Amazing human ability. Extraordinary abilities of people

Doctors, scientists, anthropologists, biologists and other specialists have been studying the human body for centuries. Therefore, it is not surprising that today we have such comprehensive knowledge about how the human body works and what it is capable of.
Naturally, the physical abilities of a person and his athletic performance have certain limitations. Despite them, there are many examples of incredible human abilities that go far beyond what most people think is possible.
From the man who tried to climb Everest in shorts, and the teenager who lived for 18 days without food and water, to the man who ate the plane, learn about the 25 most incredible human abilities and feats!

25. Lifting a car with bare hands

In 2012, in Glen Allen, 22-year-old Lauren Kornacki saved her father, Alec Kornacki, after the jack that was supporting a BMW broke off, pinning a man under her. Lauren lifted the car, then performed CPR and saved her father's life.

24. Longest ice bath

Known as "The Iceman", Dutch extreme sportsman Wim Hof ​​holds 20 world records, including the world record for the longest ice bath. In 2011, he broke his own previous record by staying submerged in ice for 1 hour 52 minutes 42 seconds.

23. 50 marathons in 50 days

Calling it 50/50/50, American ultra runner Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 states over 50 consecutive days, starting with the Lewis and Clark Marathon in St. Louis on September 17, 2006 and ending with the New York City Marathon on November 5, 2006. After completing his 50/50/50 project, he ran home from New York to San Francisco.

22. Balancing a car on your head

In 1999, John Evans, known as the "professional head balancer", lifted a 159 kg Mini Cooper by holding it on his head for 33 seconds. The holder of another 32 world records, he thus kept other things in balance on his head, including 101 bricks and 235 mugs of beer.

21. The longest insomnia

In 1964, Randy Gardner, a high school student in San Diego, California, did not sleep for 264.4 hours (11 days and 24 minutes), setting a world record for insomnia. Gardner appears to have fully recovered from his sleep loss, as it had no long-term psychological or physical effect on him.

20. Longest breath hold underwater

On February 28, 2016, Aleix Segura Vendrell, a professional freediver from Spain, set a new world record for the longest free breath hold, surviving underwater for 24 minutes and 3.45 seconds.

19. Helicopter that was dragged by the ear

Georgian Lasha Pataraia earned himself a place in the Guinness Book of Records by dragging a 7,734-kilogram military helicopter with his left ear. He set a world record by dragging the Mi-8 26 meters 30 centimeters.

18. Spiderman

Known as Spider-Man, French climber and urban climber Alain Robert is famous for his solo ascents and skyscrapers without climbing equipment. Robert has conquered landmarks such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sydney Opera House, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Willis Tower in Chicago.

17. Lightning Rod Man

American gamekeeper from Shenandoah National Park, Roy Cleveland Sullivan, survived 7 lightning strikes between 1942 and 1977. Known as the "Lightning Rod Man," he holds the Guinness World Record for being struck by lightning more times than any other person.

16. Walking on a tightrope over Niagara Falls

The holder of 9 Guinness World Records, American acrobat, tightrope walker, aerialist, stuntman, tightrope walker Nicholas Wallenda (Nikolas Wallenda) is best known as the first person to walk the tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls. To do this incredible acrobatic stunt, it took him 2 years to get permission from the Canadian and US authorities.

15. Jump into the water, performed from the highest height

In August 2015, 27-year-old extreme Lazaro "Laso" Schaller (Lazaro "Laso" Schaller) entered the Guinness Book of Records as the person who jumped from the tower (and at the same time from the cliff) from the highest height. An intrepid cliff diver jumped off a 58.8m high cliff in Switzerland.

14. Surfing on the biggest wave

American professional surfer and extreme sportsman Garrett McNamara set a world record by conquering the biggest wave. In January 2013, McNamara broke his own previous record by breaking a 30m wave off the coast of the Portuguese town of Nazare.

13. The longest survival without food and water

In April 1979, 18-year-old Andreas Mihavecz from Austria survived for 18 days without food or water in an isolation cell where he was placed as a passenger in a car that got into an accident. The police completely forgot about him, so Mikhavets holds the record for surviving without food or water for the longest time.

12. Heroic Rescuer

Shavarsh Karapetyan, a Soviet diver, multiple world, European and USSR champion, saved the lives of 20 people in a road accident involving a trolleybus that occurred in Yerevan in September 1976.

A trolleybus with 92 passengers fell into Lake Yerevan 10 meters deep. Shavarsh Vladimirovich jumped into the water, smashed the rear window with his feet and began to pull the passengers of the trolley bus out of the water. He managed to save 20 people before he himself passed out from overwork and hypothermia.

