Unusual TRUE stories

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Lets post some cool stories. Please try to keep them true.
I'll go first:

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This story is maybe the perfect example of a real jerk getting his ego deflated. Please read until the end

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office.
The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard & probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge...
We'd like to see the president," the man said softly.
"He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped.
"We'll wait," the lady replied.
For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't, and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted. "Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave," she said to him!
He sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, and he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.
The lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."
The president wasn't touched. He was shocked. "Madam," he said, gruffly, "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now.
The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it cost to start a university? Why don't we just start our own? "
Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the university that bears their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them.

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I heard that story long time ago. sometimes those people can afford have a humble heart than those who cannot are prideful

[jadegil6]

I have read many times that the waters of the Philippines have been fished out, but then I read this story online today:

MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Mindanao – Resort owners in Northern Mindanao capital region of Misamis have been advised to adopt precautionary measures due to the recent rash of shark sightings in the waters off the coastal area.
The mayor of the town of Opol met with dozens of public resort owners this past week to urge them to adopt safety measures for visitors after recent reports that sharks were found “feasting” on a cadaver of a male person that was found floating in the coastal area of El Salvador City this past week.
Resort owners agreed to post lifeguards to protect vacationers and visitors to the region, and warn the public of possible shark attacks in the local waters. The owners also agreed to construct watchtowers with loud speakers strong enough to warn swimmers of any shark sightings.
The mayor also told the public this week that they will install buoys which would keep swimmers and waders within a safe area of the beaches.
The mayor also noted that night swimming would be forbidden along the shorelines of Opol.
“A notice prohibiting night swimming would be installed prominently in all the beach resorts here,” Seno said.
Last week a group of fisherman and members of the local Coast Guard in Molugan, El Salvador City, reported that they discovered a cadaver of a man floating a few kilometers off the shoreline – the leader of the group and other members went to the scene to retrieve the body but were held off by sharks that were feasting on the body.
“The rescuers could not go near the body because the sharks would threaten to attack the boat every time we attempt to get near,” the mayor said.

So I guess that there are still some fish to be found, but maybe not the kind I would want to find. lol