank of our motorcycle...and ran out of gas again on the top of a big hill. Coasted down into town -- and into a gas station. Whew. Unfortunately, I don't remember much more than that -- I was packing a huge fever that day. But we did do this.
Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
I only ran out of gas once in my life. I was driving a rental vehicle and the gas meter was teeny tiny. Luckily, when I drifted to a stop, I was at the bottom of an overpass. I got out and looked up, and there was a gas station right there at the offramp. Phew.
Amy Broderick 3 years ago
I had a dream recently that my horse ran out of gas and I was trying to coast down a hill into a gas station. My sister met me there, and as I was filling up my horse (with diesel of course) she started taking off the saddle and blanket and I got mad at her for doing that. Weirdest dream in a long time
Con O Cuinn 3 years ago
My clutch went in my car driving up the Dublin mountains. Quickly pulled a U-turn, and managed to free wheel it about 4 miles to within a couple of hundred yards of my house.
#14
A pelican engulfed my head with its massive f*****g beak when I was a small child. Pelicans are c***s.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Lmao i have actually seen a video of a pelican doing that to a toddler lol, probably not you though .
jovis 3 years ago
I was seriously coming here to write something similiar. In my mind it was like"stork something something" and trying to come up with some joke so yours was definitely better :P
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Victoria Anderson 3 years ago
I've seen a video of a pelican with a freaking DUCK in its pouch. Still alive and kicking to boot! I'll post a link when I get a chance to find it again.
Sleeping Solipsist 3 years ago
Oh cr*p. It's the sort of video I'd never want to see but if someone showed it to me I'd have to look.. 😬😳
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Izzy's Maid 3 years ago
Coz you're right! Just keep your damn kids away from them! Why was a kid THAT close anyway?
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Ronnie Beaton 3 years ago
To quote my late father - "A marvellous bird is the pelican. Its beak can hold more than its belly can."
Jesse Channing 3 years ago
This also happened to my partner. She is still terrified of them to this day.
HalfFinnishedAustralian 3 years ago
I've seen a pelican eating a duck or something, so I suppose it's possible.
#15
I was born 12 weeks early (and was nearly born earlier- my mom had a weak uterus from endo, so they had to push me back and stitch her up).
The doctors told my parents to expect me to be unable to breathe, walk, etc on my own. The doctor performing the c-section nearly dropped in surprise and how hard I was screaming and flailing.
I do have a few health problems, but it could have been much worse.
Editing since others are mentioning their experiences and health issues:
I had hydrocephalus, it was treated poorly (the doctor thought I was fine, and my parents were overreacting when I was seizing and turning colors). It was treated, and now had ~6 ft of tubing in the form of a shunt, as well as seizures I'll never outgrow. They're treated with medication.
Otherwise, outside asthma and other smaller things, I live a normal life. I graduated high school a few years ago, and hope to be married soon.
Edit 2: Thank you everyone for your stories! Tbh, I'm a bit overwhelmed: I didn't expect my comment to blow up like this! I'm going to do my best to respond to everyone, but I apologize in advance if I don't. I promise I'm reading every comment, and they all mean so much!
April Stephens 3 years ago
My baby was born around that early, too, at 27 weeks, 1 day gestation. I was surprised that she cried and looked strong/feisty when she was born, too! Fortunately, she also lives a normal life without too many lasting complications. As for me, with her tenth birthday coming up, sometimes I think I may be almost healed from the trauma of her 3.5 month hospitalization...
New Everywhere 3 years ago
Our stories are so similar. 26 weeks but strong/feisty (he used to tangle all his chords while in that blue box) but the nurses loved him. He's 10 years old now; funny, creative as hell and has a huge heart with no health problems. People don't talk about how f*n traumatizing it is I'm still healing too
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Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago
I was born 1lb 14 ounces and basically four months early. The doctors were planning on me not surviving, but I'm here, and the only problems I've had are scoliosis, needing glasses, and OCD. And I've ended up being an old soul and a gifted student! :)
Jessica Blankenship 3 years ago (edited)
My son was born 16 weeks early and was in the NICU @ U of Louisville for 3 months. Got discharged a day after his delivery day and he is perfectly fine now! He did have laser eye surgery on both his eyes and double hernia surgery but he's now 15 and he amazes me daily with his amazingness! #Blessed
New Everywhere 3 years ago
Guess these things are common then (retinopathy and the hernias). Maybe I need to talk more about these things with people that understand. It's been 10 years and my heart still has a feeling I can't explain when I think about it
Load More Replies... Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Am I the only one who would've smacked that doctor who said that OP's parents were overreacting?
Vanessa Vought 3 years ago
I was born in 1986 at 26 weeks. Zero health issues! Got lucky I guess.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Good for you! Glad your parents fought to get your shunt. My hubby was born with Hydrocephalus and his mom and doctor didn't realize anything was wrong until his head got large. He's ok now though. We regularly do the Hydrocephalus walk fundraiser up in Phoenix.
tresgatos72 3 years ago
You are a RL million- dollar baby. And worth every penny. Congratulations! 😁
Ashley Herron 3 years ago
Keep fighting! For everyone who was or has a premature baby or a baby with health problems! Keep fighting! I'm hope all turns out okay 😊
#16
Once in college I applied for a job at the library help desk. I figured I would help people find books. Didn’t give it much more thought than that.