11. The largest weight lifted by a person

American weightlifter and powerlifter Paul Anderson (Paul Anderson) performed a back lift, lifting a barbell weighing 2844.02 kilograms and hitting the Guinness Book of Records as "the largest weight ever lifted by a man." Anderson may have lifted even more weight, but only this attempt was officially recorded and documented.

10 The Man Who Moved The Plane

Canadian Kevin Fast drags a CC-177 Globemaster III military transport aircraft weighing 188.83 tons by 8.8 meters at the Canadian Air Force Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, September 17, 2009.

9. Buried alive for 10 days

In 2004, Czech fakir and magician Zdenek Zahradka spent 10 days buried alive in a wooden coffin. During the stunt, he was without food and water supplies, and could only breathe through the ventilation pipe. Zahradka spent most of the experiment sleeping and reflecting on his life.

8. Rescue after falling without a parachute from the highest altitude

Former Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulovic holds the world record for surviving a fall without a parachute from the highest altitude of 10,160 meters. Vulovich fell out of the exploding plane. As a result of the fall, she received multiple fractures and was in a coma for 27 days, but after that she fully recovered.

7. Deepest Dive

Austrian freediver Herbert Nitsch, known by the nickname "the deepest man on Earth", holds records in all 8 freediving disciplines.

The reigning freediving world champion has set 69 official world records, usually surpassing his own previous records. His last record dates back to June 2012 when he dived to a depth of 253.2 meters.

6. Climber in shorts

In 2009, Wim Hof ​​(the "Iceman" of point 24) climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 meters above sea level) wearing only shorts. Two years earlier, he climbed Everest to a height of 6.7 kilometers, also wearing only shorts and shoes, though he did not reach the highest peak (8848 meters) due to an injured leg.

5. Catching cannonballs with your bare hands

Danish stuntman John Holtum, also known as the "king of cannonballs", was able to catch a 23-kilogram cannonball fired at him from a cannon fired by his assistant. Unfortunately, the first attempt to catch the core ended in the loss of three fingers.

4. Twilight Math

English writer, essayist, translator and autistic savant Daniel Tammet is endowed with an amazing memory, ability for complex mathematical calculations and languages.

According to Tammet, every positive integer up to 10,000 has its own shape, color, texture, and feel. He holds the European record for reproducing the number Pi: ​​he listed 22.514 digits after the decimal point in 5 hours 09 minutes. Daniel Tammet speaks 10 languages, and using the example of Icelandic (which is one of them), he proved that you can learn a completely unfamiliar language in a week.

3. "Gutta-percha boy"

American contortionist, actor, TV presenter, comedian and stuntman Daniel Browning Smith is the owner of the title "the most flexible person in the world." During one of his tricks, he folded his arms so that he could fit through the rim of a stringless tennis racket.

2. Metal eater

Michel Lotito, known as "Monsieur Eat Everything", was a French entertainer who became famous for eating indigestible (inorganic) objects.

During his performances, he ate metal, glass, rubber and other materials. He dismantled, cut and ate bicycles, shopping carts, televisions and even a Cessna 150 aircraft. It is estimated that between 1959 and 1997, Lotito ate almost 9 tons of metal.

1. Torture King

American sideshow performer Tim Cridland, known by his stage name Zamora the Torture King, performs extremely painful stunts for fun: eating fire, swallowing a ball, piercing the body with sharp objects, and even electrocuting.

Who said that people with superpowers can only be found in movies, cartoons and comics?

With this selection, I want to prove to you that such people can be found in the real world. Of course, they do not fly like birds and are not able to move at the speed of light, but each of them has extraordinary abilities and talents that science will not be able to explain for a long time.

Gino Martino: Anvil Man

Gino Martino is an American professional wrestler and entertainer who shocks audiences with his incredible ability to break hard objects with his head, including iron bars, baseball bats, and concrete blocks. His skull even withstood bowling balls falling from a height of five meters. According to doctors, this unusual physical ability of Gino is due to the fact that he naturally has a super-strong skull. For this he was nicknamed the Anvil Man.

Tim Cridland: Torture King

Tim Cridland, performing under the stage name "Zamora - King of Torture", for decades has demonstrated to the whole world his unique ability - exceptional tolerance for pain. He stabbed himself with swords, swallowed fire and swords, lay down on nails - and this is just a small part of those dangerous tricks that he did throughout his career. Tim is a Guinness World Record holder.

