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There is only so much that you can add to a story until it becomes hard to believe. Yet, when you really think about it, belief is subjective, yet saying that something has a non-zero chance of happening is based on hardcore theoretical probability that can be measured and scientifically deduced. So, based on that logic, even the most unlikely stories might still be true.

Whether you believe it or not, the following list is also claimed to be true, despite how unlikely some of them might sound.

Folks online have been sharing stories and facts about themselves that are 100% true as it happened to them personally, yet sound like the product of an imaginative mind that hasn’t spent enough time on Earth to know how likely all of it might be.

Scroll through it to see the best of the best stories siphoned from this post on the AskReddit community and while you’re out there, drop us and the submission an upvote, and share your very unlikely yet very true stories in the comment section below!

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I beat anorexia. I'm a guy and I do not have photos of me from that time (due to shame) so I have no proof. I have gone from 70lbs to ~130lbs.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I am related to William Henry Harrison - the president who died from hypothermia because he wouldn't wear a jacket. My great grandfather and his son both died from hypothermia as well but under slightly different experiences. I have almost died from eating way too many vitamins, jumping into a ceiling fan, and jumping from a cliff. My dad almost lit a gas station on fire. Basically, we are a very dumb bloodline starting from William Henry Harrison.

efan9411 , Brent Moore Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How the heck did you guys all survive for so long?🤣

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I took my mother for a surprise trip to NYC. She got married to my father there in '68. The surprise was manufactured by way of telling her we were going to Australia (we live in New Zealand, so a trip to Australia is not a huge deal, it's the type of thing you could do for the weekend) and therefore she packed a bag and brought her passport. We got to the airport and said "Surprise! We're going to New York!" and she cried her eyes out with delight.

When we arrived, on our first morning, I said "Okay, what do you want to do?"

She said "When I was last here, in 1968, the Twin Towers weren't complete, so, I'd like to go to the top of them."

"Your wish is my command!" I said and off we went to the WTC.

That was the afternoon of September 10th, 2001. Suffice it to say, there was a particular poignancy when we looked out the window at around 8am the next morning.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True Husband and I fell in love at first sight. Moved in together after two days. Married five months later. Still married. It will be forty years in may.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was the best man on both sides of a lesbian wedding because I had dated both the bride and the bride, stayed close friends and introduced them to each other after our breakups.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, wow. This is actually wholesome that he stayed close friends with both and got to be their best man.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True When I was a kid, I woke up to find my cat giving birth to her kittens on my pillow, one inch from my face. I took it as a compliment.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She thought it was the safest place to give birth.❤️

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True my dad kidnapped me and took me to Singapore for very malicious purposes (i'm sure you could imagine). i was 15 and my dad literally had fake documents and suitcases filled with random clothes. when we got there we went to a sketchy hotel and after 15 minutes he went to the bar. a bit after that, some guy just walks in. i was confused but he began muttering saying i was 'too pale' and 'too old' and he left. i called my dad but he didn't answer so i climbed out through the window and went to the police. they put me on a plane home that same hour.

i don't really tell people because it's a bit of a crazy story and sounds made up (hence why it's here) but yeh.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought it was a parental kidnapping but it seems way more sinister than that! I wish it was made up.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was at a store when Tony Hawk was signing autographs. I was only 10 at the time and was a huge fan. One of his early video games had just come out. The store had a couple TVs on the wall and some video games to play. Being a kid I waited for one controller to open up and someone leave. A kid ended up leaving and I grabbed the controller and started playing and minding my own business. A couple minutes later the store wanted to grab photos of Tony playing his own video game. He came over and grabbed the second controller and began to play multiplayer with me. Probably played for 10 minutes. The bonus was it was also my 10th birthday. So I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater with Tony Hawk.

