We emailed Stopera earlier this afternoon seeking comment and while he has not replied, about an hour and a half after we emailed him, a brief link to the Reddit post appeared at the end of his post. We will update this post when and if we hear from him or any of the others at BuzzFeed we've contacted.

Update, 11:30 p.m.: BuzzFeed has updated the "30 Happiest Facts" piece to reflect the origin of the article's content.

Here, the facts (a term one should take with a grain of salt) as they appeared on Reddit and BuzzFeed.

Reddit (R): Otters hold hands when sleeping so they dont drift away from each other.

BuzzFeed (BF): Otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't float apart.

R: Blind people smile - bear in mind, they've never seen smiling and have no reference for it. Smiling is a natural human reaction for happiness.

BF: Blind people smile despite having never seen someone smile before. It is just a natural human reaction.

R: The chances of you (as opposed to someone else) being born is about 1 in 40 million. Life is a precious gift. Cherish it.

BF: Despite there being a 1 in 40 million chance of you having been born, your ancestors have successfully had children up until you.

R: Wayne Allwine (The voice of Mikey Mouse) and Russi Taylor (Voice of Minnie Mouse) were married in real life.

BF: And the voice of Mickey Mouse and the voice of Minnie Mouse got married in real life...

R: Spiders and scorpions don't fly!

BF: Spiders can't fly.

R: Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, promised his daughter he'd do something special for her that no other little girl would have: he'd write her initials on the Moon.



After he parked the Lunar Rover for the last time and headed back to the Lunar Module, he took his sample excavator and wrote "TDC" -- his daughters initials, next to the Rover. The initials are still there today, and will probably last about 50,000 years if nobody shows up and drives over them.

BF: The last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, promised his daughter he'd write her initials on the moon. He did, and her initials, "TDC," will probably be on the moon for tens of thousands of years.

R: if you fake laugh long enough you will start to laugh really hard, its like enducing fake happiness

BF: If you fake laugh long enough, you'll actually start to laugh really hard.

R: A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance... Just thinking about that puts me in a better mood.

BF: A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

R: a group of ferrets is called a "business".

BF: And a group of ferrets is called a business of ferrets.

R: At the time of your birth, you were (most likely)the youngest person on the planet.

BF: When you were born, you were, for however brief an amount of time, the youngest person on the planet.

R: Puffins mate for life, make little homes in the cliffsides to have their young in. The best part is they make a side room for a toilet.

BF: Puffins mate for life.

R: BABY PUFFINS ARE CALLED PUFFLINGS

BF: And baby puffins are called "pufflings."

R: Cuddling and other "love actions" release Oxytocin which helps speed healing and recovery from physical wounds.

BF: A chemical called oxytocin is released when people cuddle, helping to heal physical wounds.

R: Cows have best friends. For some reason it makes me happy knowing that if a cow is having a bad day she can siddle up to her best buddy and feel better.

BF: Cows have best friends.

R: Rats giggle when you tickle them. Their voices are so high-pitched you need special equipment to hear them, but when you do, their laughs are immediately evident. Also, they love it.

BF: Rats laugh when tickled. (Linked YouTube video embedded underneath.)

R: On April 1st, 1957, a BBC news program ended with a three minute segment about a Spaghetti farm in Switzerland. In the segment, spaghetti (not being a popular dish in England at the time) was said to grow on trees. Many people believed the report and called the BBC to ask how to grow their own spaghetti tree. The response: "Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

BF: In 1957, the BBC ran a story about how spaghetti was growing on trees in Switzerland. So many people believed the hoax that the BBC was flooded with calls from people asking how to plant their own spaghetti tree.

R: Something like 100's of trees a year grow as a result of squirrels forgetting where they buried their nuts.

BF: Squirrels forgetting where they put their acorns results in thousands of new trees each year.

R: A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana

BF: A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

R: Worms communicate by snuggling.

BF: Worms communicate with one another by snuggling.

R: The Beatles used the word "love" 613 times throughout their career.

BF: The Beatles used "love" 613 times in their songs.

R: Butterflies can taste with their feet!

BF: Butterflies use their feet to taste.

R: For someone, somewhere in the world, today is the most amazing day of their life.

BF: Somewhere, someone is having the best day of their life...