35 Positive Facts That Prove The World Isn’t As Bad As It Seems, Shared Online

In a world that often feels overwhelming, a little reassurance can go a long way. Whether it’s comforting words or uplifting facts, knowing that good things exist can make even the toughest days a bit brighter. Enter this wholesome Reddit thread, where users came together to share reassuring facts designed to bring comfort, joy, and a smile to your face.

#1

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Your brain is constantly rewiring itself, so even if you’re stuck in a bad habit or mindset, you can always change it with enough effort, no matter how old you are.

#2

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Solar is already one of the cheapest forms of energy humanity has ever created, and it’s still getting cheaper.

#3

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An elevator can not drop if the cable breaks. Thank you Mr. Otis.

#4

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A cats purr released oxytocin and has a naturally calming effect.

#5

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You cannot save everyone. But the small kindnesses you share can dramatically affect the people around you, even if they feel insignificant to you.

Shout out to the guy at the supermarket the other day who patted me on the shoulder and said, “You’re going to be ok.” He had no way of knowing that I suffer from chronic depression, and that I’m in a dark place at the moment. He just thought I looked sad or empty or whatever and took a moment to remind me that it’s ok to be human. It was nothing to him, but in that moment it was everything for me.

#6

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Actions have consequences, which seems usually to refer to negative things when people say it, but if actions have consequences, then positive actions can have positive consequences.

This was a big realization for me to find hope and motivation in the depths of depression.

#7

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Elephants’ brains react the same way looking at us, as ours do when we see puppies. They think we’re cute.

#8

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You never feel like a grown up. You mostly just fake it and assume everyone else are actual adults. My data is only valid from ages 0-46 years of age.

Crazy_Raven_Lady:
Yep 44 here and I don’t feel like an adult. I always get nervous to meet my kids friends parents cause I figure they are real adults and they’ll be onto me.

davisolzoe:
I feel like a teenager working on projects on the garage, I’m 66.

#9

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Nobody is really looking or watching or even cares what you are doing out in public. The vast majority of the people that you see are so busy taking care of their own business that whatever they saw of you was forgotten in a few of minutes at most. I know that I have no recollection of most people I see in public after I leave the venue (supermarket, home depot, etc.) Except for the woman in dirty pajamas at Walmart spraying Febreeze on herself in the big aisle.

#10

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Your dog dreams about you.

#11

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The earth will eventually heal itself from the pollution sometime after humans are extinct.

#12

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Dogs have an innate sense of loyalty and will go to great lengths, even traveling vast distances, to reunite with the people they love. In the 1920s, a collie named Bobby got lost during a road trip and was separated from his family. He traveled over 2,500 miles across the U.S. to find his way back home, reuniting with them after several months!

#13

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There is a social phenomenon called the “liking gap” where there tends to be a discrepancy between how much a person thinks another person likes them and that other person’s actual opinion of them.

Studies have found that people tend to *underestimate* how much people like them and want to spend time with them.

#14

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If Mr. Rogers met you there’s a strong chance he’d be very proud of how far you’ve come.

#15

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Most of the things we worry about never actually happen. There’s a stat about this, a psychologist looked into it and found around 85% of what we worry about never becomes reality. It’s just our brains trying to keep us “prepared.”

#16

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The longest living species is a jellyfish that can be biologically immortal.

#17

Everything is made of energy, energy can’t be created or destroyed.

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#18

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You are the product of 3.7 billion years of evolution. Life is resilient!

#19

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Humans and bananas share about 60% of the same DNA.

#20

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That most growth is done in and around relationships.

Aka

You have to experience in order to grow.

And I wish more people knew this so that they would give others more chances over writing them off right away (all within reason of course).

#21

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The only “normal” people are the ones you don’t know very well. Everyone is weird in their own unique way.

#22

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Cows have best friends.

#23

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If you can read this, your life is like waaaaay better than it would have been 100 years ago.

#24

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Smiling even if you don’t feel like it, can actually improve your mood.

#25

Slow progress is still progress.

This fact helped me get through high school and currently college. No matter how behind you are, you are closer to being caught up with each assignment you complete. You are making progress no matter how small it seems.

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#26

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That you do get a bit more self-assured in your 30s compared to your 20s and genuinely stop caring about what others think of you as much.

#27

We’re made of the same atoms and quarks of stars, trillions of years before us. Essentially, we’re made of the universe; and in a way, that means we’re essentially the universe admiring itself. I think that’s pretty neat.

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#28

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**You have more control over your mindset than you might think.**
Even when external circumstances are difficult, you always have some degree of control over how you choose to respond. Practices like mindfulness, positive reframing, or simply choosing to pause before reacting can significantly shift your perspective and well-being. It’s empowering to know that you can steer your mindset, even in challenging times.

#29

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Humans have a natural ability to adapt to almost any situation, so no matter what happens, you’ll find a way to cope.

#30

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Crime rates have continuously gone down year after year after year, objectively the world is a safer place than it was (for crime anyways) years ago the news just talks about it more now.

#31

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Something like 130,000 people escape from extreme poverty every single day.

#32

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There is always someone out there who loves you. Someone who notices your presence, and finds it comforting. Someone who thinks about how you made an impact on their lives. Someone who anticipates to hear your voice again. There’s always someone. Things will be better buddy, I promise.

#33

You’ve already survived 100% of your bad days.

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#34

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A single teaspoon of honey represents the life’s work of 12 bees.

#35

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There’s a lot of good government agencies trying to make things better. I work for a wastewater treatment plant that aims to do better than current guidelines and has been an industry leader in reducing emissions and protecting the environment. We’re among 60 of 20,000 agencies who have had 26 perfect years of protections. A lot of us want to make this world better and got into government to make things better.