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One of California’s most famous surfers has four legs and a tail. They call her Rippin’ Rosie. She’s a lovable 5-year-old Labrador Retriever with golden fur and almost 340,000 followers on Instagram. “Everyone knows Rosie!” said local surfer Jeremiah Kille in a great video by DOG PPL (view below). The legend of Rosie continued to […] The post Surf’s Up for Pups at World Dog Surfing Championship…
Almost eight decades after she last played baseball, Maybelle Blair returned to the diamond—in a wheelchair—to inaugurate the new women’s US baseball league. It brought Blair’s uniquely American story full circle—and she wasn’t going to miss it for anything. “I tell you, I broke four ribs recently,” the 99-year-old told a news crew from WICS. […] The post Pro Women’s Baseball Returns for First…
Despite going blind, a remarkable horse is still on his way to becoming a dressage champion after adopting an extraordinary form of equine “braille”. The 15-year-old Appaloosa named Milo, has awed spectators since returning to the show ring last year despite losing sight in both eyes due to a devastating eye condition. The 16-hand gelding […] The post Blind Dressage Horse Wins Competitions By…
As Karolina Urbanova broke the log of white pine she was standing on in half with her axe, she notched the 2nd world record for women’s speed lumberjack events she set that day. The 11 inches of white pine was severed in 21.28 seconds, besting the previous time of 24.26. Urbanova is one of a […] The post Czech Woman Hacks Her Way into the Record Books at World Lumberjack Games in Wisconsin…
Scottish runner Josh Kerr just put in the fastest mile time in human history, breaking a record that had stood for 27 years after clocking 3:42.66. Set at the recent London Diamond League athletics meet, Kerr finished a half-second faster than the legendary Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a mile in 3:43.13 back […] The post British Runner ‘Calls His Shot’ and Breaks World Record in the…
For decades, experts have disputed whether weapons found in ancient burial chambers of Egyptian princesses were actually their tools or placed there in a purely symbolic way. Now, a reassessment of five royal women who lived 4,000 years ago showed they were skilled at archery. Strong muscle attachments and healed fractures were observed in multiple […] The post Pharaoh’s Daughters Were Skilled at…
Although everyone urged the giant man to pursue a basketball career as a 7-foot-3-inch athlete, but that was never his dream. Jordan Wilmore would rather help others, so he trained to become a Texas policeman. He was one of the tallest players in college basketball, but now, he’s going to be one of the tallest […] The post People Advised a Basketball Career, But Giant Man Wanted to Help Others–As…
An Indiana man accomplished the unimaginable after setting an audacious goal fourteen years ago: to walk the Earth’s circumference—24,901 miles. It took dedication and consistency over the course of thousands of days, but Russell Mumper met that goal on June 25. “He didn’t finish it with anything fancy,” his daughter, Shannon Mumper, told GNN. “My […] The post My Dad Just Walked the Equivalent of…
An England fan who used his life savings to take his grandad to the World Cup has been left stunned after a company inspired by their story gifted him the entire $13,000 back. Jacob Allmendinger sacrificed the cash he had saved up for a house deposit to take Geoff Golliker, 80, on the trip of […] The post England Fan Who Spent Life Savings on World Cup Trip with Granddad Gets Money Gifted Back…
As America celebrated its 250th Birthday, Kelsey Pflendler celebrated her own significant milestone—becoming the first American woman to row a boat from California to Hawaii alone. As she pulled into Ala Wai Boat Harbor in Honolulu, she also set records for being the fastest to complete to solo row among either sex, and the youngest […] The post Woman Rower Breaks Men’s Record for Fastest Solo…
