Wholesome Facts

Finland gives every expectant mother a free "baby box" containing clothes, diapers, and supplies — and the box itself doubles as the baby's first bed.

In Japan, there's a phone booth called the 'Wind Phone' where people can speak to deceased loved ones. It has received over 30,000 visitors since 2011.

In Sweden, blood donors receive a text message whenever their blood is used to save someone's life.

Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.

The United Arab Emirates donated a laptop to every high school student in Joplin, Missouri, after the city had been devastated by a tornado.

Thomas Edison taught his second wife Morse code so they could communicate in secret by tapping into each other’s hands when her family was around.

The Sprout pencil is a plantable pencil that contains a seed inside. When it's too short to use, you can plant it and watch it grow herbs and vegetables.

Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.

In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.

The Angora rabbit is the world's fluffiest bunny, bred for its extremely long wool.

A woman, who had lost her wedding ring 16 years prior, found it on a carrot!

The Pudu deer is the world’s smallest deer. They live in bamboo thickets to hide from predators, and can weigh up to 12 kilograms.

There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.

Measuring in at barely 2" long, the Pygmy Jerboa looks like a cross between a mouse and a duckling - and it's extremely cute!

Singing exercises your heart, lungs, and releases endorphins which make you feel good.

The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.

Paul Walker was in a jewellery store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiancée shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said “Put that girl’s ring on my tab.”

Katy Perry has a cat named Kitty Purry.

The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Japan in 1912. Tokyo sent more than 3,000 cherry trees to be planted around the Tidal Basin as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.

A couple invited the Queen to their wedding as a joke, and she turned up.

Despite being one of the top 10 richest men in the world, Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) lives in a small home, eats at IKEA, and uses the bus.

Steve Jobs' secretary told him that she was late for work because her car wouldn't start. That very afternoon, Jobs came back and threw her a set of keys to a brand new Jaguar, saying: "Here, don’t be late anymore."

In 2007, the 6,000-year-old skeletal remains of two people embracing were discovered near Mantua, Italy. Known as the 'Lovers of Valdaro,' they had been buried facing each other with their arms and legs intertwined.

In 2012, a running partner took his runner girlfriend on a run that ended at the place where they first met. When he showed her his GPS tracker, the tracked route read "MARRY ME".