Lifestyle Facts

There's a cruise ship named "The World" where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.

A dog named Eclipse was at a Seattle bus stop with her owner. He stopped to finish a cigarette. The bus came. She got on without him. She rode 3 stops, got off at the dog park, and waited for him to catch up. Then she did it again. Every day. For 7 years. She had her own transit card on her collar.

A 13-year-old Boy Scout got lost near Yellowstone. He spent 18 hours alone in rain and sleet. When a helicopter appeared, he used his belt buckle to flash sunlight at the pilot. The pilot was Harrison Ford. He'd volunteered for the search. Ford landed and said: "Boy, you sure must have earned a merit badge for this one." The kid: "I already earned this badge last summer."

Dale Schroeder worked as a carpenter at the same Iowa company for 67 years. He never married. He drove a rusty old Chevrolet. When he died in 2005, nobody could believe he had secretly saved $3 million. He left it all to send 33 complete strangers to college. They call themselves "Dale's kids."