These Heartwarming Stories Might Just Restore Your Faith in Humanity

RIP George

George was a fiery Jack Russel terrier that protected two children from trained fighting dogs. He defended these children until help came, but the injuries he sustained while fighting the other dogs unfortunately ended his life. He is forever memorialized in this monument, which was placed at the site of his final fight.

The More You Know

Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
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The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.