During the interview, I aced all of the customer service questions. Then they asked me whether I knew how to defrag a hard drive. Cue alarm bells in my head, but I kept calm outwardly and said no, but you can teach me.
I worked in IT for three years by accident. They were too nice to fire me.
Buren 3 years ago
Did they try to turn you on and off. Hold on, wait, this doesn't sound like what I have intended to say.
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
😂 you win the comments section on this one!
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
They were hoping a "young guy" would show up and help them and they ended up having to help you. 🤣 I hope you took that knowledge with you. Also, disk defrag wasn't very hard, it just took forever back then.
Paula Pattison 3 years ago
In 1989 I was asked in interview for my first teaching job "Are you IT literate". I panicked and said " I don't know what that means". I taught year 8 IT for three years at that school. Had no idea what I was doing.
#17
I won two TV game shows. "The $10,000 Pyramid" (won $10,300) in 1975, and "Sale of the Century" (was on the show for 9 days; won $34k in cash and prizes) in '85.
Buren 3 years ago
If I remember correctly, Pyramid is intelligence. I don't know the other one.
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Lord Rimuru 3 years ago
There was a guy from Australia who died, came back to life, then won the lottery, went on the new and won the lottery on air. He won several million as way of god saying sorry for accidentally ending you.
ThatBiBookLover 3 years ago
“Oops, sorry mate, not you. It was supposed to be the OTHER guy next to you. Sorry!”
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Christopher Gerlach 3 years ago
There's a story of a guy who woke up from a Coma he ws supposed to die from. When he woke up he bought a lottery ticket and won. Then the local news asked to do a story on his experience. So they wanted to record him buying a ticket. He did, and won again. https://nerdbot.com/2022/09/07/the-story-behind-viral-video-of-man-winning-the-lottery-twice/
#18
I was baptized by a serial killer.
In too many fandoms 3 years ago
Don’t know how to put a meme in comments, so: ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY TELL THEY WERE BAPTIZED BY A SERIAL KILLER AND NOT EXPLAIN (Uppercases are for meme calligraphy)
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Op: " My childhood pastor in Central Pennsylvania ended up being found guilty of murdering his first wife, second wife, and he's still being investigated for the 'suspicious' death of two other individuals. I was maybe 8 or 9 years old at the time of the death of the first wife but I remember the details vividly..." also provided a link about it https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/09/former_lebanon_pastor_a_b_schi.html
Tina Smith 3 years ago
I used the link to go to Reddit because I was curious. The OP expanded on his statement and provided the following link: https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/09/former_lebanon_pastor_a_b_schi.html
Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
Tried that link, got 'page not found'. Oh well, not sure I want to read about Bundy this early in teh morning.
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Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago
This takes 'God works in mysterious ways' to a whole other level.🤯
Krystol Grayson 3 years ago
I'm going to assume this is Ted Bundy when he went through his phase of trying to hide what he was doing by joining the Mormon church. It's honestly really creepy to think about for so many reasons...
jovis 3 years ago
My mom's biology teacher turned out to be a serial arsonist (and someone died, I'm not sure though). She hated the biology subject for a long time but got over it and became an awesome doctor (or physician or whatever you call it). I seriously don't know how to translante some of the words in this comment from swedish...
shermes 3 years ago
You’ve done a fine job here! Most commonly we refer to them as doctors but can say physician as well and not be wrong. 🙂
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#19
A horse threw me in the air when I was a child. But I wasn’t on his back. He grabbed the skin of my back with his teeth and yeeted me.
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Ouch, horses bite HARD. A horse bit me on the chest once, I have a bite scar on my boob.
Lizzy Crit 3 years ago
When I was in vet school a student veterinarian had a horse yeet her like that, except he grabbed her by the cheekbone. She was out the rest of the semester. We also had someone lose part of a finger intubating a dog.
Beth Vega 3 years ago
I feel a little bad for the dog...was it a practice situation or did it need it?
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Wonderful 3 years ago
The neighbors when I was growing up had horses and they had recently adopted a very high strung onry horse that liked to throw fits. One night the wife calls over to my parents frantic because the horse was going crazy, so my parents run over there to try to help. As soon as they get over there the horse grabs the neighbors husband by the shoulder picks him up off the ground and throw slams him into the wall. They eventually calm horse down and get the husband to the emergency room his shoulder was completely broken the ball was completely detached and his collarbone had to get a metal plate. He ended up having to get a bunch of surgeries and was never back to 100% unfortunately. They decided to sell the horse. He caused even more issues and damage. I don't think they missed him.
#20
I am blind. Many online commenters think that I am lying. If I wanna lie, I would rather tell everyone that I am a rich traveller.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Apparently some people never heard of Brile, and voice software for people with a visual impairment......
Julia Mckinney 3 years ago (edited)
If you need a laugh, in the early 80's a group of friends and I let a blind friend drive one time. It was a deserted parking lot, at night, and we had 4 people hanging out the windows giving her directions. She had a blast and remembers it to this day. She told my husband and kids about it when we visited with her while we were on vacation in NYC about 10 yrs ago.
Sue 3 years ago
I have a blind friend who went to a residential school for the blind. Many legally blind people do have some sight, so they would dare newbies to go across the street at night & hammer a nail into an old tree stump. The new guy went over & hammered the nail & headed back when something grabbed his jacket, so he screamed & left his jacket & fled. In the morning, they found his jacket nailed to the tree stump.
