Category: Inspired

A Father to the Fatherless

Abandoned by his dad at 14, this Youtuber becomes a father to all of the internet fatherless kids. (Video courtesy of Rob Kenney) …


4 Cases of Mass Hysteria in History—Meowing Nuns, Medieval Dance Plague, Laughter Pandemic, and More

Mass hysteria is a term used to describe the situation in which physical or psychological symptoms appear en masse, spreading rapidly throughout communities, and occasionally across whole cities and countries. During an outbreak, afflicted individuals may experience uncontrollable laughter, fainting, fits, dizziness, muscle weakness, or any number of other symptoms that do not appear to…


‘I Destroyed a Family’: Walt Tells How He Had Surgery to Be Laura, Then Detransitioned After Regretting

“I regret what I did because it was so selfish,” Walt Heyer, 82, told The Epoch Times. “I destroyed my career, I destroyed a family with a wonderful wife and two wonderful children, because no one would speak up and talk about the fact that you can’t change your gender.” Born in California, Heyer, an…


VIDEO: Sick Cat Picks Right Family to Ask for Help, Starting His New Life in Their Loving Home

A sick, malnourished cat living on the streets got lucky for the first time in a long time when he approached a stranger and asked for help. It was 21-year-old James David’s brother who first met Gnar, a skinny ginger tom cat, hiding under his car in late August last year and gave him food….


Boy With Rare Facial Deformities Was Given Up By His Parents, Grows Up to Earn PhD in Craniofacial Science

A baby who was born with a rare genetic disorder that causes facial deformities was given a poor prognosis by doctors and abandoned by his birth parents. However, he got a second chance at life when he was adopted by a Christian family who supported him through surgeries, an autism diagnosis, brutal bullying, and countless…


1,600-Year-Old Ancient Roman Goblet Shows Evidence of Nanotechnology That Causes Cup to Miraculously Change Color

The Lycurgus Cup, as it is known due to its depiction of a scene involving King Lycurgus of Thrace, is a 1,600-year-old jade-green Roman chalice that changes color depending on the direction of the light falling upon it. The glass chalice had baffled scientists ever since its acquisition by the British Museum in the 1950s….


‘Cat’s Eye’ Street Cat Photographer Publishes a Photo Album to Restore the Innocence of Human Nature

In the bustling streets of Hong Kong, people walk everywhere, and all kinds of people are close to each other; but they always have an unconscious facade and seldom open their hearts to strangers. “When I was taking photos of people interacting with cats, I saw that people can drop their facades and get along…


Colorado Deputy Gets Badge Pinned On by the Officer Who Saved Her Life as a Neglected Victim 22 Years Ago

Life could have turned out so differently for one Colorado deputy. But the moment she had her badge pinned on at her graduation from the sheriff’s academy, by an officer who saved her life 22 years years ago, shows how far she has come. Escondido police Sgt. Jeff Valdivia with deputy Natalie Young. (Courtesy of…


Enduring Diners: Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic

Mom and pop restaurants were once ubiquitous in the United States. Whether you lived in a large city such as Minneapolis, a medium-sized city such as Nashville, or a New Hampshire village, there was a little restaurant where you could get homestyle cooking at an affordable price—all while connecting with the community. When a beloved…


Thrift Store Employee Stumbles On Ultra-Vintage Leather Jacket Dating Back to Red River Natives in 1800s Canada

Experts in vintage clothing at a UK thrift store stumbled on an amazing discovery in a shipment: a handmade, hand-embroidered leather jacket believed to have ties to indigenous Red River Canada. Alice Leadbetter, head of marketing at Glass Onion vintage store in South Yorkshire, told The Epoch Times, “When I held the jacket I was…