Wim Hof: Iceman

Dutchman Wim Hof ​​has an amazing ability to withstand extremely low temperatures. He ran marathons barefoot in the snow, plunged into cold water and set a world record for staying in an ice bath - 1 hour 52 minutes. In addition, Wim Hof ​​climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts, for which he received the nickname "The Iceman". The man claims that he has reached a state in which he absolutely does not feel cold, solely due to meditation. Researchers have confirmed that Wim is indeed able to consciously control his autonomic nervous system and immune system responses.

Masutatsu Oyama: could knock down a bull with one blow

Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994) was a martial artist and champion that no one could beat. They say that in three days he fought with various opponents in a hundred fights lasting no more than two minutes and emerged victorious from each. Masutatsu Oyama also became famous for fighting angry bulls with his bare hands and could knock them down with just one blow.

Tibetan monks practicing tummo: able to generate a huge amount of heat with their own body

It is known that Buddhist monks practicing tummo (yoga of inner fire) are able to increase their own body temperature to an incredibly high level without a single muscle movement. To demonstrate their extraordinary abilities, they put large towels soaked in ice water on their shoulders, and within an hour after deep meditation they become completely dry. The ability of a person to consciously raise the temperature of his own body has not yet been explained by science.

Master Zhou: "The Pearl of China"

Master Zhou is a healer and master of Taijiquan, Kung Fu and Qigong. "Qi" in the word "qigong" is translated as "heat"; this is precisely the extraordinary ability of Master Zhou: he has a rare gift with his own hands to heat objects. He demonstrated his outstanding talent by drying clay and bringing water to a boil. Master Zhou also uses his unique ability to cure tumors, body pain, and a host of other ailments that plague the common people. Among his patients were such famous personalities as the Dalai Lama and members of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. For his exceptional gift, Master Zhou was nicknamed the "Pearl of China". He claims that the appearance of “chi” energy in his hands is the result of constant meditation.

Michel Lotito: "Monsieur will eat everything"

The Frenchman Michel Lotito (1950-2007) was not without reason called ‘Monsieur Mangetout’ in his homeland, which in Russian sounds like “Misier will eat everything”. Between 1959 and 1997, he literally swallowed about nine tons of metal objects, including an airplane, seven televisions, 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, a coffin and part of the Eiffel Tower. What is the reason for the manifestation of such a shocking ability in Lotito? This rare phenomenon in science and medicine is known as "picacism" - an eating disorder that is expressed in cravings for inedible substances. It, along with an unusually thick gastric mucosa, allowed Lotito to consume a huge amount of metal, which, by the way, he cut into small pieces, poured vegetable oil on and swallowed with water. Michel Lotito died, oddly enough, of natural causes.

Isao Machii: Super Samurai

Isao Machii stuns audiences with his incredible swordsmanship, able to cut in half a plastic bullet fired from an airgun that travels at over 320 km/h.

Ben Andenrvud: navigated in space with the help of sounds

Ben Andenrwood was born in 1992; At the age of three, he underwent a complex operation, during which both eyes were removed. But Ben was significantly different from other visually impaired people: he did not need a cane or a guide dog, but all because he learned to navigate in space with the help of sounds. By the age of five, Ben had developed echolocation, a skill that allows him to "see" the surrounding objects through the perception of sound signals reflected from them. Thanks to this, he, like all normal children, could ride a skateboard, play football, defend himself from hooligans, and so on. Unfortunately, Ben could not overcome the disease that led him to complete blindness. He died in 2009 at the age of 16.

Natalia Demkina: X-ray vision

Natalia Demkina first discovered her unique ability to see through human skin at the age of ten and has been using it ever since to diagnose people who seek her help. To prove or disprove the girl's claims that she has x-ray vision, medical experts conducted a number of extensive studies with her participation.
In 2004, the Discovery Channel released a documentary about the extraordinary abilities of Natalia Demkina called "The Girl with X-Ray Eyes". During a study conducted by the Committee for Skeptical Research (CSR), Natasha was asked to determine the health status of six volunteers who had undergone surgery or had physical abnormalities. The girl examined the patients for four hours and was able to correctly diagnose four of them. Representatives of the CSI considered these results inconclusive, and the study ended there. Nevertheless, Natalia continues to help sick people to this day.

Some believe that a person uses his potential by no more than 10%. Moreover, this applies to both the brain and the body. In this article we will tell you about the incredible human abilities.