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Juliette Deroulede 3 years ago
My best friend online is blind and it doesn't slow her down at all. She's a writer...
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
I had a great family friend named Diane, who was blind from birth. She worked in tech back in the 90's. I loved watching her type, it was fascinating to me. She even showed me her embossed photos. She died from leukemia in 1997. I still wonder what she'd be doing now heading into retirement. But yeah, when you're blind your brain strengthens other senses. My grandma had a blind friend named Bill and he could even use echolocation. The brain is amazing.
Lizzy Crit 3 years ago
My godmother is blind. As kids it was cool to borrow her tandem bicycle (she'd be on the back, her husband at the front)
TKA 3 years ago
Everyone should check out “Be My Eyes” app. I love helping visually impaired people. The call goes to multiple volunteers at once, who ever answers the call first, helps. So I don’t feel bad if I can’t answer a call.
LittleWombat 3 years ago
I do this too!! I'm disabled with pain but it gives me a chance to help someone find something on a video call, or tell them if their sweater matches their pants, or read a serial number on an item. It makes me feel more useful to give help when I'm often the one asking for it in my daily life! 💜💜💜
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Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Many people forget that 'blind' doesn't mean sightless. A person who is blind might be able to use huge magnifying glasses to physically see the screen. They might use a screen reader (text to voice).
John G 3 years ago
I worked with a woman 25 years ago that had to use huge font to read. She had a fantastic memory since she didn't want to read something twice. She was great to work with.
Load More Replies... Jode Mode 3 years ago
I have fair skin, freckles, reddish hair, and green eyes. I can’t convince some people that I’m not Irish to save my life. As you said, if I was going to lie about some thing, it would be way more fantastical than that.
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I don't think you're lying. I do think that other people are id10ts
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Cory Tollman 3 years ago
I knows someone online who is deaf and has similar issues with people wanting to send him sound clips of song videos. Even after he explains that he is deaf.
#21
My great great grandfather was a Pinkerton Detective, acted on Vaudeville, and had 5 wives in 2 different states that knew nothing of each other. He also slightly changed his last name each time and never got caught until Ancestry website happened lol.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago (edited)
Oof. I learned one of my great great grandfathers was a minor noble in Austral Hungaria and he ran away to America with his mistress to start my family. His first family, still in Unterwart, weren't fans.
Hammer 3 years ago
Austral Hungaria? I think you mean Austria Hungary, in the heart of Europe, not Australia.
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Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago
Imagine maintaining five families on a single income these days! Couldn't be done unless you're a billionaire.
Peter Trudell Jr 3 years ago
PInkertons are arseholes. The nasty stuff they did... Still have great disdain for them.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
As a Pinkerton, he knew the best ways to successfully cover his tracks.
#22
I was shooting some stuff in my village and a bullet ricochet and hit me in the torso. I was afraid my parents would kill me if they found out (I was young) so I used a knife and tweezers to remove the fragment and a stapler to stitch it up and then covered the wound and they never found out until a few years later when I told them.
Alias Delfs 3 years ago
Such as but not limited to, blood loss, infection, pain etc
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Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Op: " Also I need to say that I don’t feel pain to the extent most people do (which has cause some unnecessary burns when cooking and other injuries) so the pain of stitching and cutting wasn’t that great. Digging for the fragments was a real b***h though" It's also notable that they study medicine now.
sinking kitchen 3 years ago
at first I thought he meant with like a camera
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Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
I get you. I once was hit by a car and I told my parents that I just fell over - I was too afraid to be punished for "being stupid enough to run in front of a car" on top of the injury as well.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Holy $hit, I hope you know how lucky you are to have avoided serious injury and infection!
#23
I am one of very few people outside WW1 to live through mustard gas. So rare the doctors (1995 no internet) had no idea how to treat me.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
OP as a stupid kid went into an empty house that was being worked on with a friend and: " I saw a large vat used for mixing liquids, and poured an entire bucket of industrial cleaning liquid in to it. I went and got another large bucket full of chems (dont mix rando industrial chems children) and dumped that in there too. Huge yellow gas explosion in my face, I got about 15 feet away before collapsing and beggining to wretch yellow goo and vomit everywhere (no breathing now, just gasping and vomiting goop). My friend ran to get my mom, she called ambulance, they put me in a helicopter and sent me to UC Davis medical center. My doctor eventually made contact with someone who knew how to treat my case through "the internet" (I had never heard if it). 2 weeks in the ICU, almost died, and my lungs are still f*****g trash (Im 34 now)."
Crouching hippo hidden panda 3 years ago
That’s what getting baptized by a serial killer leads to
Load More Replies... Kylie Mountain 3 years ago (edited)
I'm going to take a guess and say bleach/ammonia reaction from mixed cleaning products. I had a middle school teacher who nearly killed herself with that. It's why you should never bleach a pet litter box.
JoJo Anisko 3 years ago (edited)
My mother used to use bleach and ammonia to clean our bathrooms despite our panicked protests, until it finally put her in the hospital. That's pretty similar to mustard gas
#24
I've had a headache since August 2015 and I will probably have it for the rest of my life. It's only on half my head, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Op: I had the headache first, they did a CT scan looking for the source if it and found a giant brain tumor. Unfortunately the tumor wasn't the source of the headache. A 12 hour surgery and 25 radition treatments later I still have thd headache." They also provide the link: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Hemicrania-Continua-Information-Page
Leslie Harris 3 years ago
Have they looked into trigeminal neuralgia? I have been getting increasing headaches on one side of my head, doctor thought it was this first until they did an MRI and found a small tumour on the trigeminal nerve.
