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The world can be unfair and cruel—often more than we realize or care to admit.
But even in the midst of all the heartbreak and injustice, there’s still plenty of good, and that’s worth holding onto. So we’ve gathered some of the most wholesome facts people have shared on Reddit to remind you that kindness, joy, and hope still exist. Hopefully, they’ll bring a little warmth to your day and lift your spirits. Enjoy!
And as you scroll, don’t miss our conversation positive psychology coach Kelly Phinn for practical tips on building habits that encourage a brighter outlook on life.
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#1
Hundreds of retired Japanese engineers volunteered to fix the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power station so young people wouldn’t have to be subjected to the radiation.
veirdbuttrue 3 weeks ago
And Japanese emergency workers came and helped Christchurch after the 2014 earthquakes
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#2
Pandas aren't on the endangered species list anymore.
#3
The Netherlands sends Canada 20,000 tulip bulbs every year to thank them for their help during WWII.
Getting a break from bad news and stress, even for a moment, can be a relief. But the truth is, we have more control over our mindset than we realize. By being intentional about our mental space, we can create more joy in our daily lives. To learn how, Bored Panda reached out to positive psychology coach Kelly Phinn.
“We can begin with a simple gratitude practice each day,” Phinn suggests. “Doing so will elevate our positive emotions so we can start our day in a more positive frame of mind.”
She recommends committing to the “Three Good Things” practice:
- Find three good things in your day that you’re grateful for, no matter how big or small.
- Journal them at the end of the day and reflect on why you’re grateful for each one.
- “This will train your brain to focus on the good,” explains Phinn.
Another helpful habit is positive affirmations. “Upon waking, tell your brain, ‘Today is going to be a good day.’” At night, as you settle into bed, think about what went well and let your Three Good Things be the last thoughts before you fall asleep.
#4
All of Mr Rogers sweaters were knit by his mother.
#5
Volvo created the three point seatbelt, but specifically gave away the patent and information so that it could save as many lives as possible.
> The reason the three-point seatbelt is so widely adopted is actually because Volvo opened up the patent so that any car manufacturer could use it in their design. They decided that the invention was so significant, it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from.
> Volvo’s managing director Alan Dessell is quoted as saying: “The decision to release the three-point seat belt patent was visionary and in line with Volvo’s guiding principle of safety.”.
#6
The Mars rover sings happy birthday to itself every year.
The people you surround yourself with play a major role in your overall well-being. To feel more supported and energized, Phinn recommends seeking out “your positive cheerleaders—those who lift your spirits and your energy, and those who give a listening ear when you need it the most.”
At the same time, it’s important to step away and recharge. “Protect your energy, turn off the news, filter out the noise on social media, take a break from your phone,” Phinn advises. “Simply sit in silence, even for five minutes. Spend time in nature—step outside, take a deep breath and think thankful thoughts. Remind yourself, ‘I am exactly where I need to be right now.’”
Doing something kind for someone else without expecting anything in return can also have a powerful effect. “This is the ultimate positivity boost!” Phinn adds.
#7
The number of public libraries in the US is far greater than the number of McDonald's.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Hoping it stays this way. Everyone should be able to access a library
#8
Humpback Whales instinctively protect other small sea creatures from Orcas. Apparently it's a mechanism that originates from wanting to keep their babies safe but this means they will also rush over and protect Seals and even fish from the scary predators.
#9
Studies show that cats love people more than food.
Cyndi Hafele 3 weeks ago
If cats were bigger they'd eat us, so in that sense we're the food too.
#10
J M Barrie gave all the rights to Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital, a hospital dedicated towards the intensive care for children, in 1929, and this was later confirmed when he died in 1937.
Since then the hospital has received royalties every time a production of the play is put on, as well as from the sale of Peter Pan books and other products.
While the copyright of the Peter Pan has expired in the United Kingdom, it was granted a special exception under the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 that requires royalties to be paid for commercial performances, publications and broadcasts of the story of Peter Pan within the UK, as long as Great Ormond Street Hospital.
#11
There is a waiting list for Belgian families to adopt graves in the US military cemeteries in Belgium. Families have taken care of the same graves for decades.
#12
Dogs have learned to understand laughter.
#13
Choctaw Native Americans raised $170 to send to Ireland in 1847 to help provide relief during the Irish famine. This was only 15 years after they lost their land and 50% of their population died on the Trail of Years.
#14
People are training rats to detect landmines. The rats are too light to set the mines off and can small the explosive compound extremely well. The rats detect and mark each mine for a reward treat. The rats are very fast and can clear an area 3 times faster then use of electronic mine sweepers and with higher accuracy.
Susie Elle 3 weeks ago
They're too light, but the rats they use are HUGE (African giant pouched rat)
#15
Rabbits will jump and dance when happy. It's called a binky. They also gently grind their teeth when they like how you pet them. Oh! If a rabbit throws itself onto one side, feet kicked out, it feels safe around you.
