26 Unbelievable True Stories Shared Online That Will Surprise and Delight You

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!

leaky_eddie , Aberdeen Proving Ground Report

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!

W_Rooshing , Rick Kimpel Report

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.

piggybank124 , SeAMK Kirjasto Report

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.

Ignatz27 , Pixabay Report

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.

Kaibethha , Rob Mitchell Report

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.

anon , KOMUnews Report

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.

DeusVULT1097 , Dr. Pio Modi Report

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.

snowfarmerme , Andrew Malone Report

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.

djauralsects , Patrik Axelsson Report

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 🙂

Game_of_Jobrones , Filipe Ramos Report

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.

ahumanpileofgarbage , fdecomite Report

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.

accidentallatte , Rod Waddington Report

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.

ravenpotter3 , talldrinkoH2O Report