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Angela Mccar 3 years ago
My daughter has something they are calling complex chronic migraines with blindness...so she's in pain and can't see 80% percent of the time and they can't figure out how to help her. She can't work, can't drive, could not do in person school her last year. It started with a headache and this it what it's become.
jovis 3 years ago
Yeah, I was thinking chronic migraine at first too but that's probably because I have it so it so I'm kind of biased. I don't have problem with my vision though. I take a self-injection two times a month with a medicine called Aimovig (here in Sweden, don't know if it's available in your country). I also have my neurologist inject botox in my scalp everyother three months. Helps my episodes lessen to 1-2 days a week instead of 4-6. Ask your doctor about this. It really helps me a lot. I hope this info helps your daughter if you haven't heard of it before <3
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Tina Smith 3 years ago
I used the link to go to Reddit and, per the OP, this is what they have: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Hemicrania-Continua-Information-Page
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Sounds like a nerve disorder. I'm very sorry to hear they're struggling though. I hope doctors can help them one day. I know how awful that wait is...
Whitefox 3 years ago
I had something like this!! I always had a low grade headache on the left side of my head behind my eye(at least after so many years it just felt low grade headache) I was prescribed gabapentin for an unrelated issue. It took about 2 days for me to realize that the perpetual headache was completely gone!! 2 years later and I still take a fairly low dose and no headache!! I sincerely hope they get you sorted out!
Christie Amador Egendoerfer 3 years ago
Finally someone else that understands my frustrations. I also have almost a constant headache on my left behind my eye. I have had a CT scan, gone to a chiropractor and the diagnosis was that I have tight tendons. Imitrex was prescribed but doesn't work well for me.
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Meaghan Stewart 3 years ago
My migraines are always on the left side of my head and I can literally draw a line between pain and no pain. Probably related to my ruptured cervical disc.
Sebby's Mama 3 years ago
I have a friend that has had a nonstop migraine for over 20 years. She was only recently diagnosed with lupus, though no new medications have helped at all.
Veronica Devlin 3 years ago
I had a small air bubble in my brain due to overexertion (early 2020) it lasted for about two months—I can’t even imagine what that’s like—OVER SEVEN YEARS. Thank you for making a Caddy Shack reference, so rare nowadays.
#25
I was once sponsored by the CRUNK energy drink company for sailing. I imagine I was the only sailor on their list. I literally just emailed them saying that I sailed and asked if they wanted me to put stickers on my boat. They sent me a few cases of the drink, t shirts, hats, the works. My car was known as the crunk-mobile.
Izzy's Maid 3 years ago
That filthy cooler looks like something called CRUNK should be in it, tbh.
Norman Beattie 3 years ago
I raced Hobie Cats in 17' class and kicked but throughout the midwest, wrote Hobie and got back a form letter. :) No problem I had a blast !
#26
I once won a $500 raffle during a routine visit to my local tea shop.
It was the building's annual Black Friday event and there were 5 baskets with varying amounts of goods, services, and coupons. I needed tea, so my only stop was the tea shop. It cost me $20 to fill my tins, but they said raffle tickets were given out after a $25 purchase. I said 'f**k it' and got a hot tea for me and the woman in line behind me.
Entered with that one ticket. I got a call a few days later saying I won the top prize basket. When I went to claim, they asked about my purchases. I told them and they said the drawings had over 1,000 tickets and many people had over a dozen entries.
The raffle prize included $25 to the tea shop.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Even got the tea money back! I really wish the app would let me edit when I accidentally hit enter. Sigh.
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We once won consecutive prizes in a raffle where you pull the winning tickets out of a box - pretty common in Australia at school events. Over a thousand tickets in the box, my son wins a prize - the winner gets to pull out the next ticket - it’s our daughter’s 🤩
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
We had a couple of families who had that happen multiple years in a row at the school easter raffle. My family never won even one!
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Awesome. I recently won a foosball table after entering a contest for my rock station. Can't wait to set it up!
Cheryl Ramsay 3 years ago
Only thing I ever won was a recliner at a furniture store. I paid a little more to get a loveseat recliner.
#27
I've literally never been sick, or at least never showed symptoms of being sick. No colds, no fevers, no viruses, no flu even. I really don't know what it's like to be sick or get sick, and frankly, I hope I never do. It'd sure be ironic if the first time I got sick was now... EDIT: I'm 30 years old by the way, that was probably worth mentioning.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
I'm the complete opposite. 🤣 Sick as hell my whole childhood. Meningitis and pneumonia almost killed me at 5. I've had Covid 4 times now, twice before the vaccine became available. Would love to swap with this guy sometime!
Arlen Freeman 3 years ago (edited)
Immune system like a squad of assassins, efficiently eliminating the infection without triggering reaction symptoms.
Mark Goode 3 years ago
I stopped getting sick about 10 years ago. Doctor says I've probably just become an asymptomatic carrier. I guess that's a thing that can happen. I don't miss the colds and flus.
Victoria Anderson 3 years ago
Super tough immune system. Very rare in this "clean or bust" world.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
They should donate blood for research. I'm sure someone would love to investigate it. I have several older gay friends who contracted HIV in the 80s but never developed AIDS. They regularly go to UCSF Medical Center to give blood.
