Inspiring

April 16, 2024

87-Year-Old “China’s Hottest Grandpa” Stuns the World by Walking the Runway Shirtless

Over the last few years, the modeling world has taken strides to make the industry more inclusive. Among their achievements, they've reminded us that age is just a number. This is certainly true of Wang Deshun, a now-87-year-old Chinese male model who caught the eye of the world by showing off his toned body in his 70s while strutting down the runway shirtless.

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April 11, 2024

81-Year-Old Breaks World Record for Most Units of Blood Donated in A Lifetime

Donating blood gives a glimmer of hope to someone in need. That’s why Josephine Michaluk, an 81-year-old woman from Alberta, Canada, is committed to helping others in this way. In fact, she is the record holder for the most units of blood donated in a lifetime. Michaluk’s kindness all began in 1965 at the age of 22, when she went to a blood donation appointment with her sister.

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April 9, 2024

Inspiring Free Solo Climber’s Charity Provides Solar Power to Communities in Need

From scaling the seemingly insurmountable El Capitan overlooking the lush forest of Yosemite to climbing the 3,750-foot Ingmikortilaq in Greenland, rock climber Alex Honnold is no stranger to embracing and conquering elevated peaks in nature. Known for his free-solo style climbing—documented in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo—Honnold works to overcome physical and mental adversities that inevitably occur during climbs.

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April 5, 2024

Japanese Man Who Lost His Wife in 2011 Tsunami Learned to Dive to Look for Her in the Ocean

In March 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. The disaster took 19,759 lives, and as of August 2022, 2,553 people were still missing. One of them was a woman named Yuko Takamatsu, whose body was never recovered from the ocean. Hoping to bring her home, her husband, Yasuo Takamatsu took diving lessons at the age of 56 to try to find her.

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