
Amazing
10-year-old girl climbs Yosemite’s El Capitan
A 10-year-old girl scaled Yosemite National Park's El Capitan, making her possibly the youngest person to climb the giant granite monolith that is one of the most celebrated and challenging peaks in the world. Selah Schneiter from Glenwood Springs, Colorado, made the 3,000-foot climb of the vertical rock formation with her ...
Spectacular crystal cave set to wow visitors
A cave bursting with giant, clear crystals will stun visitors when it opens to the public for the first time later this year. Visitors and tourists will be able to travel down the abandoned silver mine in Andalucia in Spain to experience the natural wonders for themselves. Located 164 feet (50 meters) ...
Aquarium displays rare leafy sea dragons
A Southern California aquarium has built one of the world's largest habitats for the surreal and mythical sea dragons, found only in a small area of temperate waters off the southern and western coasts of Australia. The Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San ...
Ready, aim, oops! Historic tank turns lemon-lime yellow
A Korean War era tank owned by the West Virginia National Guard has turned bright lemon-lime yellow. The reason was a mystery until the sponsor of a science fiction club at Bluefield State College owned up to the mistake in a letter to The Bluefield Daily Telegraph .Jerry Conner said ...
Retrial planned for man who broke $4.5M statue’s thumb
Federal prosecutors plan to retry a Delaware man who admitted he broke a thumb off a $4.5 million statue at a Philadelphia museum.Philly.com reports prosecutors told a judge Thursday they're refiling charges against Michael Rohana for theft and concealment of an object of cultural heritage.A jury deadlocked in the case ...
Kitten stowaways found after long journey in steel column
Five kittens that stowed away on a 400-mile trip to San Diego are looking for new homes.The San Diego Humane Society says the kittens somehow wound up inside a 60-foot steel column that was trucked from Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area to San Diego.On April 24, construction workers ...
Berlin park’s drug dealer solution panned by authorities
A creative attempt by a downtown Berlin park manager to keep drug dealers away from families and joggers has been met with an emphatic "nein" from German officials.Cengiz Demirci demarcated certain areas in the popular Goerlitzer Park with pink spray-painted lines for the dealers to stand behind, with the intention ...
Australia takes responsibility for typos on 46M bank notes
Australia's central bank has taken responsibility for typos on 46 million bank notes after a radio station posted an image of the microscopic error on social media.Triple M radio posted on Instagram on Thursday a magnified photograph of a 50 Australian dollar ($35) note showing the misspelling of "responsibility." The ...
Eagle with 8-foot wing span crashes into Alaska home
Many are familiar with uninvited guests unexpectedly crashing at the house, but an eagle took such a scenario to new heights in Kodiak.An eagle grabbed a piece of freezer-burned halibut that someone had thrown out, and apparently misjudged its climb up a cliff with the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) piece of fish ...
A photographer visited an abandoned mongolian tribe. These pictures are crazy!
The people of the ‘Dukha’ is a mongolian tribe among the cultures people thought to disappear centuries ago.
A new study says: The more time you spend with your mother, the longer she will live
When was the last time you saw your mother?
Hero dog saves his little sister from this dangerous creature in the backyard
Haus is a German Shepherd who just recently proved exactly why canines are certainly man’s best friend. The DeLuca family rescued the two year old dog from an animal shelter a while back.
Officer hears what employee says to him, sits in silence for a minute – Then takes action
A police officer in Tennessee learned that the woman in front of him at the fast food drive-thru had paid for his breakfast, he paid her back in his own special way. It all happened one morning when Angel Brooks told ...
Teacher welcomes students to school in special way, writes inspirational note that’s gone viral
One Queensland, Australia teacher from Bowen State School went above and beyond her job and crafted an incredible letter to her incoming fourth-grade class. Understanding that starting a new year is an often daunting ...
Teacher posts her salary online — then a stranger filled her classroom with supplies
A woman who revealed her teaching salary on Facebook is now thanking a man she’s never met for adopting her Arizona classroom.
Husband starts building pool he dreamed of as a boy. 20 years later his yard is talk of the town
Back in 1992, Micky Thornton moved to Covington, Tennessee, and wanted to build a backyard pool for his family to enjoy.
Little boy with brain tumor cries when Chick-fil-A breaks Sunday closing rule just for him
Chick-fil-A have been praised after staff in Texas visited a young boy preparing for brain surgery to deliver a portion of nuggets, despite the restaurant being closed for the Easter holiday.
8 hours post-labor, a woman became a donor for 50 people. Husband managed to capture her with their newborn
Sometimes, joyful events are so quickly followed by painful ones that your emotions don’t know what to do – be overjoyed or grieve. Even though we always strive for a happy ending, the causes and consequences of these...