Emma Brown 3 years ago
I had an interesting conversation with my doctor regarding HIV (I don't have it, but used to be in the medical field so we often chat about random new treatments etc) and he told me the life expectancy of a HIV+ is better that of a negative because they have so many thorough check ups. Most things are picked up earlier before they have symptoms. I also am pretty ashamed to say I didn't know until fairly recently that anyone on successful combination therapy cannot pass the virus on. We've certainly come a long way since the 80's and the death sentence it used to be. I'm glad your friends are continuing to be healthy and thank them for being part of the solution.
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norabest321 3 years ago
By the age of 20 id had pneumonia twice, pretty bad asthma, scarlet fever, whooping cough, mono, and strep throat about a dozen times. I was a fully vaccinated child living a good old regular life in the Midwest with my parents and younger brother. But when my husband had bad pre-vaccine Covid, I didn't leave his side but also didn't get it. But fast forward a full vaccine and booster later and I get Covid but it only lasts a day. And pre-Covid I never got the flu or the flu shot. Go home Science you're drunk.
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
Probably had symptomatic illnesses when they were too young to remember, but not having symptomatic illnesses during one's conscious life by 30 is nothing to sneeze at either...
#28
I've published four peer-reviewed scientific papers on hamster testicles.
I'm currently working on a critical COVID-related project which doesn't involve testicles and thus would be much less exciting for Redditing purposes :)
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
The real research. As a person currently working on a scientific paper, not testicle related sadly, I find this highly amusing and I'm gonna go look it up. Lol
Pol Sigerson 3 years ago
A friend of min was on hamster testicle medication for cancer. She survives to this day.....thanks hamsters.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
"Do something you love, and you'll never work a day in your life!" - OP's kink took this to a whole other level...
#29
I cannot see 3D effects in movies or games. I didn’t know that until a friend showed me his new Nintendo 3DS and I asked him whether this thing was a scam because it didn’t look any different to me than a normal DS.
We had a fight over this because we both thought the other one was bulls**tting him.
“You’re holding it wrong! How the f**k do you not see this?”
“Are you f*****g kidding me right now? There’s nothing 3D about this thing.”
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Neither can I, i'm more or less blind in my right eye. Apparently you need both eyes working properly to see in 3D
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Hence the joke in an episode of Futurama where Leela the one-eyed mutant goes to a 3D movie and complains that her glasses aren't working (and in the first episode she memorably yells "hold still, dammit - I don't have good depth perception!).
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Sariah Hafen 3 years ago (edited)
Same, I was born that way. My eyes both have vision but cannot focus together. My whole family went to see Avatar in 3D in theaters when I was a preteen (I knew I wouldn't see 3D, but that's what everyone wanted). On the way home they were talking about the spear flying towards the audience and the tree fluff floating around us. I started silently crying. They all felt so bad. I don't know why it hit me so hard that day. I think it's because I was finally old enough to understand that no matter how many surgeries I had or drs I saw I was never going to experience the world the same way most people did.
Larry Andrews 3 years ago
Steroblindness is not rare. If the eyes do not function together well before the age of 3, steropsis does not develop. https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2124049#:~:text=The%20critical%20period%20for%20development,least%203%20years%20of%20age.
Leslie Donsen 3 years ago
If you have ever had a crossed eye (strabismis) and got it corrected, you will never have 3D vision. Personal experience: my son had both eyes cross at the age of 2. Took over 10 years to get them straight. Patches, surgery special bifocals glasses. They just work independently of each other - hence no 3D. The eye doctors said there were a few things he would never be able to do - catch a ball or land a plane on an aircraft carrier. You need 3D vision to do those things. It amazes me he can drive without crashing into the cars in front of us.
Bec 3 years ago
I can't see what those "magic" pictures that were a fad in the 90's-00's are supposed to do.
over it already 3 years ago
Same. I can see 3D just fine, but never saw anything but fuzz off those magic eye pics.
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#30
My family ancestry can be traced back to a court jester who served in the court of King Jakob IV of Sweden.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Fact 1; We're related (VERY distantly) to the Windsors through their German relatives. Fact 2: When she was losing patience, and getting ready to spank me, my mother would say, "Shyla, I'm going to crown you." Fact 3: The worst beating I ever got in my life was when I said, "You don't have to crown me. I'm already a princess!" I don't remember anything else that happened that day.
Mia Black 3 years ago
Whoaa i don't know what you have done Else but i think just a few people in this world deserve to be beaten and for Sure not a kid by its own mother. I am sorry this happened to you
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Pandalea 3 years ago
My father spent his retirement tracing down our ancestors. Pretty much commoners to start with, until he hit a girl from a noble line, who in 18th century married a commoner, probably for pecuniary reasons.
Pandalea 3 years ago
Up from her it was rather easy, as noble lines are pretty well documented, and all apparented, to trace our ancestry up to Eleanor of Aquitaine, through both her husbands King Louis 7 of France and Henry 2 Plantagenet of England, so we're of (extremely diluted) royal blood... lire I think maybe a quarter of the population here in Europe ☺️
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KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
My brother's girlfriend can trace her ancestry back to Ragnar Lodbrok. I have never been so jealous of anything in my life.
MimSorensson 3 years ago (edited)
Holy cow! Ragnar Lodbrok, the father of Björn Ironside and Ivar the Legless! He was either a jarl under the Danish king Hårik or the son of a swedish king named Sigurd Ring, I’m not sure if anybody really knows. Maybe he was both - either way that’s severely cool! I feel you man, I’d be so totally jealous.