• The ability to hold heavy objects on the forehead, chest, and other vertical parts of the body is now demonstrated by about 60 people around the world.
• The hypnologist Vul demonstrated the ability to suggest at a distance. He sent a letter in the mail, in which was written in his handwriting the word: "Sleep!" If the patient had previously been at the reception of Wool, then as soon as such a note fell into his hands, he immediately fell into a deep sleep.
• Frenchman Michel Lotito, nicknamed "Monsieur Eat Everything" really eats everything. At the age of 9, he ate a TV, and from the age of 16 he began to entertain people for money, eating metal, glass and rubber. Lotito got into the Guinness Book of Records for eating a Cessna-150 plane.
• Biologist Kevin Richardson can spend the night in a lion cage. For unknown reasons, the lions accept him as their own.
• Vietnamese Thai Ngoc has not slept at all since 1973, from the very moment he had a fever.
• An autistic from the UK, Daniel Tammet, speaks with difficulty, does not distinguish between left and right, does not know how to insert a plug into an outlet, but at the same time easily performs complex mathematical calculations in his mind. Daniel knows by heart 22514 digits after the decimal point in pi and understands eleven languages, including Welsh, Esperanto and Icelandic, which he learned in 7 days.
• Jody Ostroit is able to notice details that are impossible to see with the naked eye. For example, the internal structure of a plant leaf, which can only be seen with an electron microscope.
• Ben Underwood is blind due to illness, but thanks to his super hearing, he is able to distinguish even very quiet sounds coming from any object. In principle, Ben can be called a human dolphin, since it is dolphins that use biological sonar to navigate in space. Doctors' studies showed that the boy's hearing did not become aggravated, as a compensation for the loss of vision - he has the hearing of an ordinary average person - it's just that Ben's brain has learned to translate sounds into visual information, which makes the young man look like a bat or a dolphin - he is able to capture the echo, and on based on this echo determine the exact location of objects.
• Peter Terren can handle frenzied tension. In the pose of a thinker, wrapped in foil, he remains alive and well after a 500 kilovolt electric shock.
• The imaginary death was demonstrated in 1950 by yogi Babashri Ramdazhi Jirnari. He climbed into a chamber studded with nails, after which the chamber was filled with cement and filled with water. A day later, they took Babashri Yogi out of it, rubbed it and he came to life.
  Michael Lotito has an enviable ability to eat what he wants and not experience any negative feelings. No, we are not talking about the usual pastries, fatty foods or, for example, mushrooms. The fact is that Michael can eat not only all of the above, but also metal, glass, rubber and other inedible things. It is Michael who can boast of having eaten the plane. True, the process of eating took almost two years, but now it is known to everyone. Michael began performing in 1966, demonstrating his abilities to the general public. By the way, he does not experience any problems after such a meal. To prepare for the performance, Lotito consumes about a kilogram of all sorts of inedibles every day, mixing it with vegetable oil and drinking relatively large amounts of water.

Memory World Records

1. Russian chess player world champion Alexander Alekhine in 1938 in Chicago blindly played for 12 hours simultaneously on 32 chessboards, operating with a thousand pieces on more than 2000 squares.
2. South American politician Jan Christian Smuts memorized 5,000 books in his old age.
3. On October 14, 1967, the Turk Mehmed Ali Khalisi recited 6666 verses of the Koran in six hours.
4. In May 1974, the Burmese Wisittabm Wumsa recited 16,000 pages of Buddhist canonical texts by heart.
5. American Barbara Moore during the concert, which lasted from October 25 to November 13, 1988, performed 1852 songs from memory.
6. Armenian Samvel Gharibyan in July 1990 in Moscow accurately repeated 1000 words dictated to him in 10 languages, including such difficult ones as Farsi, Pashto, Bengali and Khmer.
7. On June 24, 1996, the Japanese Hidayeki named the number "pi" from memory with an accuracy of 40,000 decimal places.
8. American Dave Farrow memorized a random sequence of 52 decks of cards shuffled together on June 24, 1996 in the premises of the Guinness World Records Museum in the Canadian city of Niagara Falls. The total number of cards was 2704. Farrow had only to cast a cursory glance at them to then retell their order. True, he made six mistakes.
9. Chinese Gu Yang-lin at the age of 26 knew by heart 15,000 telephone numbers of subscribers in his hometown of Harbin.
10. Paula Prentice, a 23-year-old telephone directory operator based in Tasmania, remembers not only 128,603 phone numbers, but also their names and addresses, as well as the names of all companies and institutions, which can sometimes be quite intricate.

Do you think many people think about the limits of our capabilities? Probably only those who urgently need to achieve high results. For example, athletes. Ordinary people don't think much about such things. Yes, and why? And so there are enough problems. Nevertheless, it is extremely interesting. After all, there are so many unusual, incredible things on the planet that are worth knowing. It is good that the information field has now become immensely large. It has a place for all kinds of phenomena and facts. The most unusual people of the world also took their place there, showing us evidence of the boundless possibilities of nature. At the same time, such extraordinary characteristics belong to different areas: appearance, abilities, anatomical features, and so on. Let's look at examples.

