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With Google at our fingertips, we may think that we know it all. But studies have found that access to Google has actually worsened our information recall, aka our memory, which may pose a problem in learning new knowledge. While Google creates a false security that we understand something, in order to truly educate ourselves, we need to move beyond quick searches and look for knowledge in ways that challenge and enrich our memory.

To help you with that, our Bored Panda team scoured the Inspiring Facts subreddit for the best they have to offer. Your healthy dose of new knowledge is waiting for you just a scroll away!

#1 When Miss Colombia 1994 Was Asked An Ethical Question Of Whether She Would Save Famous Paintings Or A Guard Dog In A Museum Fire. Without Hesitation, She Replied, “Oh My God! The Dog.”

#2 A Canadian Cop Went Undercover In A Wheelchair, Leaving Cash Visible To Attract Thieves. Instead, He Received Money, Prayers, And Warnings, With Zero Arrests In Five Days

#3 They’re Happily Married For 44 Years

#4 94-Year-Old Widow Waited 64 Years For Her Husband To Return. She Never Remarried, Hoping Her Husband Would One Day Return Home

#5 A Small Town In Spain Has A Huge Statue That Depicts The Overwhelming Weight That Mother Carries Towards Household And Raising A Child

#6 Lucy And Maria Are Twin Sisters, But Most People Don’t Believe It

#7 61-Year-Old Married Man Wears Heels And Skirts To Challenge Gender Stereotypes At Work. His Wife Supports His Efforts And Even Helps Him Pick His Outfits

#8 It Was The Happiest Day Of Her Life

#9 A Homeless Man In 2010 Was Seen Holding A Cardboard Sign Advertising His Smooth Radio Voice Near A Highway Ramp In Ohio

#10 This Restaurant Comes With A Challenge

#11 A Rich Man In Brazil Once Buried His Bentley

#12 75-Year-Old Man Felt Lonely After Losing His Wife To Cancer. So He Put A Message On His Window Looking For A Friend To Talk To

#13 Turkish Garbage Collectors Opened A Library After Citizens Discarded Their Books In Trash. It Has Around 25,000 Books Sorted In 17 Categories Now

#14 99-Year-Old Mum Cheers On Her 72-Year-Old Son After He Graduates From A Georgia College

#15 British Man Was Struggling To Sell His £800k Six-Bedroom House. So He Decided To Sell Raffle Tickets Online For £2 Tickets

#16 In 2002, A Mother Filing For Public Assistance , Failed 4 DNA Tests To Prove Maternity Of Her Children

#17 When A Desperate 71-Year-Old Passenger Mentioned He Was In Urgent Need Of A Kidney Transplant, His Uber Driver Made An Extraordinary Decision: To Become His Donor

#18 A Woman Didn’t Know She Had An Identical Twin Until She Saw A Youtube Video Of Someone Who Looked Exactly Like Her

#19 It’s Time For Me To Learn Building A House On Youtube 😄

#20 Claire Was At A Garage Sale Where She Bought A Moldy Table For $25, Drawn To Its Shape And Size

#21 Couple Dress Up As Shrek And Fiona For Their Wedding

#22 77-Year-Old Woman Decides To Celebrate Her Love By Getting Married… To Herself

#23 Alia Muhammad Baker, A Librarian In Iraq, Saved Around 30,000 Books By Secretly Moving Them Before Her Library Was Destroyed During The 2003 Iraq War

#24 Matthew Was Born In 1988 With Severe Disabilities And Wasn’t Expected To Live More Than A Few Hours, But He Lived 11 Years

#25 In 2015, A Woman Took Bmw’s April Fools’ Day Advertisement At Its Word, And Ended Up Winning A Brand-New Bmw With The Number Plate “Nof00l.”

#26 A Woman Named Victoria Wright Was Born With A Rare Genetic Condition, But She Continues To Inspire Others

#27 28 Year Old Marcy Borders Survived 9/11 Attack By Escaping The Tower When A Photographer Captured Her Covered In Dust. This Iconic Photo LED Her To Earning The Title ‘Dust Lady’

#28 Woman Named Florence Norman Was Seen Riding A Very Early Scooter, 1916

#29 Clerk Helps Grandfather In A Diaper To Buy Milk And Then Safely Escorts Him Home

#30 Ozzie Osbourne & Baby Jack (1985)

#31 Single Mom Dressed Up Like A Dad So That Her Son Wouldn’t Miss His Father At School Event

#32 In The Victorian Era, People Bathed In “Rocking Tubs”

#33 A 14-Year-Old Boy Spends His Summer Holidays Making Lunch Boxes So That Children In His Area Won’t Go Hungry

#34 I Bet The Grandmas Make Great Food There

#35 In 1975, Officials In Haicheng, China Noticed Unusual And Anxious Behavior In Dogs And Other Animals

#36 A 19-Year-Old Who Had Aged Out Of Foster Care, Finds Family

#37 Moment When Miners Split Open A Rock And Discovered A Perfectly Shaped Heart On Each Side Of It

#38 Depressed, Elderly Man Ready To Die After His Wife’s Passing, Was Healed By A 4-Year-Old Girl

#39 This Guy Got Stuck With His Leg Between A Train And The Platform. So Hundreds Of People Started To Tilt The Train Backwards And Saved The Guy

#40 School Janitor Achieves His Dream

#41 Many Of The Laugh Tracks You Hear On TV Today Were Originally Recorded In The 1950s. So, In A Way, You’re Listening To The Laughter Of People Who Are No Longer Alive