Load More Replies... MimSorensson 3 years ago (edited)
Um… That may be a slight misunderstanding. We never had a king named Jakob IV. Not in the entirety of Swedish history. Are they thinking about king Anund Jakob, a.d 1022 to 1050…? Kings didn’t have numbers back then, also Sweden didn’t exactly exist (well it did, but not in the form it exists today), but it’s the only “Jakob” that’s even been anywhere near the throne of Sweden.
Mary Bricklin 3 years ago
Apparently, my maternal grandpa was kind of, sort of related to a marquess in Wales or England. He never said exactly how he was related to them. Also stated they were a marquess of Wales but sometimes the story would change and they were a marquess of England. Obviously the only thing that stayed constant is that they are/were a marquess and that he was related to them.
Appalachian Panda 3 years ago
Lots of time spent poring over old documents. There are several free online resources to get you started. A lot will vary depending on what country you're in.
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 3 years ago
My ancestors banged across Europe and northern Africa. Nothing special but man do I have some really mixed ancestry; I also have alot of mixed features and don't really look like anyone in my family.
Madeleine Flowers 3 years ago
My ancestry can be traced back to some random European princess from Italy in the 800s. I think.
#31
There's a scientist who died on the same day I was born and her research subject was very very close to mine. Not just the field but down to some articles she wrote and some of her side interests. Some tidbits of her personal life also echo some of mine. I only found out after I graduated and now I low-key feel like reincarnation might be a thing. ETA : I don't really believe reincarnation is a thing. That was a joke. Jesus, people
Lizzy Crit 3 years ago
Some people do believe reincarnation is a thing, and the soul exits with your last breath and enters with the first
#32
I got ran over by a car, but the driver didn't see me and proceeded to back over me.
I'm shocked at the amount of people who said that this happened to them or someone they know/knew as well, the world really is a weird place. And for all who are asking:
* My legs are perfectly fine now. On a side note, I actually really enjoy running, it's one of my favorite things to do.
* No I'm not from China nor have I ever lived there, I'm American (I don't quite understand why people are asking this??)
A couple of people have pointed out to me that its because killing someone in China is apparently less expensive, which is a horrifying thought, but thanks for the explanations.
How is my mental health? Was I traumatized? Well, it very f*****g terrifying at the time and I was definitely scared of cars afterwards. But if you're asking if I'm feeling any trauma *to this day*, then I would say not very much if at all. Thanks for asking though :)
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Because in China ( and feel free to check ) its cheaper to kill you than just " maim you " on a car accident só, a lot of Times if a driver runs Over One person they back the car up to kill Said person. Again feel free to check it up on Google, there are plenty or news articles reporting that fact.
Juliette Deroulede 3 years ago
Friend of mine got hit by a car when he was 16. He almost died and they were going to amputate both his legs. He's twenty now and walking fine, thank God!
Marion Goriak 3 years ago
Just to add to the China detail - if the victim dies, it's a one time payout, usually less than $50K. If the victim lives, you are paying for their care for the rest of their lives. It's a no-brainer economic solution that is the unintended consequence of their legal system.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Hubby has been hit by cars 4 times on his bike. We've determined he's car absorbent. Also the whole "cheaper to kill you than care for you" thing is true in most places, not just China. North America is actually the oddball (in a good way this time) in that respect.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
My great aunt was killed by a mack truck delivering groceries to Aldi's. She was pushing her cart to her car, and she was in the driver's blind spot.
Ada Hunter 3 years ago (edited)
my sister was hit by a car on her walk home from school. it wasn’t bad, just knocked her over. three interesting things about this. 1. she knew the girl that hit her. she had a class with her. the girl just looked at her and drove away. the next day in school the girl completely avoided her. like, moved seats away from her. 2. i told some people about this, and MULTIPLE people said ‘omg i saw that! that was your sister?’ 3. nobody stopped. no one. she just sat there for a moment, got back up and kept going.
Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago
I was hit by a car twice while riding my bike while in elementary school. Bike was trashed both times but not a scratch on me.
Mirt 3 years ago
My brother spent a few years traveling around south east Asia and he said traffic accidents are a very common occurrence and most of the time there are fatalies and people just drive around them and on with their day. It happens so often it isn't even shocking anymore. Yikes, no traffic laws.
Michelle C 3 years ago
I couldn’t help but think of the Autobahn in Germany. German authorities have started posting speed limits on parts of the road that did not exist previously because so many people were getting hurt and dying from reckless driving that they felt it necessary.
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My grandfather went AWOL on the French Foreign Legion and was banned from ever going back to France. All because he left to marry my grandmother.
Libstak 3 years ago
No biggie, I'm pretty sure at least 90% of the world's population never visits France.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
After WWII why would he ever want to go back, anyways? Pretty sure he got plenty of it at the time...
#34
I was almost named Storm because I was born at 3 am in the middle of a massive tornado storm (one touched down actually a few minutes after I was born). I was also essentially dead (docs thought they were going to lose both me and my mom) but somehow I lived b!@#$s.
Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano 3 years ago
Did OP's mom live? Anyone feel like finding the post?
Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
That's what my husband wants to name our future child, Storm, especially since our last name is Rose, so Storm Rose.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Absolutely would've named you Storm or Ororo, or LaRaya. Your mom missed out a bit. Glad you were both ok.
mila v. stralen 3 years ago
my brother second name is moon because he was born during a moon eclipse
#35
When my mom was in grad school she took several labs where she worked with cadavers. Because my dad worked nights she often had to take me to class with her, and she'd usually just plonk me down on the table with the cadaver while she worked on it.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Well, hear me out on this: this was probably helpful to you. Death wasn't a scary mystery. You understood it better than most kids who grow to fear what they don't understand. When I did cadaver work, even though my kids didn't go with me, I explained to them that this person's vessel is no longer functioning. The spirit that made them who they were has left it and they no longer feel any pain. They offered us their vessel so that we can learn from it and help people keep their vessels healthier, longer.
Pieter LeGrande 3 years ago
If anything like most kids, I can just imagine the endless stream of "What's that?" Questions.
#36
I got hernia by sneezing too hard.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
I once had a " code brown trouser accident " wille sneezing, the cab driver was not amuzed......
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
This is more common than people think. I suppose we're all too embarrassed to ever talk about it. 🤣
Lord Rimuru 3 years ago
Some guy was hospitalized by sneezing too hard. He blew a hole in his esophagus by sneezing. He said it felt like bubbles in his throat and then pain.
similarly 3 years ago
Me too. I have allergies and can have very bad sneezing attacks. Have had surgery for hernias twice now. Sneezing isn't the only factor here, but it's part of it (the other part is having weak stomach muscles from childhood malnutrition caused by living in poverty and not always having four food groups in my diet as a child).
Joshua Moore 3 years ago
I totally believe that. Sometimes I sneeze so hard it cracks my upper back, it hurts like hell.
#37
One of my ancestors was dumb and bought one of Napoleon’s doorknobs. It turns out it’s fake. Doorknobs were invented after Napoleon died.
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Napoleon (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) Door knobs early 17thC. Doorknobs were invented roughly a 100 years before Napoleon was born.
Mrs S 3 years ago
That sounds like the truth. Thank goodness for commenters
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Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
My brain took your comment elsewhere. Thank you for the laugh
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Why would anyone want "Napoleon's doorknob" anyways? How would anyone prove that provenance in the first place?
#38
I’ve been in 3 fatal train accidents. Never had a scratch.
jai putman 3 years ago (edited)
Then they aren't fatal accidents... They're accidents with fatalities. most people are only ever in one fatal accident, after which they're dead
Juliette Deroulede 3 years ago
Prob meaning it was fatal to others on the train...
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
They were tragic accidents for you then, not fatal. You're (relatively) ok it seems.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
"A 737 crashes on takeoff. 172 die, no survivors. A hotel fire downtown. 211 die, no survivors. An Eastrail train derails 7 1/2 miles outside the city. 131 die... one survivor. He is unharmed. I've spoken with your husband about his survival. I suggested a rather unbelievable possibility..."
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
Train beats every time. Maybe just be careful around train tracks bro
#39
I saw the former prime minister of Poland in his underwear.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago (edited)
Ah, amateur, i Saw the Automonous Region of Madeira's president in his tidy whities, well me and around 250 000 other people, dude got caught by a foto journalist changing clothes for the carnival parade....
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
I delivered room service breakfast in an extremely upmarket, discreet hotel to a very famous actress and her partner in a very smart suite with a four poster bed, balcony, dining area etc. Knocked on the door, heard 'Come in' , used my pass key to go in, only to find said famous actress giving her partner a blowjob in full view ..... Nearly dropped the tray !!! They left me a very large tip ......
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
I saw London I saw France I saw the Polish Prime Minister in his underpants. I came up with a more fitting title.
#40
I have phytophotodermatitis, which is a big fancy word for I can't get acidic juices (lemons, limes, apples, oranges, etc) on my skin and go out in the sun. Turns my skin brown like a rash. Doesn't hurt or itch, just discoloration. Happened three or four times in my life.
Kylie Mountain 3 years ago
I had a teacher who threw a Cinco de Mayo party and squeezed a ton of limes for margaritas, then went out in the sun. Came to school the next week with his hands covered in bandages. He'd given himself big nasty chemical burns.
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Doesn't that happen with everyone????? I spilled lemonade on my legs while I was sunbathing, I had brown streaks on my thighs for many weeks afterwards
Sue 3 years ago
I thought everyone did that. It happened to my sister & all sorts of people told us it happened to them. It looked painful but wasn't.
Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
It can be painful if you develop blisters - don't ask me how I know....
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Buren 3 years ago
That is actually very depressing because I love sun and can't imagine not doing outdoor activities.
Linda Simpson Abare 3 years ago
If that was me Id be using lemon juice in refillable fine point markers and doodling on myself! No really, I would!
#41
I can not taste any salt whatsoever.
For people asking its a brain thing, food tastes bland, salted chips taste plain, and I've not had any British food.
I can still taste other spices and herbs, salt water just tastes bad, MSG and other sodium based things just make me gag, getting on xbox, overwatch, etc. doesn't help but I can smell the salt.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Salty is one of the few flavors tasted by the tongue. Sweet, sour,and bitter are the others. Every other taste is really smell.
steampunk dandelion 3 years ago
and I can't taste tea! it's a bit exciting to hear I'm not the only one lacking in flavor perception!
#42
Arrested and spent three days in a holding cell for a crime that I didn’t commit; about a year after the whole matter was done and dusted with.
