This is Adelaide Springett. She was born in 1893 into deep poverty in Victorian London. Her parents were street hawkers, struggling to make ends meet by selling goods door to door. Life was harsh from the start—Adelaide’s twin sisters, Ellen and Margaret, died at birth. Another sister, Susannah, passed away at just 4 years old. […]

In Soure, a small city on Brazil’s Marajó Island, the police force looks a bit different. When the rainy season floods the mangroves and turns roads into mud, patrol cars become useless—and horses can’t handle the terrain. So, officers saddle up on something else entirely: water buffalo. Weighing nearly a ton, these powerful animals were […]

Six-year-old Hayden and his family had just moved into a new house, and for the first time ever, Hayden had his own bedroom. But Hayden had a lot of anxiety and was too scared to sleep there. He was always afraid that bad guys might sneak in. He begged his parents to call the police […]

The title of the world’s biggest horse goes to Sampson, a remarkable Shire horse born in 1846 in Bedfordshire, England. His extraordinary size made him stand out early on, and as he grew, so did his legendary status. By adulthood, Sampson stood an astonishing 21.2 hands high (7 feet 2.5 inches at the shoulder) and […]