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A poor laborer named Dashrath Manjhi, in Gehlaur, India, spent 22 years carving a road through a mountain with just a hammer and chisel after his wife died because the nearest hospital was separated from their village by an entire mountain, forcing people to travel nearly 70 km extra.
Dashrath Manjhi, a poor laborer from Gehlaur, India, spent 22 years carving a road through a mountain to connect his village to healthcare facilities, highlighting extraordinary determination.
TIL a couple walking their dog found 1,427 buried gold coins valued at about $10 million, the largest known buried gold-coin discovery ever recovered in the United States.
A couple walking their dog in Northern California unearthed 1,427 gold coins valued at about $10 million, marking the largest such find in U.S. history.