Tag: Inspiring News

This 800-Year-Old Medieval Wooden Church in Norway Looks Like Fantasy—But Was Built for This Apostle

This Medieval wooden church is in such excellent condition it’s hard to believe it was built over 800 years ago. Happening upon Borgund Stave Church in Norway, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d walked onto the set of a Tolkien fantasy film or a scene from “Game of Thrones.” One of Norway’s most visited landmarks,…


VIDEO: Police Officer Rushes Into Raging Texas Tornado to Rescue K9 Partner Trapped in Police Cruiser

A police officer was seen fighting through destructive winds to rescue his K9 partner in Deer Park, Texas, as a tornado hit the city on Tuesday, Jan. 24. In security camera footage that went viral, Officer Joel Nitchman is seen rushing out of a police station into the middle of a raging storm to rescue his…


Mom ‘Guilty’ That Her Son Was Bullied in School Due to Her Weight, so She Goes on a Weight Loss Journey and Sheds 154lb

A mother’s anguish at finding out her son was being teased due to her weight gave her the push to lose a whopping 154 pounds (approx. 70 kg) “My son was being bullied at school, which made me feel so guilty, but I didn’t know where to start,” Sophie Ratcliffe, 29, said according to a…


‘Finish Like Judy!’ 96-Year-Old Swimmer and Gold Medalist Shares Her Secret to Health

A lifelong swimmer who is still competing at the age of 96 has become an inspiration for not allowing her age to stop her from taking home gold. Native New Yorker Judith “Judy” Young was born in Brooklyn. She has two sons, aged 68 and 70, and today she lives in an independent senior community in…


Arizona Mechanic Builds Own Fleet of Dwarf Cars Out of Old Fridges, Junkyard Scraps—Opens Own Museum

Master tinkerer Ernie Adams had always wanted a race car. But who has money for a race car? Moreover, living in a little trailer park in Harvard, Nebraska, at the time he had no room to park one. So, Adams, who has worked in a garage since age 16, satisfied his longing by building his…


Bear Goes Viral After Taking 400 ‘Selfies’ Using Trail Camera in Colorado Park—And It’s Hilarious

A social media-savvy bear—seemingly—has gone viral after taking 400 “selfies” using a Colorado park trail cam. Amid scores of animals that cross the Open Space & Mountain Parks (OSMP) near Boulder every day, this bear decided to stop in front of one of the park’s nine trail cameras, apparently wanting to have some fun. The…


Arizona Couple Shares How They Paid Off $52,000 of Consumer Debt in Just 18 Months

An Arizona couple who decided to combine their finances after getting married found out they had a total of $52,000 in debt. They set to work paying it off as quickly as possible and cleared the mammoth debt in just 18 months. Today they are sharing their tips on how they did it and believe…


Conjoined Twins Undergo 11-Hour Separation by Team of 27 Medical Staff—Here’s How They Look Now

A Texas children’s hospital has successfully performed its first-ever separation surgery for 16-week-old conjoined twins in a complex 11-hour procedure, months in the making. Twin sisters AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley were born prematurely at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth on Oct. 3, 2022, by cesarean section, weighing 4 pounds, 7.8 ounces each….


This Looks Like a Normal Hill in New Zealand but It Has the Longest Name on Earth—Here’s How You Say It

A rather unremarkable hill in New Zealand has become world-famous for one feature alone, namely: its name, believed to be the longest place name on Earth. With 85 characters and 40 syllables, the toponym is a mouthful for most, though indigenous Polynesians or the most talented linguists might have a better row with it. The…


Pregnant Mom’s Migraine Turns out to Be Brain Tumor, Says Newborn Baby Saved Her Life

A British mom who suffered a miscarriage two years ago is now praising her newborn son for saving her life after doctors discovered her migraines were due to a brain tumor that was growing fast because of her pregnancy hormones. Abi Naylor, 28, was rushed to Macclesfield Hospital, Cheshire, in Northwest England, a week after…