An unusual project has taken root in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. In a country where women are not allowed on bicycles, Skateistan — a grassroots project that has now grown into a full-blown NGO — aims to empower Afghan girls by giving them the chance…
William “Wil” Lawrence is a special little boy with a magical ability: he can fly! And it’s all thanks to his photographer dad, Alan, who first featured these photos on his blog: thatdadblog.com (Facebook | Instagram) It’s not hard to see why…
Your stomach is a predatory beast always in search of the next kill. No amount of nomming can satisfy the bottomless pit that is your appetite. How you even manage to get through the day is a mystery. #1. Whatever the topic of…
Living in a cardboard box on the streets of downtown Tampa, Florida, a 62-year-old man who has been homeless for three years will soon have a place to call “home”. With a little help from a cop and a homeless shelter case…
Every body is a bikini body. Just ask plus-size fashion blogger, Jessica Kane. She’s the mastermind behind the Life and Style of Jessica, as well as the founder of plus-sized magazine and network, Skorch. Just this week, the curvy, 310-pound Kane went…
In 2007, inventor Kenton Lee was walking to mass in Nairobi, Kenya when he saw a little girl in a white dress wearing shoes so small for her feet, her toes were sticking out. He thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if there…
To be a good soldier one must be many things: fearless, disciplined, reliable, and ready for combat. But servicemen and women must also possess a strong ethical code, including a strong imperative to helping those less fortunate. And as these photos attest, sometimes that…
Question: Do you have stretch marks? Yes? Well, guess what? So do millions of others! You can have stretch marks no matter what jean size you wear. Or how many candles are on your birthday cake. These lines do not discriminate. Even…
After being the cause of one too many violent roommate altercations and ruined marriages, it has recently been discovered that the answer to arguably the most important and pressing age-old question had already been answered more than a century ago. The original 1891 patent by New…
Violet Pietrok is just two years old, but she has already undergone major surgery to reshape her face. A rare condition called frontonasal dysplasia has caused Violet to be born with wider-than-normal facial features. She has a differently-shaped nose, wide-set eyes, as well as a large central…
You spend at least a third of your day at your workplace. That’s 40 hours a week, and 10.3 years in a lifetime. That’s way too much time to be spending just staring at blank walls. Which is exactly why Ben Brucker, a graphic…
Bratz Dolls are some of the most popular toys for little girls. Running with the slogan “Girls with a Passion for Fashion”, these dolls are marketed to relate to little kids, creating in their young minds the fantasy of living and looking like…
If you’ve never seen a tiny baby bat swaddled in a tiny baby bat blanket, with a tiny baby bat milk bottle in its mouth, then you need to prepare yourself for these: CAN YOU SAY CUTENESS COMA? These pocket-sized mammals are…
This is Joel Burger, who just proposed to his college sweetheart, Ashley King. That’s right. This, my friends, is a Burger-King marriage. The New Berlin, Illinois couple have known each other since kindergarten. They have had the nickname “Burger King” ever since a yo-yo…
Even being a world-renowned film actor, Dwayne Douglas Johnson, aka “The Rock”, was still surprised by a recent fan encounter that left him in tears. Johnson recounts the story on a recent Instagram post: Often, we can let beautiful things happen…
One Day Young is a visual project by London-based photographer Jenny Lewis. For the past 5 years, she has been capturing portraits of mothers during their first 24 hours following childbirth. Clementine and Imogen Frida and Ethan Lewis aims to capture the unique relationship between…