That's three facts, but, like rabbits, these things multiply.
Also, rabbits can be litter trained! They can also learn simple tricks, like coming when called, hopping in a circle, and jumping over obstacles!
#16
Whales will bring their whale babi0es to visit heir grandparent whales. So like a whale will have a baby, and that whale will have a baby, and the first whale will help care for the youngest whale.
#17
When cats rub their little face against you, they're claiming you as their property. They also have specific meows for humans (they create this on their own and is specific to their human). They also bring their owners dead animals because they don't think we know how to hunt.
#18
Beavers are *incredible*. They're not just huge, adorable rodents with log cabins. Their tree-chomping and dam-building alters whole ecologies, effecting animal migrations and plant life for miles around. They're environmental engineers, architects, and look at those tails!
#19
Astronomer here! I always get a warm and fuzzy feeling remembering that all the elements in us and in everything around us, save hydrogen and a little helium, were forged billions of years ago in a star. Carl Sagan said it best when he said this meant "we are all star stuff.".
#20
When the shooting happened at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, so many people were signing up to donate blood that the blood bank phone service was unusable, and the lines to donate blood at buses were hours long. I literally could not find a way to donate blood. This made me feel a lot better about people, especially after having someone do such a horrible thing the same night I moved to Orlando.
Mjskywalk 3 weeks ago
I used to work with a blood banking company. Donated blood has a shelf life ( in some cases very short). Sometimes after tragedies people will donate blood that ultimately gets discarded because there is too much at one time. Please consider donating blood regularly instead.
#21
Last time Liechtenstein went to war, they sent 80 soldiers to Italy to fight against Prussia. 81 came back, since none of the soldiers died and they brought an Italian "friend" with them.
#23
Dogs look at you when they poop because they're in a defenseless position thus trusting you to protect them if a dangerous situation occurs.
#25
After Heath Ledger's death, who was still filming The Imaginariam of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam (writer and director of the film) thought the film was over. That was until he had the idea to for Jude Law, Colin Farrell, and Johnny Depp (all close friends with Ledger) to be brought in to play Ledger's character after transformations. They all said yes with out hesitation, opted to redirect their wages to Ledger's family.
Bonus fact, Tom Cruise showed interest in playing one of these character transformations, but was turned down as he had never been a close friend of Ledger's. Gilliam is quoted saying "I just wanted to keep this [in the] family—it's as simple as that [...] There were people even offering to come and help, they didn't know Heath. It had to be in the family somehow, I don't know why; it was my attitude".
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
Tom cruise needs to go away already. His 15 minutes of fame were up three hours ago. Dude is creepy
#26
Waaay late to the party, but children who are deaf, and raised by deaf parents will sign repetitive sounds and words at about the same rate hearing babies acquire language. Deaf babies basically sign goo-goo ga-ga the same way hearing children babble when developing language.
#27
I was on vacation in Germany over spring break. They have these "frog fences". These fences keep the frogs from crossing the roads and getting run over. At the end of the day somebody comes by and gathers the frogs and helps them cross the road.
WindySwede 3 weeks ago
So no culvert under the road for them to pass? Or maybe not possible right here?
#28
Sometimes when they're out gathering, bees will fall asleep in flowers.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
It’s exhausting work, being a bee. All that pollen collecting and buzzing around.
#29
I've seen a lot of fireflies lately. Haven't seen them since I was a kid in the 70s.
#30
When babies first start to smile, they do it because they notice it makes their caregivers smile back. They do their best to make you happy.
Babies cry in their native language. That is, babies born to French speaking parents cry with different tonal patterns than babies born to parents that speak English or Arabic or German.
Colleen Glim 3 weeks ago
And learning new languages is easier done when they’re small and the language centres in the brain are still developing
#31
Even though they're mostly seen as an annoyance, Pigeons are extremely faithful.
They mate for life and if their mate dies, they don't take another.
Almost makes me want to feel respectful of them when they build their nest on my balcony. Almost.
Then they s**t all over my patio furniture.
Chippy Chap 3 weeks ago
They were kept for hundreds of years as pets and trained messengers. Then were essentially dumped by the human race when other forms of communication opened up. We took a domesticated species and put it out in the wild. This might be why they aren't the best nest builders or know how to get food from native plants, etc.
#32
The nation of Bhutan doesn't report GDP but instead Gross Happiness.
UncleJohn3000 3 weeks ago
"I'd like a little gross happiness if you know what I mean, nudge, nudge..."
#33
Central Park Zoo had a bonded gay pair of male chinstrap penguins, Roy and Silo. They carried around and attempted to hatch a rock like an egg, so the zookeepers gave them an abandoned egg to care for. They had a baby called Tango!
Goats will learn the name humans give to them and will respond to it.
Gentoo penguins make their intent known to their beloved by giving them the nicest pebble they can find, and then they mate for life.
Seahorses mate for life, travel with their mate by entwining tails, and the male seahorse carries and labors the baby seahorses.
