12 Stories From 2015 That Remind You The World Is A Pretty Decent Place

There's probably no word too hard for this guy to pronounce.

To everyone's delight, Liam Dutton, a weatherman for British TV station Channel 4 News casually nailed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch -- the name of a Welsh village, during a report. (No, that's not a typo. This place actually exists.)

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Twelve-year-old Mathew Flores loves to read. But until recently, advertisements were the only reading materials available to the boy.

Flores approached his mailman, Ron Lynch, in a Salt Lake City suburb to ask if he could have any junk mail.

Instead, Lynch asked his Facebook friends if they could spare some books for Flores.

People from around the world, including the U.K., Australia and India, sent books to Mathew. Lynch told HuffPost hundreds of books have been delivered to the boy's door.

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Now this is one flight delay we actually wish we were stuck in.

A video uploaded to YouTube captures every theater geek's dream-come-true: a sing-off between Broadway cast members of "The Lion King" and "Aladdin." Though it took place during a six-hour weather delay at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, the singing turned what could've been a dreary scene into an incredible one.

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Ahmed Mohamed, a ninth-grade student in Irving, Texas, was arrested and sent to juvenile detention after bringing a homemade clock to school, according to The Dallas Morning News.

The hashtag #IStandWithAhmed began trending on Twitter after Ahmed's arrest was first reported, with thousands chastising the arrest and suspension, and standing in solidarity with the boy.

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Seattle's public transit system has had a ruff go of things lately, and that has riders smiling.

You see, of the 120 million riders who used the system last year, at least one of them is a dog. Seattle's KOMO-TV reports the 2-year-old black Labrador mix, named Eclipse, has become a regular fixture on the city's D-Line after she figured out how to ride the bus alone to the dog park.

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Following Donald Trump's offensive comments toward Muslims, one elderly patient decided to show her Muslim doctor that she stands in solidarity with him.

Fahim Rahim, a kidney doctor at Idaho Kidney Center, shared a photo on Facebook of himself and his 91-year-old patient, posing with some crocheted stuffed animals earlier this week. The doctor explained in his post that the patient gave him the animals, which she made herself, for a very sweet reason.

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When 95-year-old Bill Palmer called into a BBC radio show saying he was lonely and missed his wife, the show's hosts had just the solution: invite him to the studio for a cup of coffee.

The story resonated with thousands of listeners, who phoned in offering support for Bill. The studio even plans to keep in touch with Bill in the future, according to Metro.

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This groovy teacher's giving us a lesson in funk.

Scott Pankey led his students at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School in Dallas, in an epic dance to Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," proving that educators got style, too.

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Everyone deserves a little fun in life, even stray dogs.

Eugene Bostick, an 80-year-old retiree and his brother decided to take abandoned dogs in, giving them shelter and food. He also wanted to take them on trips outside the farm.

So he put together a makeshift train to take the dogs through the streets, to a nearby forest or creek.

"Whenever they hear me hooking the tractor up to it, man, they get so excited," Bostick told The Dodo. "They all come running and jump in on their own. They're ready to go."

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Wanting every girl at his high school to feel loved on Valentine’s Day, one big-hearted Oklahoma teen decided to surprise all of them with cards and candy this year -- a total of 1,076 girls.

According to KFOR, Dan Williams, a student at Edmond High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, had to work all summer to raise enough money for the surprise gifts. “To know that someone cares about them, that's the best feeling in the world I think,” he told the news outlet.

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