Category: Inspired

100-Year-Old Man in Brazil Breaks World Record for ‘Longest Career in the Same Company,’ Shares Life Lesson:

As folks working lifetime jobs goes the way of the dinosaurs, one man in Brazil — who just turned 100 — recently claimed the world record for the “longest career in the same company.” Walter Orthmann has been working at ReneauxView in Santa Catarina state for 84 years and 9 days, Guinness World Records verified on Jan. 6, 2022. His…


100-Year-Old Man Breaks World Record for ‘Longest Career in the Same Company,’ Shares Life Lesson:

As folks working lifetime job tenures go the way of the dinosaurs, one man in Brazil — who just turned 100 — recently claimed the world record for the “longest career in the same company.” Walter Orthmann has been working at ReneauxView in Santa Catarina state for 84 years and 9 days, Guinness World Records verified on Jan. 6, 2022….


VIDEO: Fearless, Fluffy Pup’s Paragliding Adventures With His Owner Go Viral

Delighted to find out his fearless dog also had his eyes on the sky, an experienced paraglider commissioned a custom harness to allow the pair to paraglide safely together. As the pup’s enjoyment soared, so did their adventures. Shams, 39, grew up in the south of France and has been paragliding for 15 years. He…


(Gallery) America the Beautiful: Tour All 63 US National Parks

In 1882, choirmaster Samuel A. Ward took a leisurely ferry ride from Coney Island into New York City, was struck with inspiration at the summer scene, and immediately composed a tune. A decade later, on an 1893 summer day in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Katharine Lee Bates gazed out from a window and saw a “sea-like…


Kentucky Mom Gives Birth to Baby by Roadside While Older Kids Wait in Car

A Kentucky woman and proud mother of six delivered her baby boy on the side of a road on May 15 after feeling heavy contractions when she was driving home that day with her five children. Heather Skaats recalled the experience with TODAY Parents, explaining that her previous home births “sort of taught” her to know…


A Pair Celebrating Their 20th Wedding Anniversary Pay for Elderly Couple’s 60th-Anniversary Meal

A couple from Sydney, Australia, who were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on Lord Howe Island in New South Wales gave a gracious surprise to an elderly couple—who were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary—by paying anonymously for their meal. In February, Julie and Steven McMaster were celebrating 20 years of marriage at a Lord Howe…


Terrifying Bodycam Footage Shows SWAT Officer Responding to Baby Not Breathing, Giving CPR to Save a Life

Members of Atlanta’s highly trained SWAT team are normally called in to handle dangerous details, armed standoffs, or potentially explosive tactical situations. Giving CPR to a 4-month-old baby is not part of a SWAT officer’s typical day, but that’s exactly what happened on Friday, May 13, when one SWAT member had a chance emergency encounter…


Treasure Hunter Finds 2.38-Carat Diamond in the Dirt in Arkansas State Park After Decades of Sifting

At Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, a would-be treasure hunter “wet sifts” through pay dirt with a set of screens. Immersed in water, finer material washes away, leaving coarser rocks caught in the metal mesh. Sometimes, there are diamonds. It was here, at the East Drain of the park’s 37.5-acre tilled soil search…


Hilarious Moment Couple Wake Up to Find They’ve Been Snuggling Someone Else’s Dog

A Tennessee couple who woke in the middle of the night to find a strange dog in their bed during a storm have shared the hilarious anecdote on social media. Now, since reuniting the sweet pup with her rightful owners, they have secured her as a playmate for their own three dogs. Julie and Jimmy…


Documentary ‘Eternal Spring’ Goes On to Win Top Awards Despite Chinese Regime Interference—Q&A With Filmmaker Jason Loftus

Filmmaker Jason Loftus’s animated documentary “Eternal Spring” took two top awards following its North American premiere screening at the Hot Docs 2022 festival earlier this month. Having already won double prizes at its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in March, the film’s success and impact on audiences is a testament to Loftus’s unwavering resolve…