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For all the creepy unsettling facts out there, it's goof to have a balance of nice facts to counteract all the messed up ones. For every fact about brain eating zombie fungi or how many missing nuclear bombs there are in the world, there's another fact about how cows have best friends and how much of a bro Jupiter is.

Not only is "Squirmles" a wonderfully silly "word." It also represents those amazing, cute, strange little worm toys that some folks might remember from the olden days. In this case, a Tumblr user requests a curtain of Squirmles, and the resident arts and crafts expert that was around, more than delivers. Beautiful work, really. 

In these technological times we can forget that it can be harder for the older generations to navigate the ins and outs of how to work the technology. So, in those moments where you might find yourself in contact with someone who is just trying to keep up with the times, it's nice to help out. 

This is just a short little wholesome thread about a big dog that had a special relationship with a tiny owl pet. For more moments like these, here are some wholesome memes to restore some sanity. And for more funny sleeping dogs, here are tired dogs sleeping in awkward positions.

Wholesome moments really are their own kind of magical thing. They're those moments when it can feel like the whole world has come together to light up your moment with some genuinely good energy. Maybe that next wholesome moment will come and surprise you after you've experienced a fail, and are in the middle of assuming it's all gone to sh*t. Who knows. 

This Tumblr user gets an A+ for creativity when it comes to naming their misfit cats. Roomba is really a great name. 

@livefromsnacktime collects the funny and strange things adults overhear kids say. Kids can be stupid and weird but every once in a while they fall backwards into some insightful and accidentally funny comments. When kids aren't having hilariously irrational meltdowns, they're commenting on life goals and pancakes.

It's extremely satisfying to think about our pets having distinctive personalities, and animals with peculiar facial hair make them even more distinctive. Here are some cats with mustaches, a few goatees, some dogs with beards and a monkey with a fu man chu. Here's an informal history of how cats became domesticated, or just a silly post about a peculiar cat that likes being in the fridge.

These good dogs have important responsibilities like finding things and calming people down. These dogs are the answer to the question "who's responsible? Oh boy, who's responsible?" For more dogs, here are tired dogs in awkward sleeping positions and stuck dogs who need a hand.

One of the problems with being a dog is that you have to explore with your face. Sometimes when dogs root around they try to eat bees or get stung by them. Like people, dogs can have responses to bee venom that can be mild to severe, but with proper treatment they just swell up for a while and end up fine. Anyway, for more dogs who've gotten themselves into uncomfortable situations, here are some stuck dogs who need a hand.

When this guy got looped into a baby birthing that he wasn't a part of, he still went down to see the new baby. Because why not? It makes you feel good to see random strangers making connections, especially with good humor involved, like this understanding customer who got a messed up pizza order.

Zookeepers have strange and interesting jobs compared to what most of us do all day, so seeing them imitate animals makes us excited but also virulently jealous. Zookeepers at the Minnesota Zoo took photos of themselves as the animals they work with, and it makes us want to look for a job openings at the zoo. Our favorite is the millipede.