Posts in category Astonishing Humans

Tom Brown took “an apple a day” to an entirely new level.

While the trail typically takes up to 13 hours to hike, going at it on hands and knees has a tendency to slow one down.

Adam Weatherly owns more than 500 Spice Girls dolls, and he’s on a mission to have them recognized by the National Toy Hall of Fame. See how you can help!

Ten years later, we are still celebrating an incredible Nik Wallenda feat.

In 2022, Kenichi Horie sailed the ocean blue!

Butch Baker began the chain more than 40 years ago and even had to reinforce his floor to support its weight! Now, the behemoth has a new home at Ripley’s!

A lifetime of zoological collecting evaporated under the pressures of blackmail.

Often referred to back then as “the sky boys,” workers finished building the skyscraper in just 410 days — that‘s more than four stories a week!

On April 19, 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann took the first intentional dose of LSD. Decades later, Mark McCloud decorates his home with blotter art.

Jasper Maskelyne used plywood and canvases to make trucks look like tanks and tanks look like trucks.