People Share The Most Wholesome Facts They Know

A lottery winner and a lucky waitress.

"In 1984, a regular customer at a pizzeria asked his waitress for help choosing his lottery numbers. He won, came back, and tipped her $3 million."

"For eight years, Robert Cunningham was a regular at Sal's Pizzeria in Yonkers, NY. One night, he asked waitress Phyllis Penzo to split the numbers on his card. On April Fool's Day, she was woken up by a phone call from Cunningham telling her he'd won $6 million and she was entitled to half of it and made good on his promise."

- Back2Bach

"There's a movie about that, right? Early 90's?"

- emmennwhy

Yep! It's called It Could Happen To You from 1994.

"There was a man from a small rural settlement in Australia (I think) who won $20,000 from a scratch card."

"A news crew reported on it and the chap demonstrated how it works by buying another ticket. When he scratched the ticket, he had won another $50,000."

- EarwaxWizard

"Not $50,000. He won $250,000."

- lipp79

"Not just that, I think he had just survived being declared legally dead, right?"

- DravenPrime

That's right. The man was declared dead and was then in a 15-day coma.

Cows are actually so cute.

"Cows have best friends."

- Iseeasong

"My parents had cows for many years. They always knew which cows were friends to each other. It was so cute."

- rena_tieli

"Cows love music."

"They'll drop what they're doing and run over to listen, and studies have shown lower stress levels and higher milk production."

- MyNameIsRay

"(Not doubting you) but I'm my experience, cows are just curious creatures. I remember throwing a football with my dad outside and the cows would always gather around to watch. Same would happen if I were playing in the yard. Any activity that wasn't 'normal' brought all the milkshakes to the yard"

- mutantfrog25

"Cows ARE curious creatures. We had them come investigate our campfire one night."

"THAT'S a startling sight. You're drinking and smoking around a campfire with your friends, and suddenly you're in the middle of a circle of 30 cows."

"It was wild."

- reflUX_cAtalyst

Happy little trees.

"Bob Ross's voice was intentionally soothing and quiet."

"He was a Airforce Master Sergeant, 'I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work. The job requires you to be a mean, tough person. And I was fed up with it. I promised myself that if I ever got away from it, it wasn't going to be that way anymore.'"

- Firesunwatermoon

"My wife and I have been watching Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting on YouTube. If you haven't checked it out, it is really relaxing and sometimes we fall asleep to it on the tv while lying in bed."

"We sometimes like to pick paintings and do a Bob Ross Night. We get out our supplies, some alcohol and some snacks, and we just watch Bob teach us. Some of the paintings do come out well."

- Finally_Smiled

More libraries than McDonald's.

"That there are more public libraries in the US than there are McDonald's. I grew up poor and the library was a refuge for me, my library card was the only thing I carried in my first wallet."

- 46from1971

"I started taking my kids to libraries like my dad did with me and my brothers when we were kids."

"I f*cking love libraries man."

- mr_impastabowl

"Libraries are great! I spent the last 14 years living in a city with an underfunded library system, where I could never find what I was looking for. I moved to a different city that believes in funding public services, and I've been taking full advantage of my local library now."

- FateLeita

Animals in mourning.

"Horses mourn the death of other creatures, not just horses. When my daughter was younger we took her to riding lessons. One of the horses stepped on one of the barn cats and killed it. It was buried inside the horse pen and ALL of them, including the younger one that was usually a pita and super playful, were standing around the burial area with their heads down. They were like this for 2 days I was told and this was common for how they deal with the dead."

- tarnin

"Elephants also mourn the dead hence the term 'Elephant graveyard' where relatives pay homage to those that have fallen. It seems the concept of life and death isn't an exclusive human thing."

- eklingstein

"Crows mourn the deaths of other crows in a similar manner. They stand in a circle around the deceased and sometimes raise their wings up. Very surreal thing to see. They also remember faces and hold grudges, so be kind to your local crows."

- guitaristcj

Pets really are healing.

"Interacting with pets causes brain to make oxytocin."

- InsomniusEyes

"And serotonin."

- ConfusedDuck02

"Where there was a lethal bus accident outside my workplace that had killed 8 passengers including coworkers, our workplace brought in some puppies for people to enjoy to make them feel better."

- KanataCitizen

Mr. Rogers fun fact.

"Every one of the sweaters Mr. Rogers wore on his show were hand knitted by his mom."

"Bonus Neighborhood fact, Mr. Rogers began to include a segment of the show where he fed his fish because a child wrote him, concerned about whether or not they were still alive and well."

- gets_that_reference_

"Mr. Rogers kept to a fairly rigid diet and exercise program, in order to consistently weigh 143 pounds. 143 was important to him, because the word 'I' contains 1 letter, the word 'love' contains 4 letters, and the word 'you' contains 3 letters."

"So, 143 = 'I love you.'"

"After he passed away, the Governor of Pennsylvania declared May 23 - the 143rd day of the year - to be '143 Day,' in honor of Mr. Rogers. Citizens are encouraged to show kindness to neighbors on May 23. (And every other day)."

"He responded to every single letter he received, and kept every letter and drawing in a special filing cabinet. He considered every letter and drawing to be sacred."

"He named his puppet King Friday the 13th because he didn't like the negative stigma associated with Friday the 13th, and wanted children to associate Friday the 13th with a friendly puppet rather than a day of bad luck or evil."

"One night, Mr. Rogers was invited to a fancy dinner for PBS employees and executives. He was given a limousine ride to the restaurant. When they arrived, Mr. Rogers asked the chauffer when they would see each other again. The chauffeur explained that he would wait 2-3 hours outside, in the car, then drive him home."

"This didn't sit right with Mr. Rogers. So, he insisted on having the chauffeur join him for dinner."

"On the way home, Mr. Rogers sat in the front seat with the chauffeur, getting to know him better. As the chauffeur told Mr. Rogers what a fan his children were of the show, Mr. Rogers asked the chauffeur if he could meet them. The chauffeur took Mr. Rogers to his own home, where Mr. Rogers met everyone, hung out for a couple hours, and even played piano for them."

"The chauffeur said it was one of the best days of his life."

- johnwalkersbeard

Some of these really hit hard. If you needed a few happy tears today, we hope this did it for you. There's a lot of difficult news in the world right now and it's important to remember that there are good, wholesome things happening all at the same time.