Category: People

45-Year-Old Irishman Builds Lego Empire Over the Course of 6 Years—and It’s Astounding

Graham Young, a 45-year-old Cobh, Ireland, local, has spent the last six years building a Lego empire of extraordinary scope and scale. Driven by passion for the colorful, interchangeable, textured blocks, Young has spent over 15,000 euros (approx. US$18,250) on Lego, focusing on fulfilling a dream of making it his career. Young’s fascination with Lego started…


Video Shows Marine Veteran Rescuing Fallen American Flag on the Highway on Memorial Day

It was raining, and former U.S. Marine Kevin White—driving down Texas Highway 75—spotted what looked like a T-shirt in the middle of the road. But as White got closer, he saw that the crumpled red, white, and blue fabric was no T-shirt. The soaking-wet heap was clearly a fallen American flag. It was Memorial Day….


Couple Told They Couldn’t Marry at 15 Are Wedded 22 Years Later With Same Ring

A man has married his childhood sweetheart after 22 years apart. He proposed with the same engagement ring he gave her when they were 15. Helen Marshall, 41, and Graeme Richardson, 42, from Wasdale, Cumbria, England, met in school and admired each other from across the corridors before they fell head over heels in young…


2nd-Grader Battling Cancer at Home Keeps Up in Class—Thanks to Teacher Who Visits Him Every Day

A second-grader battling leukemia during the pandemic was saved from falling behind in class, thanks to a teacher who went the extra mile for him. Barb Heim, who’s taught first grade at Conneaut Valley Elementary in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, for 35 years, brought lessons to Harrison Conner when he couldn’t make it to class. Driving 20 minutes from…


Air Force Mom Deployed for 6 Months Secretly Returns Home to Surprise Son, Younger Brother

A military mom from Tampa recently staged a surprise for her son and younger brother at Tampa Heights Elementary after a six-month deployment overseas. Eboni Bailey, an Air Force technical sergeant and mother to first-grader Jewelz Williamz, had been deployed to southeastern Europe for six months. During their long separation, Jewelz had missed his mom…


16-Year-Old Boy Saves Struggling Homeless Man Ignored by Pedestrians by Performing CPR

A teen from England has been credited with saving a homeless man’s life. The school student performed CPR on the sidewalk by following instructions given over the phone, helping revive the man before medics arrived. Bradley Jacobsen, 16, from Skelmersdale, was on his way into Liverpool city center to shop for clothes on April 21, when…


Mom Captures Heartbreaking Moment of Daughter Losing Half a Head of Hair to Alopecia

A British mother captured a photo of her 12-year-old daughter breaking down in tears after losing half a head of hair in less than a year to alopecia. Lola Robertson, from the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, has lost almost all of her stunning long hair to the condition after huge clumps of her hair started…


Mt Everest Climbers Become Oldest American, Fastest Woman Ever to Reach the Summit

A retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world’s highest peak, on Sunday returned safely from the mountain where climbing teams have struggled with bad weather. Arthur Muir, 75, scaled the peak earlier this month,…


Treasure Hunter Unearths 2.2 Carat Yellow Diamond at State Park for Future Bride’s Engagement Ring

Christian Liden has nurtured a dream since 8th grade: to one day create an engagement ring for his future wife out of materials he himself mined. It was this dream that propelled him to Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park where he discovered a 2.20 carat yellow diamond—especially precious. Liden, 26, made the 2,000-mile trip from Poulsbo,…


Mom of 7 Has 5 Kids in 4 Years After Giving Birth to 3 Sets of Twins

A mother of seven who has had three sets of twins gave birth to five babies within the span of four years and says she wouldn’t have her family any other way. Meredith Maitland, 40, from San Francisco, California, had seven kids from just four pregnancies after giving birth to three sets of twins and…