I do not have photos of myself playing the game with him but I believe my parents have a couple of photos of me with him and getting his autograph. I still have the signed board on my wall.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I once successfully ran an unfunded shelter for ~100 homeless veterans....as a homeless civilian.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A damning indicment of how the American dream has gone wrong ..... Well done to the OP but How, oh how in the richest country in the World can there be 100 homeless VETERANS, not including the rest of the homeless population, in one place FFS ?

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I found out my "father" wasnt my biological father in 10th grade Biology class. We were learning about blood types and traits. I raised my hand thinking I was a smart a*s, "You're chart isnt accurate, my dad has AB negative and I'm O positive." My teacher said "I think your mom has some explaining to do!". And we all chuckled.

Turned out, he was not my father.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The teacher was kind of an a*s lol, a funny a*s, but an a*s non the less, personaly i would have Said " you have to be mistaken, better to check that out with your parents. "

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True At age 50 odd and with limited to no video game experience, my mother completed Mario64 before I did, in about half the time it finally took me to do it.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I bought a guitar amp from Brad Whitford, of Aerosmith, when I was 17. He and Steven Tyler served up cheeseburgers for me and my friends.

So, Brad’s son was a punk and I knew him from the scene. I was in a band that had some small local marginal success. This is 97/98 in Boston. I needed a new amp for our first US tour but had very little money. I was getting drunk with his son and, on a whim, I asked him if his dad had any amps laying around that he didn’t need. We laughed and carried on partying.

The next day, I get a call at my home. It was Mr. Whitford himself. He was super nice but to the point. “My son says you got a band and need a good rig for your les Paul. I have something in mind for you. Just gotta have my guy get it from the warehouse. Come by my house in Norwell this weekend and check it out”. That was the gist of the call. Obviously, the whole band came with me. And our roadie.

We get to his house and it’s totally him. So weird. These guys were like gods in Boston. I wasn’t the hugest fan but knew him from his work with Wayne’s World. He takes me to (one of) his garage(s) where there is this cool full stack. The brand is Bedrock. An old company from New Hampshire that made good quality amps in the 80’s. This one was custom made for Brad. Basically Marshall components. 4 tubes. All the knobs go to 11. Not kidding. Still has the “property of Aerosmith” stickers on it. He plugs it in and rips a crazy solo on his les Paul and then hands it to me and I play a couple power chords. He asks for $300 for the whole thing. I pay him and he tells his son to give us a tour of the house.

This is where s**t gets nuts. It’s just like you expect. Tons of gold records, platinum records...Pictures of him with people like John Lennon, Robert DeNiro and Joey Ramone. Then we get to see his studio and THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MARSHALL AMPS IN THE WORLD. Seriously, like 200 cabs. A wall of guitars. Guitars so pretty and amps so cool, it made sense for him to find the one he sold me dispensable.

After the house tour, he told us to meet him at the little bar and grill they own in town. When we get there early and he arrives 30 mins later with muthaf**kin Steven Tyler in tow. “You guys the punk group?!” He was so nice. They went in the back and came out with burgers for us all on the house. Then they straight up left. Irish goodbyed, even! I still have the amp. I used it on the road for almost 10 years in five bands. Now, it’s just a conversation piece. But it still works! I’ll crank her up every now and then.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom actually beat up Steven Tyler back in the day. She has never had anything nice to say about him

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I ran out of gas outside of La Paz Bolivia. Luckily it was down hill for about 6km into the city. I coasted the whole way on my motorbike, passed busses and drifted into a gas station. Never missed a beat!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Luck was with you that day. I'd have run out halfway up the hill and rolled backwards! 🤣

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True A pelican engulfed my head with its massive f*****g beak when I was a small child. Pelicans are c***s.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lmao i have actually seen a video of a pelican doing that to a toddler lol, probably not you though .

