“What Is The Most Wholesome Fact You Know?” (35 Answers)

Last time Liechtenstein went to war, they sent 80 soldiers to Italy to fight against Prussia. 81 came back, since none of the soldiers died and they brought an Italian "friend" with them.

Otters hold hands while asleep to stop drifting away from each other.

Dogs look at you when they poop because they're in a defenseless position thus trusting you to protect them if a dangerous situation occurs.

Baby porcupines are called porcupettes. Omfg.

After Heath Ledger's death, who was still filming The Imaginariam of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam (writer and director of the film) thought the film was over. That was until he had the idea to for Jude Law, Colin Farrell, and Johnny Depp (all close friends with Ledger) to be brought in to play Ledger's character after transformations. They all said yes with out hesitation, opted to redirect their wages to Ledger's family.

Bonus fact, Tom Cruise showed interest in playing one of these character transformations, but was turned down as he had never been a close friend of Ledger's. Gilliam is quoted saying "I just wanted to keep this [in the] family—it's as simple as that [...] There were people even offering to come and help, they didn't know Heath. It had to be in the family somehow, I don't know why; it was my attitude".

Waaay late to the party, but children who are deaf, and raised by deaf parents will sign repetitive sounds and words at about the same rate hearing babies acquire language. Deaf babies basically sign goo-goo ga-ga the same way hearing children babble when developing language.

I was on vacation in Germany over spring break. They have these "frog fences". These fences keep the frogs from crossing the roads and getting run over. At the end of the day somebody comes by and gathers the frogs and helps them cross the road.

Sometimes when they're out gathering, bees will fall asleep in flowers.

I've seen a lot of fireflies lately. Haven't seen them since I was a kid in the 70s.

When babies first start to smile, they do it because they notice it makes their caregivers smile back. They do their best to make you happy.

Babies cry in their native language. That is, babies born to French speaking parents cry with different tonal patterns than babies born to parents that speak English or Arabic or German.

Even though they're mostly seen as an annoyance, Pigeons are extremely faithful.

They mate for life and if their mate dies, they don't take another.

Almost makes me want to feel respectful of them when they build their nest on my balcony. Almost.

Then they s**t all over my patio furniture.

The nation of Bhutan doesn't report GDP but instead Gross Happiness.

Central Park Zoo had a bonded gay pair of male chinstrap penguins, Roy and Silo. They carried around and attempted to hatch a rock like an egg, so the zookeepers gave them an abandoned egg to care for. They had a baby called Tango!

Goats will learn the name humans give to them and will respond to it.

Gentoo penguins make their intent known to their beloved by giving them the nicest pebble they can find, and then they mate for life.

Seahorses mate for life, travel with their mate by entwining tails, and the male seahorse carries and labors the baby seahorses.

Male puppies will let female puppies win during play fighting so that they can spend more time with her.

Worms like to snuggle each other.

Female elephants dig a pit when they're in heat, line up tasty fruits and leaves around the border of the pit, then lay in it and trumpet softly to attract their mate. They breed over a period of a few days, and eat the fruit to keep up their energy.

Dolphins have "names", which is a specific whistle pattern that is unique to the dolphin. Other dolphins will mimic these patterns to get the attention of the dolphin they want.

Baby chimpanzees make dolls out of sticks, and have been recorded playing make-believe with the poppets: scolding them, rocking them, pretending to bathe and feed them, and putting them to bed.

Sheep recognize human facial expressions and will exhibit happiness if they're smiled at by their caretaker.

Polar bears will share their meal with other polar bears, but only if the other bears ask politely by touching nose-to-nose.

Baby elephants suck on the tip of their trunk as a comfort stim, similar to how babies and children will suck their thumb or fingers.

Giraffe moms will travel all the way back to their own birthplace to give birth to their babies.

Macaque monkeys have snowball fights!

Mayor Stubbs has been the mayor in a town in Alaska for the past fifteen years! He is also a marmalade tabby cat.

Grizzly bears, upon setting out on their own as adults, will mark territory as close to their mother's territory as possible. Grizzlies just love they mamas!

Unborn chicks are able to communicate to their mother and siblings while still in the egg.

There are dedicated babysitters in wolf packs. They stay in a group and protect the pups of the pack while the parents hunt.

I always liked the story of Leo Messi and his wife. He is probably one of the most famous and richest stars in the world (he is a big footballer/soccer player). He had to leave his home country, Argentina, as a young teenager because he had pretty severe medical problems and a Spanish club offered to pay the treatments if he joined. He always was in love with the cousin of his best friend from home, and as soon as he was old enough to be able to afford to go back to Argentina regularly he went back to woo her and they fell for each other.

They kept the relationship secret for a long time, so nobody knows how long they have really been together, but it's at least ten years (since they were 19 or 20). He never wanted some super model or big star, just her. They seem to have a really happy, peaceful life together with two little boys. He almost completely shields them from public life, insisting they live just as a normal family. Part of this means that he doesn't reveal much in interviews, but it's clear that for all his professional success, being a husband and a father is what he cares about most.

EDIT: Added wholesomeness, after ten official years together, they finally got officially (or at least publically) married, [with their 5-year-old standing up for them](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWYLqnyB60x/?taken-by=antoroccuzzo88).

There's a post office at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, because there's people who live down there, and the post office is required to deliver the mail to every citizen in the U.S.

They have to hike the mail in using people or mules. Apparently they get Amazon packages and junk mail, just like all the rest of us.