Dale Schroeder was a humble carpenter from Iowa who worked at the same company for 67 years. He lived very simply—he only owned two pairs of jeans: one for work and one for church. He never married or had kids, but when he passed away in 2005 at age 86, everyone was shocked to

On 15 June 2015, 19-year-old delivery driver Anson Lemmer arrived with an order to find the customer collapsed and turning blue. Remembering Red-Cross CPR training, he performed chest compressions until EMTs took over, reviving the man. Afterwards he phoned home and joked, “I

“He told the security guard he was our stepbrother or something, and showed them the Wikipedia page and his ID.” “We ended up having a bunch of beers with him and he was an absolute legend. He wasn’t a creep or anything. He was like the most normal dude we’ve ever met. That’s

He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

At the contest’s conclusion, Squaremouth also donated an additional $10,000 to Reading Is Fundamental, a children’s literacy charity. Inspired by Donelan’s commitment to her schools, Squaremouth made a surprise donation of $5,000 each to the two high schools where the winner

Before acting, Steve Buscemi served with FDNY Engine 55. After the attacks, “the next morning, I grabbed my old gear… and found a place on a bucket brigade,” he wrote—then worked long shifts for several days at Ground Zero, declining interviews or photos at the time. In the

In 1965, 90-year-old French woman Jeanne Calment, with no heirs, signed a contract with 47-year-old notary André-François Raffray. She agreed to transfer her apartment to him upon her death, in exchange for monthly payments of 2,500 francs (about $500). Surprisingly, she

In 2011, a 29-year-old Australian bartender discovered a late-night ATM/offline transfer glitch that let him move money between accounts and withdraw cash beyond his balance. Over about four to five months, he lived extravagantly—he threw lavish parties, chartered private jets,

In 2010, a house in Pana, Illinois, was so overrun with cockroaches that the owners gave the property to the city. Fire officials created a two-foot trench around the building, filled it with wood and straw, and performed a controlled burn to prevent the spread of roaches. The

In 2007, a New York family bought a small ceramic bowl at a tag sale for $3. They kept it on a shelf for years, then had it appraised. Experts said it was a Northern Song dynasty piece about 1,000 years old and estimated it at $200,000–$300,000. When the bowl went to Sotheby’s