Talented Artist Creates Cardboard Dioramas That Doubles as Detailed Portaits
Kuronushi is a young Japanese artist who specializes in shadow art. He puts together hundreds of pieces of cardboard that, when viewed from different angles, project detailed shadows. You’ve probably seen shadow art – expertly arranged objects that project certain shadows – before, but Kuronushi’s creations are on another level. He glues together hundreds of […]
Autistic Boy Wins National Golf Tournament After Playing Only Three Rounds His Whole Life
12-year-old Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau has become the talk of the town in his native New Zealand after winning a national golf tournament despite having played just three rounds of golf his entire life. Playing with borrowed clubs and wearing basketball sneakers, Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau managed to score an impressive 87 Stableford points during his three nine-hole rounds […]
This 90-Year-Old Is the World’s Oldest Male Bodybuilder
90-year-old Jim Arrington got into bodybuilding when he was 13 years old, and he has been keeping at it ever since. At 90 years old, he holds the Guinness World Record for “oldest active male bodybuilder”. Jim Arrington discovered bodybuilding when he was 13. He walked into a drug store and saw these big, bulky […]
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, […]
Teenage Boy Learns Makeup, Goes from “Ugly Duckling” to “Swan”
An 18-year-old boy recently shared the story of his impressive physical transformation to inspire other teenagers who consider themselves unattractive to start taking care of themselves and not to be ashamed to use makeup to improve their looks. They say a person’s personality is more important than their physical looks, but try telling that to […]
The “Dog Lady of Delhi” Looks After Over 400 Strays
Pratima Devi, a 65-year-old ragpicker from New Delhi, India, has dedicated the last three decades of her life to caring for stray dogs. Rummaging through trash and running a small tea stall barely allows her to support herself, but she’ll gladly skip a meal or two to feed the hundreds of dogs she looks after on […]
7-Year-Old Boy Suffering from Rare Condition Runs Triathlons to Stay Alive
Jake Vella suffers from a rare hormonal condition that causes him to rapidly gain weight despite eating healthy and doing regular exercise. There is nothing anyone can do to stop the weight gain, but in order to stop the process and stay alive, the 7-year-old boy competes in triathlons. Jake’s parents first noticed there was something […]
Anonymous Philanthropist Hides $50,000 Worth of $100 Bills Around Oregon City, Changes People’s Lives
For the last three years, a mystery philanthropist has been hiding $100 bills in and around the city of Salem, Oregon. A total of $50,500 worth of bills has been reported so far, but the true donated sum could be much larger. The first hidden $100 bills were found at stores and events in Salem in […]
Inspiring Wheelchair-Bound Woman Teaches People How to Dance
Chelsie Hill knew she wanted to become a dancer ever since she was 3 years old, and not even a life-altering accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down was going to wreck her dream. She learned to use her wheelchair as part of her body and started to dance again. Today she is an […]
Amazing Ping Pong Player with No Arms Will Convince You That Nothing Is Impossible
Egyptian para-table tennis player Ibrahim Hamato has no arms, yet he can put almost any amateur ping-pong player to shame. How he is able to handle the paddle with his mouth and actually direct his shots is still a mystery to me, but watching him play is fascinating “I had an accident when I was […]
Real-Life Forrest Gump Walks 34,000 Miles in 14 Years Spreading a Simple but Powerful Message
14 years ago, Steve Fugate took it upon himself to walk across America, as therapy after losing his son. Since then, he has achieved his goal 6 times, and is currently on his seventh attempt. Through his extraordinary journey, he hopes to spread just one simple message – ‘Love Life’. He started his latest walk […]
Meet Erik Weihenmayer, the World’s Most Accomplished Blind Adventurer
Erik Weihenmayer became blind at age 13, but he has never let this life-altering event limit him in any way. He is one of those rare individuals who have not just managed to overcome a disability, but live like it never happened. He is also the only blind person in the world to have scaled […]
64-Year-Old Ripped Grandfather Proves It’s Never Too Late to Get Fit
Robert – a grandfather from Kentucky, is living proof that it’s never too late to start exercising and get fit. He started working out intensely at the age of 56 when he was overweight and unable to walk without a cane. Now, he’s got amazingly toned muscles and and is in the best shape of […]
Retired Barber Gives Homeless People Haircuts in Exchange for Hugs
Although some of us refuse to believe it, we live in a mean, cutthroat world. Luckily there are still some genuine good Samaritans out there, and Anthony Cymerys is definitely one of them. For the last 25 years, the man known as Joe the Barber has been offering homeless people in Hartford, Connecticut haircuts in exchange for […]
Dashrath Manjhi – The Man Who Moved a Mountain
Dasrath Manjhi, a landless farmer from India, made history after he spent over two decades chiseling away at a mountain with rudimentary tools, in order to create a road for his community, when the Government refused to. If you’re looking for some motivation, stories don’t get much more inspirational than that of Dasrath Manjhi. 53 years […]