Male puppies will let female puppies win during play fighting so that they can spend more time with her.
Worms like to snuggle each other.
Female elephants dig a pit when they're in heat, line up tasty fruits and leaves around the border of the pit, then lay in it and trumpet softly to attract their mate. They breed over a period of a few days, and eat the fruit to keep up their energy.
Dolphins have "names", which is a specific whistle pattern that is unique to the dolphin. Other dolphins will mimic these patterns to get the attention of the dolphin they want.
Baby chimpanzees make dolls out of sticks, and have been recorded playing make-believe with the poppets: scolding them, rocking them, pretending to bathe and feed them, and putting them to bed.
Sheep recognize human facial expressions and will exhibit happiness if they're smiled at by their caretaker.
Polar bears will share their meal with other polar bears, but only if the other bears ask politely by touching nose-to-nose.
Baby elephants suck on the tip of their trunk as a comfort stim, similar to how babies and children will suck their thumb or fingers.
Giraffe moms will travel all the way back to their own birthplace to give birth to their babies.
Macaque monkeys have snowball fights!
Mayor Stubbs has been the mayor in a town in Alaska for the past fifteen years! He is also a marmalade tabby cat.
Grizzly bears, upon setting out on their own as adults, will mark territory as close to their mother's territory as possible. Grizzlies just love they mamas!
Unborn chicks are able to communicate to their mother and siblings while still in the egg.
There are dedicated babysitters in wolf packs. They stay in a group and protect the pups of the pack while the parents hunt.
#34
I always liked the story of Leo Messi and his wife. He is probably one of the most famous and richest stars in the world (he is a big footballer/soccer player). He had to leave his home country, Argentina, as a young teenager because he had pretty severe medical problems and a Spanish club offered to pay the treatments if he joined. He always was in love with the cousin of his best friend from home, and as soon as he was old enough to be able to afford to go back to Argentina regularly he went back to woo her and they fell for each other.
They kept the relationship secret for a long time, so nobody knows how long they have really been together, but it's at least ten years (since they were 19 or 20). He never wanted some super model or big star, just her. They seem to have a really happy, peaceful life together with two little boys. He almost completely shields them from public life, insisting they live just as a normal family. Part of this means that he doesn't reveal much in interviews, but it's clear that for all his professional success, being a husband and a father is what he cares about most.
EDIT: Added wholesomeness, after ten official years together, they finally got officially (or at least publically) married, [with their 5-year-old standing up for them](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWYLqnyB60x/?taken-by=antoroccuzzo88).
Ricardo 3 weeks ago
It wasn't like that. Antonella left her boyfriend of years when she found out that Lionel Messi, who was already playing in the lower divisions of Barcelona and was already a great promise, was going to travel to Argentina and when she arrived she ran to look for the footballer. Anyway, the truth is that they built a nice family together. Antonella is very nice and beautiful, and without a doubt a tremendous support in Messi's career.
#35
There's a post office at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, because there's people who live down there, and the post office is required to deliver the mail to every citizen in the U.S.
They have to hike the mail in using people or mules. Apparently they get Amazon packages and junk mail, just like all the rest of us.
What do you think ?
BookFanatic 3 weeks ago
Loved these. My librarian self is screaming "where are their sources?!" I told it to shut up and enjoy. Lol
g90814 3 weeks ago
Yup. A lot of them are false or misleading, but here we are.
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Donna Peluda 3 weeks ago
I'm going to add one here..Trump is going to kickoff a world conflict and use the threat to USA to gain support to perpetuate himself in power. He will use fear to change to constitution. One of his henchmen has already submitted a proposal to Congress. https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term#:~:text=Representative%20Ogles-,Rep.%20Ogles%20Proposes%20Amending%20the%2022nd%20Amendment%20to%20Allow,to%20Serve%20a%20Third%20Term&text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%2D%20Congressman%20Andy%20Ogles,no%20more%20than%20three%20terms.
g90814 3 weeks ago
Nevermind it's worded specifically to prevent any previous 2 term president from serving (like Barack Obama). It would never get anywhere.
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BookFanatic 3 weeks ago
Loved these. My librarian self is screaming "where are their sources?!" I told it to shut up and enjoy. Lol
g90814 3 weeks ago
Yup. A lot of them are false or misleading, but here we are.
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 3 weeks ago
I'm going to add one here..Trump is going to kickoff a world conflict and use the threat to USA to gain support to perpetuate himself in power. He will use fear to change to constitution. One of his henchmen has already submitted a proposal to Congress. https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term#:~:text=Representative%20Ogles-,Rep.%20Ogles%20Proposes%20Amending%20the%2022nd%20Amendment%20to%20Allow,to%20Serve%20a%20Third%20Term&text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%2D%20Congressman%20Andy%20Ogles,no%20more%20than%20three%20terms.
g90814 3 weeks ago
Nevermind it's worded specifically to prevent any previous 2 term president from serving (like Barack Obama). It would never get anywhere.
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