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was filling in for the stork and misunderstood his assignment.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was seriously coming here to write something similiar. In my mind it was like"stork something something" and trying to come up with some joke so yours was definitely better :P

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen a video of a pelican with a freaking DUCK in its pouch. Still alive and kicking to boot! I'll post a link when I get a chance to find it again.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh cr*p. It's the sort of video I'd never want to see but if someone showed it to me I'd have to look.. 😬😳

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pelicans are c***s. And you can add geese to the list of avian c***s.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why is the first thing that coems into my mind is cute

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coz you're right! Just keep your damn kids away from them! Why was a kid THAT close anyway?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To quote my late father - "A marvellous bird is the pelican. Its beak can hold more than its belly can."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This also happened to my partner. She is still terrified of them to this day.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A puppeteer did this to me when I was 9 or 10. I'm still salty.

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I've seen a pelican eating a duck or something, so I suppose it's possible.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope. Just wanted to see what flavor you were...on the plus side, he didn't have a taste for you!

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was born 12 weeks early (and was nearly born earlier- my mom had a weak uterus from endo, so they had to push me back and stitch her up).

The doctors told my parents to expect me to be unable to breathe, walk, etc on my own. The doctor performing the c-section nearly dropped in surprise and how hard I was screaming and flailing.

I do have a few health problems, but it could have been much worse.

Editing since others are mentioning their experiences and health issues:

I had hydrocephalus, it was treated poorly (the doctor thought I was fine, and my parents were overreacting when I was seizing and turning colors). It was treated, and now had ~6 ft of tubing in the form of a shunt, as well as seizures I'll never outgrow. They're treated with medication.

Otherwise, outside asthma and other smaller things, I live a normal life. I graduated high school a few years ago, and hope to be married soon.

Edit 2: Thank you everyone for your stories! Tbh, I'm a bit overwhelmed: I didn't expect my comment to blow up like this! I'm going to do my best to respond to everyone, but I apologize in advance if I don't. I promise I'm reading every comment, and they all mean so much!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My baby was born around that early, too, at 27 weeks, 1 day gestation. I was surprised that she cried and looked strong/feisty when she was born, too! Fortunately, she also lives a normal life without too many lasting complications. As for me, with her tenth birthday coming up, sometimes I think I may be almost healed from the trauma of her 3.5 month hospitalization...

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True Once in college I applied for a job at the library help desk. I figured I would help people find books. Didn’t give it much more thought than that.

During the interview, I aced all of the customer service questions. Then they asked me whether I knew how to defrag a hard drive. Cue alarm bells in my head, but I kept calm outwardly and said no, but you can teach me.

I worked in IT for three years by accident. They were too nice to fire me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did they try to turn you on and off. Hold on, wait, this doesn't sound like what I have intended to say.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I won two TV game shows. "The $10,000 Pyramid" (won $10,300) in 1975, and "Sale of the Century" (was on the show for 9 days; won $34k in cash and prizes) in '85.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it luck or intelligence? I don't know those game shows.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was baptized by a serial killer.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True A horse threw me in the air when I was a child. But I wasn’t on his back. He grabbed the skin of my back with his teeth and yeeted me.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I am blind. Many online commenters think that I am lying. If I wanna lie, I would rather tell everyone that I am a rich traveller.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently some people never heard of Brile, and voice software for people with a visual impairment......

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True My great great grandfather was a Pinkerton Detective, acted on Vaudeville, and had 5 wives in 2 different states that knew nothing of each other. He also slightly changed his last name each time and never got caught until Ancestry website happened lol.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was shooting some stuff in my village and a bullet ricochet and hit me in the torso. I was afraid my parents would kill me if they found out (I was young) so I used a knife and tweezers to remove the fragment and a stapler to stitch it up and then covered the wound and they never found out until a few years later when I told them.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I am one of very few people outside WW1 to live through mustard gas. So rare the doctors (1995 no internet) had no idea how to treat me.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I've had a headache since August 2015 and I will probably have it for the rest of my life. It's only on half my head, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Op: I had the headache first, they did a CT scan looking for the source if it and found a giant brain tumor. Unfortunately the tumor wasn't the source of the headache. A 12 hour surgery and 25 radition treatments later I still have thd headache." They also provide the link: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Hemicrania-Continua-Information-Page

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was once sponsored by the CRUNK energy drink company for sailing. I imagine I was the only sailor on their list. I literally just emailed them saying that I sailed and asked if they wanted me to put stickers on my boat. They sent me a few cases of the drink, t shirts, hats, the works. My car was known as the crunk-mobile.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That filthy cooler looks like something called CRUNK should be in it, tbh.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I once won a $500 raffle during a routine visit to my local tea shop.