#42 A 24-Year-Old Man Sits On The Side Of The Road In Johannesburg

#43 Google Maps Accidentally Captures 10-Year Journey Of A Couple Sitting Next To Each Other. Reminds Us About The Importance Of Little Things In Life

#44 103 Year Old Woman Celebrates Her Birthday As A Wonder-Woman ❤️

#45 A Woman Drove 30 Miles To Buy The Last Generator At A Hardware Store For Her Father, Who Relied On An Electric Oxygen Pump

#46 Their Love Story Lives On Forever 💗

#47 94-Year-Old Sleeps With Photo Of His Late Wife Every Night, So A Caregiver Gifted Him A Special Pillow

#48 She Had A Real Talent

#49 Pizza Delivery Guy Gets Hugged By A Toddler At The Time When He’s Grieving For His Daughter

#50 Widowed Goose Finds Love Again, After Posting An Ad On Facebook

#51 At This California Based Donut Shop, Customers Would Buy Out All The Donuts Before 2 P.m. Daily So That The 62-Year-Old Owner Can Be His 63-Year-Old Sick Wife At The Rehabilitation Facility

#52 When The Owner Of A Restaurant In Baltimore Learned That One Of His Loyal Customers Had Stage Four Terminal Cancer, He Immediately Decided To Drive Six Hours To Vermont To Bring Her Favorite Cooked Meal

#53 A Swarm Of 20,000 Bees Followed A 65-Year-Old Woman’s Car For Two Days. It Turns Out Their Queen Got Stuck In Her Car

#54 In 1992, Stella Liebeck Spilled McDonald’s Coffee On Her Lap, Suffering Third-Degree Burns While Adding Cream And Sugar

#55 In 1998, An Unemployed Woman Took A Job As An In-House Masseuse At Google, Then A Small Startup

#56 The Nypd Replied “Please Don’t Ever Hesitate To Call 911 If You Have A Concern, We Take All Calls Seriously, Even Umbrella Related Ones. Worst-Case Scenario We Have A Good Story To Take Home With Us

#57 After Being Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer In 2000 And Given 12 Months To Live

#58 In 2018, A Homeless Man Named Adam Gillian Discovered A Worn Bambi Painting And Sold It To A Dealer Alexander For $20

#59 In Dubai, Public Signs Use The Term “People Of Determination” Instead Of “People With Disabilities.” It’s Commonly Seen In Malls, Airport, Public Lots, And Transportation

#60 Blind Man Reunites With His 14-Year-Old Service Dog That Was Stolen In Chicago, After A Citywide Search

#61 A Coffin Club In New Zealand Allows Elderly To Build Their Own Caskets And Combat Loneliness

#62 Mother Reunites With Son She Gave Up For Adoption 33 Years Ago After DNA Test Match

#63 In 1983, A Psychic Warned British Rail About A Deadly Crash Involving Engine 47216. Two Years Later, A Similar Accident Happened, With Engine 47299

#64 In 2008, Rajo Devi Became The World’s Oldest Mother At The Age Of 70. The Couple Spent 50 Years Fighting An Unsuccessful Battle With Infertility

#65 Between 1908 – 1940s, Sears Offered ‘Build-It-Yourself’ Home Kits Through Their Catalog. Each Kit Came With Plumbing, Wiring, Heating, And All

#66 Couples Seeking Divorce Are Locked Up In This Matrimonial Prison For Two Weeks To Talk Through Their Marital Struggles

#67 Cancer Survivor Celebrates Her 63rd Birthday By Paying Strangers’ Hospital Parking Fees

#68 Bus Driver Asks His Passengers To Get Off The Bus After They Refuse To Make Space For A Passenger With A Wheelchair

#69 An Adopted Man In Michigan Looked For His Birth Mother For Four Years Before Finding Out That She Worked At The Same Store That He Worked In

#70 Wwii Veteran Requests 100 Cards For His 100th Birthday, But Ends Up Receiving Thousands

#71 Woman Reunites With Her Wedding Ring After 33 Years Of Flushing It Down The Drain

#72 A Struggling And Desperate 47-Year-Old Mother Was Caught By Police Stealing 5 Eggs To Feed Her Family

#73 8-Year-Old Boy Wins $1000 In A Scavenger Hunt And Donates It To The 2-Year-Old Little Girl With Leukemia

#74 Mexican Parks Has Something Called “Poo Wi-Fi” Where Residents Can Access Park’s Free Wi-Fi In Exchange For A Few Grams Of Poop

#75 In 2019, 8 Years Old Tani Adewumi, A Nigerian Refugee, Went From Living In A Homeless Shelter To Winning The New York State Chess Championship After Only A Year Of Playing

#76 A 2-Year-Old Girl From Taiwan Was Asked By Her Teacher To Wear A Costume For Their Halloween Party. So She Pulled Off Dressing Up As No Face From Spirited Away

#77 In 1986, A Nurse Had To Leave A Dying Patient Who Quietly Asked Her To Stay

#78 A Pilot And His Son, Now A Co-Pilot, Recreated A Cockpit Photo They First Took Together 29 Years Ago

#79 When A 6-Year-Old Finds Her Disabled Mother Lying Unconscious On The Floor, She Immediately Jumps To Action And Calls 911

#80 Selfless Man Saving Lives ❤️