Can books and stories about characters and events that are not real teach us anything useful?

I have read books since I first learned how to read and even before that, my mom would read long chapter books like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson before I went to bed. Both my mom and my dad were big readers when they were younger, my mom still being an avid reader and my dad a little bit less of one. My response to this question is of course, yes. I was raised on reading about fictional worlds and people. I think that when you read, especially when you have a wild imagination like mine, you are given the ability to open a door to a world that is unlike ours, sometimes better that our own world. I think people need this escape, some more than others, and it is a beautiful thing that authors are able to do this with just their words. I think you can learn a lot from reading in general, not only can you expand your vocabulary, but are also able to learn new things that could be useful in life. When I was younger, I never thought that I would enjoy learning about mythical creatures and types of abilities that have been thought of by people's imagination and used for characters in stories. But I love whenever I hear about a creature that I've never heard of or a new ability that has been made up. These are things I learned from fictional universes in the books that I read and they are useful to me because I am able to educate someone about the things I find interesting and see them become interested in it as well.