It was the building's annual Black Friday event and there were 5 baskets with varying amounts of goods, services, and coupons. I needed tea, so my only stop was the tea shop. It cost me $20 to fill my tins, but they said raffle tickets were given out after a $25 purchase. I said 'f**k it' and got a hot tea for me and the woman in line behind me.

Entered with that one ticket. I got a call a few days later saying I won the top prize basket. When I went to claim, they asked about my purchases. I told them and they said the drawings had over 1,000 tickets and many people had over a dozen entries.

The raffle prize included $25 to the tea shop.

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I've literally never been sick, or at least never showed symptoms of being sick. No colds, no fevers, no viruses, no flu even. I really don't know what it's like to be sick or get sick, and frankly, I hope I never do.

It'd sure be ironic if the first time I got sick was now...

EDIT: I'm 30 years old by the way, that was probably worth mentioning.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I've published four peer-reviewed scientific papers on hamster testicles.

I'm currently working on a critical COVID-related project which doesn't involve testicles and thus would be much less exciting for Redditing purposes :)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real research. As a person currently working on a scientific paper, not testicle related sadly, I find this highly amusing and I'm gonna go look it up. Lol

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I cannot see 3D effects in movies or games. I didn’t know that until a friend showed me his new Nintendo 3DS and I asked him whether this thing was a scam because it didn’t look any different to me than a normal DS.

We had a fight over this because we both thought the other one was bulls**tting him.

“You’re holding it wrong! How the f**k do you not see this?”

“Are you f*****g kidding me right now? There’s nothing 3D about this thing.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neither can I, i'm more or less blind in my right eye. Apparently you need both eyes working properly to see in 3D

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My family ancestry can be traced back to a court jester who served in the court of King Jakob IV of Sweden.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fact 1; We're related (VERY distantly) to the Windsors through their German relatives. Fact 2: When she was losing patience, and getting ready to spank me, my mother would say, "Shyla, I'm going to crown you." Fact 3: The worst beating I ever got in my life was when I said, "You don't have to crown me. I'm already a princess!" I don't remember anything else that happened that day.

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There's a scientist who died on the same day I was born and her research subject was very very close to mine. Not just the field but down to some articles she wrote and some of her side interests. Some tidbits of her personal life also echo some of mine. I only found out after I graduated and now I low-key feel like reincarnation might be a thing. ETA : I don't really believe reincarnation is a thing. That was a joke. Jesus, people

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I got ran over by a car, but the driver didn't see me and proceeded to back over me.

I'm shocked at the amount of people who said that this happened to them or someone they know/knew as well, the world really is a weird place. And for all who are asking:

* My legs are perfectly fine now. On a side note, I actually really enjoy running, it's one of my favorite things to do.
* No I'm not from China nor have I ever lived there, I'm American (I don't quite understand why people are asking this??)

A couple of people have pointed out to me that its because killing someone in China is apparently less expensive, which is a horrifying thought, but thanks for the explanations.