Unusual can be brought up?

We just think that we are all special. In fact, the capabilities of the human body are very limited (unless he is unconscious, of course). But the most unusual people in the world are completely different. Their organisms are capable of such "feats" that an ordinary person does not even dare to think about. For example, by name he became famous for the fact that he does not feel the cold at all. You say that anyone can undress and stand in the cold? And three days in a row, and even under medical supervision? You can't fake that! But this gentleman did. At the same time, experts came to the conclusion that the body did not respond to such stress. As he worked, he continued, as if Wim was basking in bed, and not in a barrel on ice.

Such unusual people (photo - in the article), like Hof, are born quite rarely. Or maybe they do not want to become the object of research. However, the “hero” himself does not consider himself special at all. In an interview, he openly said that he had learned not to react to frost using a special technique. He spoke with gratitude about the teachings of Tummo, which gave him the ability to control the body.

But Daniel, who lives in the UK, got an unusual gift from birth. This man is famous for "seeing" the color of the numbers! Since he has autism, it was quite difficult to find out. As you know, such people are not very inclined to communicate. Nevertheless, Daniel tries to lead an active life. He even teaches mathematics remotely. So, his gift was discovered by accident. It turns out that he can calculate in his mind just like a modern computer. Imagine, it is not difficult for him to divide, for example, fifteen by ninety-seven. Daniel performs the operation instantly and names the result with incredible accuracy. It can dictate over a hundred decimal places. If you dig further, it turns out that the most unusual people in the world are not even capable of this!

About memory

In a certain (secret) corner of the planet lives a young woman who has demonstrated the miracles described by many esotericists. This lady remembers the smallest details of her every day. By the way, the girl (twenty-five years old) turned out to be so open and unsophisticated that she spoke about her unusual ability, they even say it was reported in the press. There were many who wanted to check her revelations. All the curious were satisfied. The lady was really not confused about the dates and details. Only these distrustful personalities turned out to be so many that they had to turn to the police for protection. Now its data is forbidden to distribute. It is understandable that people with unusual abilities want to live a normal life. Sometimes they have to do more than just from everyone's attention.

Body features

The very world can face absolutely incredible problems. They are simply distinguished from others by something that is unique, almost inimitable. Only in our case, this quality brings only problems to a person. Here's an example for you. There is a lady named Ashley Morris. She surprised the doctors first, and then

and the whole planet is allergic to water! Imagine! Neither wash nor bathe the girl can not. Such a routine procedure can cause her death. When in contact with water, the girl becomes covered with spots. If you do not take the appropriate drugs, then Quincke's edema may begin, and then it is better not to imagine. This disease is called Aquagenic Urticaria. Ashley's image is in many medical reference books. Only unusual people dream of such fame? A photo that experts study, you see, is not the best advertisement.

"Funny" difference

Very unusual people sometimes face incredible difficulties in life. And if the disease is understandable, even the rarest, then what can you say about a girl who cannot be laughed at? Kay Underwood must be sure to remain serious. The fact is that laughter leads to relaxation of her muscles. At the same time, she is no longer able to resist. As soon as she starts laughing, Kei falls like a wreck. But this is not its only feature. Another girl can involuntarily fall asleep at any moment, against her own will. If you think about it, there is nothing funny in these differences from the majority. Some inconvenience, and nothing more.

A young musician named Chris Sands faced a similarly impactful problem. It is distinguished by a disease of the gastric valve. The disease brought the poor fellow to constant hiccups. This process

impossible to stop. He hiccups even in his sleep. Overcoming involuntary muscle contractions, Chris is trying to build a musical career, which, of course, is not so easy to do. In any case, he himself claims that hiccups do not contribute to this.

Technology as an enemy

It is known that many people are adherents of simple life. Only they strive to be closer to nature and away from civilization due to their beliefs. But one lady, whose name is Debbie, does not tolerate devices due to sensitivity to the electromagnetic fields generated by them. She can’t even use a microwave oven without harm to her health. TV, computer and telephone are taboo for her. Otherwise, their radiation leads to a rash on the skin and swelling of the eyelids. In spite of your will, you will leave for the rural wilderness, where there are no towers and wires, of course, if you want to live.

