Category: People

‘A Memory That Will Last a Lifetime’: High School Senior Takes Great Grandmother for His Prom

For one Watford City High School senior, his prom night turned out to be really special after his 92-year-old great-grandmother accepted his promposal and went with him. Dakota Michael Wollan, 18, had spoken to his parents about how he didn’t know who to take this year for prom, when his father came up with the…


Soldier Dies on Operating Table, Comes Back, Tells of Near-Death Experience, Words From the Lord 40 Years Later

A talented athlete, Scott Drummond was drafted into the Army in 1971 while his peers shipped off to Vietnam. He was lucky. His skills on the basketball court kept him off the front lines, playing ball in Germany in the military as many of his soldier brothers died in Vietnam. While Drummond survived, his own…


Top of the World: Elementary Schoolteacher Sets Mountain Climbing Record

It’s called a fastest known time, or an FKT for short. It’s a formal and public way to keep track of who’s gone the fastest on a trail, up a mountain, or through a canyon. The official timekeepers are the regional editors at FastestKnownTime.com, who regularly update the website to show who’s doing what and how…


New Orleans Startup Turns Glass Into Sand—And They’ve Recycled 2 Million Pounds in 2 Years

A startup company in New Orleans has been making headlines for its genius approach to recycling glass into sand. Franziska Trautmann, 24, was a college senior at Tulane University when she was frustrated seeing glass going into landfill. Wanting to do something about the issue, she and Max Steitz began to recycle glass in the spring…


Real-Life Tarzan: Plant-Lover Spends Over $26,000 Turning Home Into Jungle

A plant-lover has spent 20,000 pounds ($26,000) on turning his home into an indoor jungle complete with 3,000 plants. Jonny Balchandani, 34, has slowly been transforming his home for the last decade after falling in love with nature and plants. His five-bed home in Castlemorton, Malvern, England, has been taken over by indoor plants, with over…


Mom of 2 Sets of Twins Reveals How She Cares for Her Kids Who Are All Under the Age 5

A young mom from Australia has revealed the surprising moment she found out that she was pregnant with a second set of twins and how she manages her overflowing schedule caring for her four children who are all under the age of 5. Gabby Radlof, 28, lives with her family—Ben, 29, a self-employed builder, and…


Mom of 2 Sets of Twins Reveals How She Cares for Her Kids Who Are All Under the Age of 5

A young mom from Australia has revealed the surprising moment she found out that she was pregnant with a second set of twins and how she manages her overflowing schedule caring for her four children who are all under the age of 5. Gabby Radlof, 28, lives with her family—Ben, 29, a self-employed builder, and…


82-Year-Old Grandma Enjoys Weekly Bootcamp, Action-Packed Holidays, and Manual Jobs

Meet the 82-year-old grandma who enjoys early morning boot camp sessions, yoga holidays to the Spanish island of Ibiza, and still works as an electrical contractor. Superfit pensioner Anne Leigh, who is a mum of two and grandmother of seven, refuses to let her age slow her down. The marathon runner from Hedgerley Green, South Bucks,…


Farmer Installs Two 22-Foot Tornado Fighter Jet Fuel Tanks Outside His House to Help Confused Postmen

A wacky farmer has installed two 22-foot Tornado fighter jet fuel tanks outside his home—to help confused postmen find his property. Matt Thompson, 40, became fed up after regularly missing letters and parcels which were mistakenly delivered to seven neighboring houses with the same postcode in Ulceby, Lincolnshire. Matt Thompson with the bomber jet tanks….


Fallen Officer’s Wife Prays at Grave for Miracle, Meets This Special Man Weeks Later

April Katherman-Redgrave and her late husband, Mike, were teenagers when they first met. They later married and had two sons. Their small family was just perfect before the tragedy struck. When Mike, a San Jose police officer, was killed on duty in a motorcycle accident, April was utterly lost and heartbroken. Visiting the cemetery months after…