How is my mental health? Was I traumatized? Well, it very f*****g terrifying at the time and I was definitely scared of cars afterwards. But if you're asking if I'm feeling any trauma *to this day*, then I would say not very much if at all. Thanks for asking though :)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because in China ( and feel free to check ) its cheaper to kill you than just " maim you " on a car accident só, a lot of Times if a driver runs Over One person they back the car up to kill Said person. Again feel free to check it up on Google, there are plenty or news articles reporting that fact.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True My grandfather went AWOL on the French Foreign Legion and was banned from ever going back to France. All because he left to marry my grandmother.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No biggie, I'm pretty sure at least 90% of the world's population never visits France.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I was almost named Storm because I was born at 3 am in the middle of a massive tornado storm (one touched down actually a few minutes after I was born). I was also essentially dead (docs thought they were going to lose both me and my mom) but somehow I lived b!@#$s.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True When my mom was in grad school she took several labs where she worked with cadavers. Because my dad worked nights she often had to take me to class with her, and she'd usually just plonk me down on the table with the cadaver while she worked on it.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look as long as mom never mixed you up with the cadaver, it's not that bad.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I got hernia by sneezing too hard.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a " code brown trouser accident " wille sneezing, the cab driver was not amuzed......

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#37

40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True One of my ancestors was dumb and bought one of Napoleon’s doorknobs. It turns out it’s fake. Doorknobs were invented after Napoleon died.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I’ve been in 3 fatal train accidents. Never had a scratch.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then they aren't fatal accidents... They're accidents with fatalities. most people are only ever in one fatal accident, after which they're dead

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I saw the former prime minister of Poland in his underwear.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, amateur, i Saw the Automonous Region of Madeira's president in his tidy whities, well me and around 250 000 other people, dude got caught by a foto journalist changing clothes for the carnival parade....

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I have phytophotodermatitis, which is a big fancy word for I can't get acidic juices (lemons, limes, apples, oranges, etc) on my skin and go out in the sun. Turns my skin brown like a rash. Doesn't hurt or itch, just discoloration. Happened three or four times in my life.

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#41

40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I can not taste any salt whatsoever.

For people asking its a brain thing, food tastes bland, salted chips taste plain, and I've not had any British food.

I can still taste other spices and herbs, salt water just tastes bad, MSG and other sodium based things just make me gag, getting on xbox, overwatch, etc. doesn't help but I can smell the salt.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could somebody please explain what an Xbox has to do with tasting salt?

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True Arrested and spent three days in a holding cell for a crime that I didn’t commit; about a year after the whole matter was done and dusted with.

Mind you. I say didn’t commit the crime. But I was involved in the story from start to finish.

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My grandfather got a award from Mussolini in 1935. He was just born with 6.3kg (13 lbs 14.2 oz) and was awarded the award of "Italy's Biggest Baby"

Edit: Wow, I didn't expected it to blow this way. Thanks for the Silver [/u/xXSandwhichXx](https://www.reddit.com/u/xXSandwhichXx).

Also, since some people asked: my greatgrandma also worked as a cleaning lady ONE DAY BEFORE HE WAS BORN (he was born December 24th, and she worked until December 23rd of that year);

And if you think my grandpa was big: recently a baby was born in India with 6.7kg (14.77lb), and the world record was for another italian baby, born in 1955 with flippin' 10.2 kg (22lb 8oz)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hurt just reading this, definitely not a record you want to break! But that's a good sign you were healthy especially at a time when babies were typically smaller

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I lost my heel in a lawn mower accident

Edit: Here's the story

I was 4 at the time and I wont say who exactly did it. But he was mowing and it was a riding mower and the hitch on the back where you can hook a little trailer, I loved to stand on that part and ride. Well this time I saw a frog in the grass and being the 4 year old I was at the time, I jumped off the mower and onto the grass and put my hands over the frog to catch it and he didnt realize I had jumped off and he backed up.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am terrified of lawn mowers, never mowed before in my life but I knew they had blades so I always stayed away.

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40 Bizarre, Uplifting, Or Straight Up Chucklesome, Yet Unlikely Personal Stories As Shared Online That Are Very Much True I had my tongue surgically enhanced for more reach and flexibility when I was 8



Edit: I’m super jazzed by how many of us are out there!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you mean you had a tongue tie snipped? Super common, done in newborns with a pair of sharp scissors if needed

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Spent a really cool day in London with Christian Slater and his mum. His mum is adorable.

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I have won an actual WWE match.

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