The injustice of fate

When you delve into the material about extraordinary personalities, you come across absolutely incredible stories. Unusual people, as it turns out, can cause envy in almost half of the planet. There is a man in England named Perry. He grew up as a perfectly ordinary child. When he was twelve years old, the unthinkable happened. In one night, all the fat from his body disappeared. The doctors were unable to determine the cause. Analyzes, except for the content of insulin, were normal. Only now "an object of envy forever

losing weight beauties” sweeps products indiscriminately. He can eat absolutely everything, regardless of the clock, not counting calories. And the figure remains slim. Fat simply does not have time to accumulate, as nutrients are instantly processed and burned. They say that the "stars" have repeatedly asked science to figure out how to get infected with such a pleasant disease in all respects (lipodystrophy). Yes, it doesn't work.

Unusualness that you can't hide

There are many people in the world who have physical features. That's who has to put up with "popularity" that does not depend on personal will. Photos of people with an unusual appearance now and then appear in the media. Among them are, for example, Nick Vuychich. This man was born almost without limbs. It has only one small leg. There is something to despair about. However, this cheerful gentleman is pleased with everything. He successfully copes with everyday affairs, leads an active life, shares his incredible positive energy with others. Nick is known to the world as a preacher who, by his example, proves the limitlessness of human abilities. He even created a family. He recently had a son.

Photos of people with an unusual appearance can repel or attract, like or disgust. However, it must be said that they always arouse interest. For example, Rudy Santos has been living in the Philippines for sixty-nine years. He has two pairs of arms and legs. Such a change in the body occurs when one of the twins, while still in the womb, "absorbs" the second. He also has an underdeveloped head with one ear. It turns out that Rudy lives for two. Maybe that's why he refused the operation to remove unnecessary parts of the body.

Unhappy unusual people

And in Vietnam lives another "strange" child. His skin is constantly flaking, causing it to overheat. The baby constantly needs water to "cool off". This is extremely inconvenient. But doctors shrug. It is believed that his illness was caused by chemical weapons that were used in this country. The boy, whose name is Ming An, was nicknamed "fish" for forced love for the soul.

turtle boy

Often people with an unusual appearance suffer from their features. So, Didier, a little Colombian, suffered from a melanocytic virus for six years. This led to the appearance on his back of a birthmark of such incredible size that it resembled a tortoise shell. I must say that the baby lived in the countryside, which created additional inconvenience for his family. The locals did not allow their offspring to play with an unusual child, suspecting a “devilish beginning” in him. Only the compassion of a British doctor saved the boy from eternal damnation and the fate of an outcast. Neil Bulstrode promptly removed the “shell”, after which Didier became the most ordinary child, no longer distinguished by his peers.

tree man

But in Indonesia, you will be assured that the most unusual people in history live in their country. In any case, the name will definitely be called. After all, this is an example of a person who, according to the beliefs of local residents, was able to coexist with a plant. Of course, any doctor will challenge this statement. However, Joseph is not called anything other than a tree-man. And it's all about his rare illness. He suffers from a fungus (epidermodysplasia verruciformis). On his body all the time growing formations that resemble the bark of a tree. Warts covered most of the surface of his skin. He had surgery to remove them. But Joseph cannot be completely cured. The fungus is not amenable to drug exposure. It is difficult for a poor person to use his hands and walk. You have to remove the "growths" again.

Unrecognized twin

Unusual people of the planet do not immediately "give out" their features. Such a case happened in Kazakhstan. Alamyan Nematilaev was examined by a school nurse who found his large belly strange. The child was sent to the hospital. What was the surprise of the doctors when in the boy's stomach was found ... his twin! The "fruit" weighed two kilograms and had a length of twenty centimeters. Imagine, for seven years the boy carried his brother in himself and did not suspect it! They performed an operation, as a result of which Alamyan was completely “cured”.

The fact that he turned out to be "pregnant", he, of course, was not told. But his brother was carefully examined. He looked like a six month old fetus. Doctors say it grew and developed in the boy's belly. Amazing case! It is believed that such an anomaly could result from radioactive radiation.

About elephant people

Such a “defect” in appearance has been sufficiently studied. From time to time, people appear on earth, some of whose organs grow to disproportionately large sizes. For example, Mandy Sellars, who lived in Lankshire (UK), had legs of incredible size. They weighed ninety-five kilograms. The poor fellow had to sew shoes to order. They also made a car for her that can be driven manually (without using her legs). But Hussein Bisad, a resident of the same country, distinguished himself with huge palms. From the fingertips to the wrist, this organ reached 26.9 cm.

