24 Comforting Facts For Your Day

1. Switzerland has implemented a scheme ‘Time Bank’; which is an old-age assistance program, under which, people can volunteer to look after the elderly who require assistance, and then, the number of hours they spend with or caring for seniors gets deposited in their individual social security account.

Eventually, when the volunteer reaches that old age when he or she requires support, this ‘Time Bank’ can help them by providing time-based services which include consultations, babysitting, hairdressing, gardening, tutoring, or any other time-consuming job in addition to being looked after by a volunteer as well. About 34 countries are trying to apply this scheme.

2. There is a group of bikers called bikers against child abuse who support child abuse victims in court by looking tough and giving the kids confidence to testify against their abusers it’s actually an international group

3. There is a type of mold growing on/around the Elephant's Foot in Chernobyl. This mold eats radiation, and the radioactivity of the Elephant's Foot has decreased drastically since the mold started growing there. idk, it's just comforting to me that the planet can heal no matter how bad the scar we left.

4. All of the cardigans Mister Rogers wore on camera were knit by his mother.

5. Sometimes dogs in movies have to have CGI tails because they keep wagging their tails. They are just so happy to be there!

6. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart.

7. The dog estimates the time of your return home by how much of your smell is left in the house from your morning routine.

8. Bees inform their friends about good flowers nearby by dancing.

9. It's illegal in Switzerland to own just one guinea pig. You have to have at least two if you want to have any. Guinea pigs get lonely.

10. A cat meows just for humans to hear them. And a dog dreams of its owner when it sleeps.

11. There’s a place in Japan called “Capybara land” where you can hang out with capybaras and see them chilling in hotsprings

12. If 99 percent of the world population finds you unattractive, there are still 78 million people in the world that find you attractive. That's a lot of people.

13. Nurse here.

If you're having a general anaesthetic for a routine operation, and worried about dying while under, please be aware there are about 7 different "levels" of stuff we can do to bring you back.

So if the thing we normally do doesn't work, we've got plan B, then we've got plans C, D, E, F, G& H. ( and we rarely need to even go to Plan C, let alone the rest!)

It's ridiculously rare for you to never wake up from a routine op, of course, it happens occasionally, but for every case you've heard about it happening, there are THOUSANDS of identical operations where it didn't. I've been qualified 15 years and it's literally never happened anywhere I've worked.

14. India's tiger population grew from 1,411 in 2006 to 2,967 tigers as per the 2018 census. Based on the best available information, tiger populations are stable or increasing in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Russia and China. But much more work is needed to protect this species if we are to secure its future in the wild.

15. Petting animals lowers cortisol.

16. If you make it to the airport without dying, you've already passed the deadliest part of plane travel.

17. Zebras rest with their heads on each other’s backs so they can literally watch their zebra buddy’s back. Plus it looks like a zebra hug.

18. Monarch butterfly populations are doing better. Not out of the dark, but better. I found a monarch caterpillar on my milkweed the other day.

19. You can talk to your pet rabbit by quickly pushing your lips downwards and upwards as if you were trying to look up your nose in a mirror. Do it quickly and you're chatting. It mimics the nose movements they make and you can see them wiggle their noses faster out of interest. Copy their rhythm to and watch them talk back.

Also, stomping your foot like they do as well as turning your back on them when annoyed is understood too. If they have chewed something they shouldn't have you can stomp one foot and turn around with your arms folded. Have a look over your shoulder to make sure they see you. They should come to check on you and if they don't stomp and make sure they see your back is turned. Eventually they get it and come over to make sure your ok. Then let the nose waggling commence.

You can expect them to do the same to you as well, like when you clean their enclosure.

20. Your pets will forgive you if you accidentally step on them

21. Tarantulas keep tiny frogs as pets sometimes

22. There's an island in Japan populated only by bunnies

23. The ozone layer is slowly repairing itself

24. Know that really embarrassing thing you did? Well, there's a high likelihood no one else remembers it. If they do life will give them far more experiences that one thing will seem like nothing in comparison.