Ava's Stories

A Kenyan elite runner passes water to a dehydrated disabled Chinese runner who was suffering.

Nancy Green was born a slave but became the first face of Aunt Jemima in 1893.

In 1984, M. Jackson was severely burned when his hair caught fire during a Pepsi commercial shoot.

He dedicated the final months of his life to saving his daughter by raising £500,000 for treatment.

Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish line, but thought he finished the race.

Who were initially informed that they failed actually passed the exam.

The scientist who developed the vaccine for leprosy was still working to find a vaccine for cancer.

A Swedish man survived for nearly two months trapped in a car buried under snow.

During the 2011 tsunami in Japan, the village of Fudai was "barely" untouched due to a floodgate.

In 1955, Emma Gatewood, at 67 years old, became the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail.

Kim Ung-yong could speak four languages at the age of 2, understood algebra at the age of 3! 😯

Aiko Takara, born in 17th-century Nagasaki to an African healer and a Japanese ronin

Dr Amanda was getting ready to give birth but another expectant needed immediate attention

Donnie Dunagan was the youngest U.S. Marine drill instructor

These are the doctors and nurses who bowed to an 11 year old young kid because he saved two lives

In a German village called Fuggerei, the rent hasn't been raised since 1520 it costs just 0.88 euros

In 2023, Tony Todd signed on to film "Final Destination: Bloodlines" and revealed to producers

Betty Robinson, an Olympic runner, was involved in a plane crash in 1931

In 1993, a zoo owner in Mexico was arrested for illegally purchasing a gorilla

In Singapore, individuals over the age of 21 are automatically registered as organ donors.

Bill Murray once drove a taxi cab so that the cab driver could spend time playing saxophonem.

While browsing old books in Paris, Anne Parrish came across a book she had loved as a child.

At 19 years of age, Fabio Lanzoni moved to the U.S. despite his father's strong objections.

In 2000, a Mexican woman performed a C-section on herself after about 12 hours of labor-using

A supermarket was closed down so that Michael Jackson could fulfill his dream of shopping

Chrysler sold a car in the 1950s that was marketed exclusively to women.

A local fisherman in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had been shot in the head

After Col. Shaw died in battle, Cburied him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers.

Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta was orphaned in 1848, when her parents were killed in a slave-hunting war.

The famous strongman and "Game of Thrones" actor with his wife.

Cha Sa-soon, a 69-year-old South Korean woman, finally gets her driver's license after 960 attempts

Since 2011, Gary Sinise, who played 'Lieutenant Dan' in Forrest Gump

Hwang Dong Hyuk sold his $675 laptop for food. Lived with his grandma for 10 years.

A Colombian police sniffer dog who helped find over 9 tons of cocaine

Hyundai founder born in poverty in North Korea in 1915, sold his father's cow to flee to Seoul.

German inventor Artur Fischer transformed construction forever with the creation of the wall plug-a

This man printed 250 million in counterfeit money and sold 50 million of it before getting caught

Candelaria Rivas Ramos stunned the world at the 2025 Canyon Ultra Marathon

Tom Hardy secretly entered a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu open championship, ultimately winning the event

A man once tried to sue Pepsi after finding a mouse in his can of Mountain Dew.

A man had a heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR

Just hours before its cancellation, Eva Longoria invested $6 million to save a film

In 2017, Shreya, who lost her arms in an accident, received Asia's first above-elbow hand transplant

In 2009, a spoof soap opera was filmed in an IKEA store without the store's knowledge

A middle school in Dallas organized a 'Breakfast with Dads' event

Fan's mother complained to him that his Reebok-endorsed sneakers were too expensive for her children

In the late 1960s, Mary Jo Gygax grew suspicious of her husband's lengthy absences

In 2017, a Polish environmental charity group tagged a stork named "Kajtek" with a GPS unit