Nathan Woods

small town nerd

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Larry Legend☘️ @LarryBirdDaily]

Larry Bird was a role model without even trying..

[Hosna ⚖️ בניטה @DOGEQEEN]

🚨A divorce attorney confirms he has multiple male clients requesting to use their wives' public support of Lindsay Clancy in custody battles.

If a woman think it thinks it's OK to kill your child because you have postpartum depression that woman should lose all visitation rights. PERIOD.

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️ @sappholives83]

I’m just gonna leave this here.

[The Artist known as Jess @ElofsonJess]

Solving problems isn't difficult if you're not a lyin greedy sack of shit.

[Tyler Ratcliff @TylerRatcliff17]

The 1990’s braves teams were an absolute juggernaut and should’ve wine more World Series titles than they did, they were led by one of the best pitching rotations in baseball and Greg Maddox was the catalyst of that staff

[Mooses Felix 🇺🇸 @MoosesFelix]

Charles cracks me up. Never had heard Bird was saying "get this old man off me"

I did hear Bird was giving Dr J a running total of points scored. Dr J had about 6 while Bird had about 40

Dr J finally snapped.....

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Probably nothing bad will happen.

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

These Lotus Pods capture perfectly what it’s like to be alive in 2026. 🤭😂

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Did you know you’re moving at a different speed depending on where you stand on Earth? 🌎💨

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Ted Williams loved Babe Ruth.

Peep the caption at the bottom of this picture.

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Ethel Caterham, the oldest person currently alive turns 117 today!

Born in August 21, 1909 in England, she's been through everything imaginable!

Go Ethel!!! 🎁

[Nathan Woods @nwoods33]

@OleTimeHardball I think the real stat that should be the difference maker is the Vegas crab legs vs the inflight drinking accolades.

I think im going with Bret for the fact he owned that story telling it in spring training.

[Larry Legend☘️ @LarryBirdDaily]

Bird could have averaged 30, but his greatest gift was seeing passes nobody else could..

[ArcVYCK @ArcVyck]

How the tallest building stands on sand

[Tanya Narbut🇮🇱🇺🇦 @NarbutTanya]

Это замечательный, легендарный баскетболист , много лет отыгравший в НБА на позиции центрового. Имя ему - Шакила О'Нил . Короче - Шак.
https://t.co/IjBljRho1z...
Выйдя на заслуженный отдых и заработав состояние порядком 400 миллионов долларов - он помогает тем, кто в этом реально нуждается .
Не верит в фонды , не верит посредникам. Лично сам шатается по магазинам , высматривает тех , кто нуждается в помощи и помогает им. Платит за игрушки , электронику , мебель и компьютеры.
Детям и не только им .
При этом делает это с таким тактом , что люди не чувствуют неловкости .
" Всегда помни откуда ты пришел " - вот его девиз по жизни.

[Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸 @KathleenWinche3]

Did you know this about interstate numbering?!