Men are most interested in the “record” of a Chinese woman named A girl living in the village of Changa turned out to have the largest breasts. Each mammary gland weighs ten kilograms, which, according to the charmer, is extremely inconvenient. Not only do you have to sew underwear to order, but you can only sleep on your back. As the beauty herself says, one thing reassures - no silicone.

There are many interesting things in the world. There are still women who can give birth in their eighties, like the Indian woman Omkari Panwar, and others. It is important to treat them (and information about their features) not as a circus performance, but as proof that a person can do anything. He can solve any problem, develop superpowers, an unusually positive attitude towards life, if he shows his will. Many of the examples cited demonstrate how strong a person can become, whose physical abilities, as they say, are limited. It is probably true that there is nothing more valuable than the opportunity to enjoy your stay on our planet (albeit temporary).

The existence of people with superpowers is direct evidence that the human body has much more capabilities than we can imagine. Who are they - the result of evolution or isolated cases of natural anomalies?

Magnet Man - Lew Tou Lin I try my best not to call him Magneto, after all, that movie villain, and Lew Tou Lin is a real person. But with an unrealistic ability to attract metal (and not only metal) objects to your body. As if some kind of force is holding them from the inside - despite the fact that each object can weigh up to 2 kg, and in total a magnet man is able to hold 36 kg. Scientists from the Malaysian University of Technology came to the conclusion that Tou Ling's skin has some kind of unique "grip" property, which helps objects "stick" to the body - as if under the influence of a magnetic field. What is most strange is that this ability is inherited in the Tou Ling family, and his three grandchildren can boast of the same ability.

Supernatural Memory - Daniel Tammet

People with phenomenal mathematical abilities and powerful memory are not uncommon. They can solve complex mathematical equations faster than a computer or reproduce in memory some event of a decade ago with an accuracy of a second. However, Daniel Tammet is the first to describe how his brain works while doing this.
For Daniel, each integer from 0 to 10,000 has its own image and distinctive characteristics, such as texture, shape, color, and feel. For example, the number 289 looks very ugly, the number 333 is much more attractive, and the number Pi is almost perfect. Daniel has Asperger's Syndrome and his method allows him to memorize numbers and events with incredible accuracy. For example, he can reproduce pi up to 22514 decimal places, which he did as a demonstration in 2004. It took 5 hours and 9 minutes.

Eagle Vigilance - Veronica Seider

In the cinema, we have repeatedly seen heroes that have “super vision” and are able to see even a fly that is a kilometer away from them. Famous shooters Eagle Eye and Legolas are just one of them. But in the real world, such a person exists, and this is Veronica Seider - the world champion in looking at the smallest objects at long distances without the use of binoculars or any other optics. It has been proven that it is able to distinguish people located at a distance of 1.6 km from it. Her vision is 20 times sharper than that of an ordinary person.

Sonar Vision – Daniel Kish and Ben Underwood

Do you know how bats "see"? With the help of echolocation: they make special sounds, and then their auditory system picks up reflections of sounds from obstacles. Ben Underwood had the same ability: he used sounds to "see" despite losing his sight to retinoblastoma, an eye cancer. It is not clear how, but he managed to develop an extraordinary ability to echolocation. By making sharp clicks of his tongue, he "saw" objects so well that it greatly improved his quality of life. Sadly, Ben Underwood died in 2009 due to a recurrence of cancer. Ben was the brightest of Daniel Kish's students. Daniel is blind and also navigates the world using echolocation (called "sonar vision"). He is so good at it that he helps other blind people by teaching them to "see" the world around him the way he does.

The Beast Charmer - Kevin Richardson

Kevin is a South African behavioral zoologist who studies animal behavior. He understands them so well that several lion prides and some packs of hyenas literally accepted him into their membership. He eats, sleeps and plays with these animals like they are his family. When dealing with wild animals, Kevin trusts intuition more than book rules. He is known for treating lions as highly evolved creatures, showing them his respect and emphasizing a sense of community and family rather than harshly repressing and training them.
But Kevin warns that his work is dangerous and advises no one to follow in his footsteps without proper training. He communicates and makes friends only with animals that have grown before his eyes. Still, the beasts had scratched and bitten and wounded him many times... although they had never done it on purpose.

The Man Who Sees Music - Arthur Lintgen

Some people are not able to learn a second language, but the American doctor Arthur Lintgen can read the language of records: by the pattern of the grooves and their color, he determines which piece of music is recorded there. But Arthur does not claim to be a superhero. He attributes his skill to musical erudition and says that it extends only to classical music from Beethoven onwards. The earlier works, he says, are too similar in structure and difficult to recognize. And when they gave him a record that contained an Alice Cooper album, Lintgen said that it looked like a jumble of sounds and sounded like gibberish. However, Arthur Lintgen's ability is unique in its own way.

