Young Brothers Survive Almost a Month Alone in the Amazon Jungle
Two young brothers, ages six and eight, were recently rescued after miraculously surviving almost four weeks alone in Brazil’s Amazon jungle. Glauco and Gleison Ferreira left the family home near Manicoré, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, on February 18. They went into the nearby jungle to catch and hunt small birds but never came back. Around […]
Cliff Young – The Legendary 61-Year-Old Farmer Who Won a 550-Mile Ultra-Marathon
Cliff Young is a legend among ultra-marathon runners, and for good reason – at age 61, the Australian potato farmer became the unlikely winner of the grueling Westfield Sydney-Melbourne Ultra Marathon. Every year, thousands of seasoned runners from all over the world gather in Australia to take part in one of the most difficult ultra-marathons […]
India’s ‘Living Dead’ and the Man Who Spent 18 Years Proving That He Was Alive
Lal Bihari is probably India’s most famous living dead, one of many people killed off in official records so that relatives can claim their possessions for themselves. Killing off somebody on paper is apparently not that hard to do in India. All you need is some bribe money and local officials willing to do some […]
Self-Proclaimed ‘World’ Happiest Man’ Has Been Living on Cruise Ships for Over 20 Years
Most people go on cruise ships for vacations, but for Mario Salcedo, cruise ships have been his home for the last 23 years, and this continuous life on the water has made him “the world’s happiest man”. Calling Mario Salcedo a “super cruiser” would probably be an understatement. The retired financier has been on hundreds […]
Animal Lover Has Spent the Last 30 Years Running “World’s Loneliest Zoo”
Luo Yingjiu, an 81-year-old man in China’s Hubei Province, has spent the last three decades of his life taking care of sick and disabled animals at the “world’s loneliest zoo”. It was during the 1980s that Luo Yingjiu started buying animals and taking them home with him. He wasn’t doing it as a pet collector, […]
The Unbelievable Story of Carlos Kaiser, the Greatest Conman in Football History
Carlos Henrique Raposo, aka Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian former football player known primarily for having a decade-long career without actually playing a single game. As children, most people grow up dreaming of one day becoming sports champions, despite an obvious lack of athletic abilities. Most of us realize this to be nothing more than […]
Real-Life Aquaman Survives 28-Hour-Swim After Being Washed Out to Sea by Tsunami
A 57-year-old Tongan man who reportedly swam for 28 hours after being washed to sea by a tsunami has been dubbed a real-life Aquaman. On Saturday, the island nation of Tonga was hit by a devastating tsunami caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano. Lisala Folau, who lived on the small island of Atata, […]
Man Kidnapped as Child 33 Years Ago Finds Mother With Map of His Village Drawn From Memory
A 37-year-old man from Henan Province, in Eastern China, recently found his biological mother 33-years after being abducted, thanks to a map of his home village that he drew from memory. Li Jingwei was only four years old when he was abducted outside his family home in Yunan and sold to another family thousands of […]
72-Year-Old Woman Has 19 Consecutive Bench Press World Champion Titles, Is Going for 20
Chiyomi Sawa, a 72-year-old woman from Japan has been the undisputed World Masters Women’s Bench Press Champion for the last 19 years, and she doesn’t plan to stop dominating anytime soon. Walking past Chiyomi Sawa on the street, you’d be forgiven for mistaking her for just a petite, slightly overweight pensioner, but in reality, she […]
Meet Shauna Rae, a 22-Year-Old Woman Stuck In an 8-Year-Old’s Body
After surviving brain cancer as a child, 22-year-old Shauna Rae’ growth was stunted and she is now a young woman stuck in the body of an 8-year-old. Shauna Rae was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was only 6 months old and underwent chemotherapy treatment that saved her life but also caused damage to her […]
Hero Doctor Performs Over 37,000 Free Surgeries to Give Children a Chance at a Better Life
An Indian plastic surgeon is being praised as a hero without a cape after spending much of his life performing over 37,000 free procedures to correct children’s cleft palates and cleft lips. According to the CDC, cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lip or mouth do not form […]
Mother Chases Leopard for Over a Mile, Fights It to Save Her Son
A brave Indian woman reportedly chased after a leopard for over a mile, fighting it with her bare hands in order to rescue her young son from its claws. The woman, identified as Kiran Baiga, from Badi Jhiriya tribal village, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, was reportedly sitting outside her hut with her […]
Bartek Ostalowski – The World’s Only Armless Professional Sports Driver
Despite losing both arms in a tragic accident, a motorsports enthusiast has managed to pursue his passion by using his feet to drive cars and even competing against able-bodied drivers in drifting competitions. Bartek Ostalowski lost both his arms in a motorcycle accident in 2006, but that wasn’t enough to kill his dream of one […]
Cat Miraculously Survives 52 Days Alone Locked in an Abandoned House
A lucky cat somehow managed to survive 52 days locked in an abandoned house in the Dutch town of Vlaardingen, eating paper and struggling to find water sources. At the end of last month, the new owners of a house in Vlaardingen were shocked to see a thin, visibly malnourished cat race past them as […]
China’s Anti-Desertification Poster Family Has Been Fighting the Gobi Desert for 22 Years
Wang Tianchang and his family moved into the Gobi Desert 22 years ago, at a time when most people were running away from the encroaching wasteland. The Wangs have been fighting the desert ever since, becoming a symbol of China’s anti-desertification campaign. Desertification is one of China’s most serious environmental problems. The great Gobi Desert […]