Mind you. I say didn’t commit the crime. But I was involved in the story from start to finish.
Libstak 3 years ago
Yeh kinda not surprised they ended up in a cell for 3 days,, probably took that long for police to figure out what the guy was telling them.
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Op: My wife(then girlfriend) and I eloped.We crossed over three states in India over a 5 day period to get married. My father-in-law (then mortal nemesis) is a well-connected man. He got in touch with his contacts in the police department to try and get a hold of us and filed a formal complaint as part of due process. Long story short, We got married. The rather inept police couldn’t find a couple of 21 year olds. Over the next 4 months, all of it was sorted out. First, we were vilified, then the parents were mollified, etc etc. But in the beautiful ending to that story, my fatheMy crime? Kidnapping. I was being accused of having kidnapped the lady I was now married to. Taken to a cell. Whilst my wife tried to explain the misunderstanding. One c**t of a cop told her, “madam, don’t worry, we know how Stockholm Syndrome works”, “you are safe now” etc. And this was on a Friday evening. Due judicial process was followed and I was released by the judge on the following Monday.
Juliette Deroulede 3 years ago
Happened to my dad... In jail for three days for something he didn't do and never would do. He's a good man, didn't deserve that garbage.
#43
My grandfather got a award from Mussolini in 1935. He was just born with 6.3kg (13 lbs 14.2 oz) and was awarded the award of "Italy's Biggest Baby" Edit: Wow, I didn't expected it to blow this way. Thanks for the Silver [/u/xXSandwhichXx](https://www.reddit.com/u/xXSandwhichXx). Also, since some people asked: my greatgrandma also worked as a cleaning lady ONE DAY BEFORE HE WAS BORN (he was born December 24th, and she worked until December 23rd of that year); And if you think my grandpa was big: recently a baby was born in India with 6.7kg (14.77lb), and the world record was for another italian baby, born in 1955 with flippin' 10.2 kg (22lb 8oz)
Just here for the comments ️ 3 years ago
I hurt just reading this, definitely not a record you want to break! But that's a good sign you were healthy especially at a time when babies were typically smaller
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Weight does not equate to health in a baby. It is far more likely the mother had many other children (birth weight tends to increase with each subsequent birth, or she had gestational diabetes
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
My Grandpa was 19 pounds at birth. Made the paper back in the 40's. His mom wasn't very large either. His siblings were all 10+ and one of my children was also 10.5 at birth.
Captain Awesome 3 years ago
Obviously Guinness World Records have never heard of Tongan babies! 8kg is small for them!
#44
I lost my heel in a lawn mower accident Edit: Here's the story I was 4 at the time and I wont say who exactly did it. But he was mowing and it was a riding mower and the hitch on the back where you can hook a little trailer, I loved to stand on that part and ride. Well this time I saw a frog in the grass and being the 4 year old I was at the time, I jumped off the mower and onto the grass and put my hands over the frog to catch it and he didnt realize I had jumped off and he backed up.
Cassidy Moore 3 years ago
I am terrified of lawn mowers, never mowed before in my life but I knew they had blades so I always stayed away.
Aswell 3 years ago
My 2 older brothers ran over my foot with a push mower when I was about 3. Thankfully it wasn't on. One brother was sitting on the mower and the other was pushing it while I watched. It took the skin off of the top of my foot. I still have the scars, though they are very faded, 40 yrs later. Ah, siblings! We all get along great now, but it's truly a miracle we survived one another as kids!
#45
I had my tongue surgically enhanced for more reach and flexibility when I was 8
Edit: I’m super jazzed by how many of us are out there!
Gourdeous 3 years ago
Do you mean you had a tongue tie snipped? Super common, done in newborns with a pair of sharp scissors if needed
Ria C. 3 years ago (edited)
They mainly use lasers now. I used to work at a dentist office.
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Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Yep, this is pretty common. A few of my male cousins needed this done.
steampunk dandelion 3 years ago
around 50% of people with the genetic condition I have are born entirely without the small flaps connecting tongue to jaw and upper lip to gumline
#46
Spent a really cool day in London with Christian Slater and his mum. His mum is adorable.
#47
I have won an actual WWE match.
What do you think ?
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
People are really downvoting me for this????? Wow.
Load More Replies... steampunk dandelion 3 years ago
I've had a trauma tattoo on my wrist ever since I accidentally flicked a sharp pencil tip across my skin! it's a permanent grey line
Candice Cook 3 years ago
Same. I got accidentally stabbed in the wrist with one of those pencils they used to sell that had like 10 little individual leads in them that you pulled out the used one and stuck it back into the end of the pencil so it would push a new one out(yeah, it was like 1991 so that was pretty high tech😄). I'm almost 40 and there's still a grey dot where it was under my skin.
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Bouche Clay 3 years ago
People are really downvoting me for this????? Wow.
Load More Replies... steampunk dandelion 3 years ago
I've had a trauma tattoo on my wrist ever since I accidentally flicked a sharp pencil tip across my skin! it's a permanent grey line
Candice Cook 3 years ago
Same. I got accidentally stabbed in the wrist with one of those pencils they used to sell that had like 10 little individual leads in them that you pulled out the used one and stuck it back into the end of the pencil so it would push a new one out(yeah, it was like 1991 so that was pretty high tech😄). I'm almost 40 and there's still a grey dot where it was under my skin.
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