Computer Man - Shakuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi (1929 - 2013) is a clear proof that the human brain is capable of extraordinary things like incredibly complex and fast arithmetic calculations. Once, a Berkeley professor asked Shakuntala to calculate the cube root of 61,629,875 and the seventh root of 170,859,375. To the professor's surprise, Shakuntala gave the answers (395 and 15, respectively) in just a few seconds. In 1977, at the University of Dallas, she managed to extract the 23rd root of a number of 201 characters in 50 seconds! The university computer confirmed the correctness of the results shown, but it took more than a minute to work.

Photographic Memory – Stephen Wiltshire

If you have not seen the work of this artist, then you should definitely do it. Steven is an autistic artist who can reproduce from memory the most detailed landscape of any city that he happens to see from a height. All it takes is a short helicopter flight over the city, and Stephen will use his photographic memory to create a panoramic image of it with amazing accuracy.

Iceman - Wim Hof

While ordinary people trying to climb Mount Everest or Kilimanjaro are properly insulated, Dutch daredevil Wim Hof ​​performs such tricks in nothing but shorts. Extremely cold-hardy, Hof says he uses the tantric tummo meditation technique, a method of developing inner warmth used by Tibetan yogis, to help regulate body temperature. Wim Hof ​​is the absolute world champion in bathing in a bath filled with pieces of ice. An ordinary person cannot stay in such a bath for more than 15-20 minutes. Hof's record is almost two hours.

Super Samurai - Isao Machii

The Japanese master of martial art Iaido owns the techniques of real samurai. He can predict the trajectory of an object with such frightening accuracy that he calmly cuts the object in half with his sword - and can do this at least every second. He is the fastest man with a sword not only in Japan, but in the whole world. Machii can cut through plastic bullets flying at a speed of 300 km/h. Looks like he really is a superhero.

Jaws of Steel - Radhakrishnan Velu

It is impossible to imagine what strength a person must have who is able to drag a train of several cars with his own teeth, as Radhakrishnan Velu, a native of Malaysia, does. For such strong teeth, he is called the "Tooth King". And it's still not clear - how can you drag a train weighing 260.8 tons over a distance of 4.2 meters, excuse me, with your teeth? The Tooth King claims that when he was 14, an Indian guru taught him to use his teeth to control all parts of the body.

The Man Who Never Sleeps - Thai Ngoc

Have you ever tried not sleeping for more than 48 hours? Bad experience. Even one sleepless night has a very bad effect on the well-being of an ordinary person, but with the Vietnamese peasant Thai Ngok, everything is different. He hasn't slept since 1973. He himself believes that the fever he suffered then became the cause of insomnia. All these years, this man has been trying to sleep - with the help of drugs and even alcohol, but to no avail. Surprisingly, doctors do not find any abnormalities and serious diseases in him and say that everything is in order with his health.

Super Endurance - Dean Karnazes

There is the endurance of an ordinary person and there is the endurance of the American Dean Karnazes. Dean is a long-distance runner and super marathon runner. And if he is fed and watered in a timely manner, he can run endlessly, literally until retirement. In other words, his stamina level is so high and his energy regenerates so fast that he can run without stopping. Among his achievements are, for example, the following: running on a treadmill for 80 hours (560 km) and 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days.

Stomach of Steel – Michel Lotito

The Frenchman Michel Lotito (1950 - 2007) had an insatiable appetite for completely inedible objects. It is clear that with such abilities a direct road to pop artists. At his performances, "Monsieur Eat Everything" absorbed objects made of metal, glass, rubber and plastic, and even indigestion did not torment him later. And he is also known for dismantling and gradually eating (over two years) an entire plane. The walls of Lotito's stomach were twice as thick as they should be, and his stomach juices were also working unusually hard and allowed him to digest everything.

Electric Man - Raj Mohan Nair

Electricity is dangerous, everyone knows that. An electric shock of even one tenth of an amp can be fatal... but not for Raj Mohan Nair. A current of up to 10 amperes can be passed through his body and this will not cause him any harm. The only side effect is a momentary blindness. The story of how Raj Mohan discovered his superpower is tragic. When he was 7 years old, his mother died. Unable to cope with grief, the boy tried to commit suicide by climbing onto a power line pole and grabbing an exposed wire. To his surprise, he survived and realized that he had an extraordinary ability. The resistance of his body to electric current is 10 times higher than that of an ordinary person. Therefore, he can take bare wires in his hands and pretend to be an electrical circuit.