70-Year-Old Pensioner Has Completed Over 100 Marathons in the Last 20 Years
A 70-year-old Chinese woman has been dubbed “Super Grannie” after it was revealed that she is an avid runner, with over 100 marathons completed in the last two decades. Most people choose to take it easy after they retire, but Liaoning-based Wang Lang is definitely not one of them. She only started running at the […]
Rock Climbing Master Scales Steep Cliffs Without Using His Hands
Johnny Dawes, one of the influential rock climbers in history, and a true living legend in certain circles, has been getting a lot of attention in recent years for his no-handed climbing feats. Dawes, aka the Stone Monkey, the Leaping Boy, the Dawes, has always been famous for his dynamic rock climbing style and bold […]
Backwards Man – Unique Superpower Allows Man to Speak Backwards
John Sevier Austin, a video editor from North Carolina, has a very unusual superpower – his brain allows him to speak and sing backwards, and is fluent in the unique “language”. Ever since he was a young boy, Austin knew that he was a bit different than most children his age. Try as he might, […]
Woman Spends Over $150,000 on Two Footbridges to Make Sure Her Son Gets to School Safely
A loving mother in China’s Henan province spent more than a million yuan ($154,000) building two metal footbridges in front of her son’s school, to make sure he and the other kids cross the road safely. The woman, identified only by her surname, Meng, recently told Henan Television Station that the road outside her son’s […]
India’s ‘Mango Man’ Creates Mango Tree That Produces 300 Different Varieties
Haji Kalimullah Khan, aka Mango Man, is a world renowned horticulturist and fruit breeder known for his accomplishments in breeding mangoes, and especially for his crowning achievement, a mango tree that produces 300 different varieties. When Haji Kalimullah Khan dropped out of school at the age of 15 to make growing and breeding mangoes his […]
91-Year-Old Active Police Officer Has No Plans to Retire Anytime Soon
At 91 years of age, LC “Buckshot” Smith may just be the world’s oldest serving police officer, but he says he has no plans to retire just yet. Buckshot doesn’t move around as fast as he used to, but that hasn’t been stopping him from patrolling the street of his home town, Camden, in Arkansas, […]
Eco-Warrior Spends 24 Years Turning Barren Hills Into Lush Green Forest
Once called a madman and laughed at by members of his community, an Indonesian man is now being hailed as a hero after spending a quarter of a century covering 250 hectares of barren hillsides around his home with banyan and ficus trees. The story of Sadiman, the Indonesian man who singlehandedly brought a forest […]
Indian Man Turns Barren Land Into 10,000-Tree Orchard
An Indian man who started planting trees in a barren, sand-filled field 15 years ago is now being praised for transforming the wasteland into a 10,000-tree orchard. Satyendra Gautam Manjhi, a simple man from the small village of Imaliyachak, in the Indian state of Bihar, claims he was inspired to start planting trees after being […]
This 7-Year-Old Girl Can Deadlift 80Kg, Might Be Strongest Kid Ever
Rory van Ulft, a 7-year-old Canadian gymnast, has been raising eyebrows with her weightlifting achievements, recently becoming the youngest under-11 and under-13s US Youth National Champion in history. Rory took up weightlifting about two years ago, as a way of becoming stronger. She had started doing gymnastics but learned that she could get injured doing […]
Woman Shares Her Home With 1,300 Dogs, 100 Cats and Four Horses
Wen Junhong, a 68-year-old woman from China, has been adopting stray animals for over two decades, and now shares her home with 1,300 canines, 100 cats and four horses. When Wen Junhong adopted her first stray dog, twenty years ago, she had no idea that she would one day be taking care of over 1,000 […]
The Russian Granny Who Became World Knife-Throwing Champion
Galina Chuvina, a retired woman from the small Russian town of Sasovo, took up knife throwing as a hobby and ended up becoming an eight time national champion, European champion and even world champion. Chuvina was 56 years old when she discovered knife throwing, back in 2007. The pensioner had landed a simple job in […]
Indian Man Spends 30 Years Single-Handedly Digging Water Canal to His Village
Laungi Bhuiyan, a pensioner from the Indian state of Bihar, has become known as “Canal Man” after it was revealed that he spent 30 years of his life digging a 3-kilometer-long water canal, all by himself, using hand tools. The remote village of Kothilawa, in the Lahthua area of Gaya district, had always suffered water […]
Indian Couple Buy Land Next to Tiger Reserve And Simply Let Nature Take Over
For the last two decades, Indian wildlife photographer and conservationist Aditya Singh and his wife have been buying land adjacent the famous Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, and simply letting the forest grow back as a refuge for big cats and other wildlife. In 1998, Aditya Singh left his comfortable job with Indian civil services […]
The Unbelievably Realistic Feline Drawings of Yuki Kudo
When it comes to hyper-realistic drawing, cats and other felines must be among the most difficult things to pull odd due to their fur. Getting every strand just right requires a steady hand and mountains of patience, and that’s what makes Yuki Kudo’s artworks so damn special. Over the past decade, we’ve posted some pretty […]
11-Year-Old Athlete Wins Multiple Gold Medals Running in Makeshift Shoes Made from Bandages
Rhea Ballos, an 11-year-old student of Salvacion Elementary School in Balasan, the Philippines, has become an overnight sensation after winning three gold medals in a provincial sports event, despite not having proper running shoes. The young athlete managed to win the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run in the girls’ categories while […]