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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
“Witness the northern lights in person” is a popular bucket-list item for a reason. This gorgeous phenomenon is so breathtaking, even those who see it in person struggle to believe their own eyes. But have you ever thought about what the northern lights look like in places besides Earth? Lucky for us all, a video from the International Space Station was shared on social media, and it’s giving us a view of this natural phenomenon that’s unlike any other.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
Before Brandon Gray was a cheerleader, he was a right guard for his high school’s football team. But once the cheer coach successfully recruited him, he never looked back. Turns out, joining the coed cheerleading team was the perfect move for this talented teen. For starters, Brandon was getting far more attention from colleges with his experience as a male cheerleader. Best of all, though, he was having a blast.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
For a while now, a number of soldiers in the U.S. Army have been stationed overseas in Lithuania as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Here, a number of tactical training exercises take place. But it was during one of these exercises that one group went missing. Lithuanian, Polish, and fellow U.S. soldiers took part in a rescue mission. Sadly, the group’s armored vehicle was pulled from a peat bog. Their bodies were found soon after.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
Locating hidden landmines is an incredibly difficult and dangerous job. Luckily, we have the perfect creatures for this important task: rats. That’s right, rats are experts when it comes to finding these hidden weapons. At least they are when properly trained. There are a few reasons why: They’re smart, fast, have a keen sense of smell, and they’re too light to trigger landmines. Landmine detection nonprofit APOPO estimates that there are 110 million hidden landmines in over 60 countries.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
On April 14, San Diego experienced a 5.2-magnitude earthquake. Luckily for a family of elephants at the local zoo, their protective instincts kicked in as soon as they felt the ground shaking. They knew exactly what to do in order to keep each other safe. Their first step? Getting close to one another.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
Sure, we all need to eat food in order to survive. But eating can also be such a joyous experience! This is true for us humans, of course. But it’s also true for our animals friends. This will come as absolutely no surprise to anyone who has a pet of their own, of course. Each one has their own unique way of expressing joy over their food. Even still, a horse expressing that joy via moonwalk is not something that most of us are going to see every day. Robbie the horse is a big foodie.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
It all started with a social media post. Someone in Wellington, New Zealand was set to put on a free performance unlike any other. The plan? To demonstrate a remarkable skill: The ability to actually fold a fitted sheet. You know, the kind of sheet with those elastic, rounded edges. While some of us know how to properly fold them, for most, it remains a mystery. So, the idea of people wanting to watch someone go through the steps of folding a fitted sheet isn’t entirely absurd.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
Nicole could have easily decided to not go canoeing — she was 20 weeks pregnant, after all. It would have made sense if she didn’t feel like partaking in such an adventurous outing. But because she did, a lost dog was saved. Nicole and her significant other were enjoying the river with their own dog when, suddenly, they spotted another four-legged friend at a distance. But there wasn’t a single human, canoe, or anything else near the seemingly lost dog. So, the couple decided to investigate.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
Last week, a Pennsylvania woman narrowly avoided death — and that is no exaggeration. Christina Mattoscio was driving her SUV down Route 52 when the harrowing event took place. She and a number of cars were at a stop when, suddenly, a nearby tree came crashing down. It managed to land directly on Christina’s car… but it narrowly avoided hitting her. Thankfully, nobody was in the back seat. In fact, Christina was all by herself.
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1 week ago | 
inspiremore.com | Kelsey Bjork
We tend to hear a lot about how embarrassing parents can be to their kids (for good reason, to be fair). That said, the opposite can be true as well. A huge reason has to do with the fact that most kids have little to no filter. They really will say whatever pops into their head at any moment. Sometimes, this leads to uncontrollable belly laughter. Other times, however, these unfiltered moments can be… well, rather horrifying.
