Category: People

Husband Buys Old, Rusty Camper, Transforms It Into Beautiful Sewing Studio for His Wife

Keen to support his wife and her passion project of redesigning clothes, a husband transformed an old rusty camper into a beautiful, fully functional sewing studio. His wife, bowled over, now has the space she needs to design. “My husband, Bob, was going to build me a small building to use as my studio, but…


105-Year-Old Runner Sets New World Record in 100m Track-and-Field Race in Senior Games

A hurricane wearing running shoes swept across the track at Louisiana University Track Complex in Hammond last month, crossing the 100-meter finish line to set a new world record. Running the race solo, Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins on Nov. 6 made sport history at the 2021 Louisiana Senior Games. In one fell swoop, she became the…


Entrepreneur Makes Trendy Tiles, Shelves, Tabletops From Used Bamboo Chopsticks From Restaurants

A Vancouver entrepreneur has transformed a most highly disposable object—the bamboo chopstick—into a viable business model, making trendily sustainable wall tiles, coasters, kitchenware, tabletops, and more. In a city that tosses hundreds of thousands of chopsticks per week, Felix Böck, 32, CEO of ChopValue, saw an opportunity. Initially, he floated several ideas for upcycling waste…


VIDEO: Teen Football Player Thinks It’s Just a Normal Coin Toss—Until He Sees Army Dad Dressed as Ref

What started as a coin toss before a high school football game turned into a surprise reunion between a footballer son and his Army dad returning from deployment overseas. Servicemember Fred Grooms Sr. had never watched his son play a high school football game before; this would be a first. It would also be Fred…


Can You Spot These Hidden Snow Leopards? Now Meet the Man Behind These 4 Incredible Photos

An Indian photographer whose mind-boggling photos of camouflaged snow leopards became a viral sensation has shared a quiz, the all-important answers, and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life as a wildlife photographer. Ismail Shariff, 41, from Hyderabad in southeastern India, has been clicking pictures of sunsets, sunrises, and wildlife since 2005. Snow leopards became his favorite…


90-Year-Old Dog Lover Passes, Leaves Over $32,000 to Buy Police K9s Bulletproof Vests

A lifelong lover of dogs—especially German shepherds—Pamela Mobbs left a gift of over $32,000 from her estate to the Volusia Sheriff’s K-9 officers after passing away in October 2020 at the age of 90. The sum is to be divided exactly in half, respectively going toward supplying bulletproof vests for K-9 units in the field…


Contractors Find Pioneer-Era 1800s Log Homestead Under Exterior of Modern Utah Home

An original hand-hewn homestead from the pioneer era was uncovered when demolition contractors pealed back the exterior of what was thought to be a modern bungalow in Orem, Utah. The antique log house—featuring updates from the early- to mid-1900s—was last owned by the Shamadas, of Japanese decent, who once ran a fruit stand on the…


Kind Stranger Gifts Trailer to Family Living in Tents After Hurricane Ida Destroyed Their Home

A Louisiana family sleeping in tents after Hurricane Ida ripped through their house has been gifted a trailer by a kind benefactor. With renewed access to hot showers and warm beds, the grateful family are now able to focus their attention on rebuilding their home. The Nazios of Paradis, Louisiana, evacuated to Texas on Aug. 28…


‘I Was Gobsmacked’: Dog Gives Birth to 10 Puppies, Double the Average of Her Breed

A sausage dog has defied the odds to give birth to an incredible litter of 10 puppies, shocking its owner. Two-year-old Cheesecake, the dachshund, surprised Stacey Whiteley, 42, as she gave birth to almost double the average amount of puppies on Sept. 8. Stacey, a mother-of-two who works as a planner in the water industry, expected eight…


Woman Rammed by Semitruck That Folds Car Like Pancake—but She ‘Miraculously’ Has ‘Minor Injuries’

The never-ending series of storms and record rainfall in Washington state had motorists slowing down on the Skagit River Bridge just to marvel at the high waters. It was this curious distraction that caused an accident that state troopers can hardly believe wasn’t fatal on Nov. 16. A woman on the bridge was traveling northbound…