Absolutely every person on the planet is unique, each has its own characteristics in character or appearance. And this is wonderful, because throughout life we get to know others, unraveling their personalities. Moreover, we do not stop studying ourselves, passing through many life lessons.
History can give us many cases when this or that person had very unusual differences from other people. They succeeded more, they amazed the imagination and always felt like a “black sheep”. Because of what? You can read about it in the article below.
We present to your attention the top 10 most unusual people in the world. Happy reading!
This is the name of Daniel Tammet, a writer from the UK. This young man has unique abilities for mathematical calculations, and modern science cannot explain these phenomenal abilities. Daniel easily multiplies multi-digit numbers in his mind and immediately gives the correct answer. How he does it? Daniel explains it simply... All the numbers in his head add up to pictures that have color, shape, structure, and as if a fourth dimension appears, in which a unique image of the correct answer arises. He can calculate cube roots faster than a calculating machine, he can name more than 22,500 digits after the decimal point in the number of pi. In addition to super-mathematical abilities, Tammet knows several languages, and has come up with his own. He learns fantastically fast. new language and own it freely!
Tammet suffers from autism and savant syndrome. Daniel's uniqueness lies in the fact that for all his genius, it is difficult for him to adapt in society, to figure out where is right and where is left, how to use electrical appliances, but he is the only savant who can explain how he does it and this is a tremendous help to scientists who study the phenomenon of savantism.
This young man with unique abilities was born in Sacramento, California. Benjamin Underwood was born strong and healthy baby. However, later, due to cancer that affected the retina, the doctors decided to remove both eyes in order to try to save Ben's life.
Despite this, Underwood led a life no different from that of a healthy young man. All because Ben was able to use echolocation in order to move freely. And he was the only person in the world who coordinates all his actions thanks to sound. He was well versed in the vast Sacramento. He saw the world like bats or dolphins, Ben determined the distance to objects by sound. And at the same time, the hearing of the young man is the same as that of ordinary person, just the brain of this strong guy presented him with sounds in the form of visual information.
This ability allowed Ben to freely play sports, walk and run without help, and even ride a bike and play computer games perfectly!
He is also called the gutta-percha man. American Daniel Smith has repeatedly become the champion of the Guinness Book of Records. Little Daniel discovered his abilities at the age of four, even then he knew how to twist his body. As an adult, the young man realized that not everyone has such a talent, and when he was eighteen years old, Daniel left home and went to the circus.
Touring with the circus, Daniel showed his talent, he also participated in various TV shows, sports competitions, because what D. Smith can do with his body is admirable.
He is the most flexible person on our planet according to our website rating. Daniel easily ties his body into unthinkable knots, can climb through a hole in a tennis racket, and even ... can move his heart in his chest. Having received such a gift from God, Daniel brought it to perfection.
Michel Lotito is a celebrity from France, and he became famous for his gastronomic passions. After all, he eats inorganic objects. At the age of nine, Michel ate ... a light bulb, which aroused the delight and disposition of his friends. Further more ... he began to publicly eat completely inedible objects: bicycles, televisions, objects made of glass and rubber. He did all this for the amusement of the public and earned his living. To eat these items, they were usually taken apart into small parts or cut into pieces, Michel ate all this and drank plenty of water, well, he also added a little oil so as not to hurt his throat.
Lotito himself claims that he does not have any harmful consequences after such a “food”.
The most surprising thing is that the doctors who examined Michel confirmed that such a gourmet has no problems with digestion. The only deviation is that the thickness of the walls of the stomach is twice that of ordinary people. This allowed Michel to eat the PLANE, of course, not in one go, but within two years. The plane "Sesna - 150" disappeared without a trace in the body of Lotito. During his life, "Monsieur Eat Everything" ate several bicycles, carts from supermarkets, candelabra, beds, televisions, etc. Here, probably, who does not suffer from a lack of iron in the body!
Tim Cridland is another unique person. His phenomenal ability is an exceptional tolerance for pain. Tim discovered his ability not to experience pain at school, when, to the surprise and delight of his classmates, he pierced his hands with huge needles and easily withstood any temperature (both high and low). Krinland carefully studied human anatomy in order to know his body well, because when demonstrating terrifying tricks to the public, it is important not to injure yourself in life. important organs.
He can swallow fire and sharp swords, lie on nails, pierce himself with swords, pierce his neck or cheeks. And he can also swallow the rope, and immediately pull it out of the stomach with the help of forceps and a scalpel. Numerous tests have confirmed that this superman is indeed capable of enduring incredible pain, since his pain threshold is much higher than that of ordinary people.
Man is an anvil
This American, being a fighter and an artist, surprises and shocks the people with his abnormally hard skull. Superman can break very hard objects with his head: steel bars, baseball bats, and even ... concrete blocks. Remember bowling! So, the head of Gino Martino can easily withstand if such a “ball” falls on it from a height of five meters. Gino managed to demonstrate many incredible records, in which everyone saw how strong his skull was. And, indeed, according to doctors, nature endowed Gino with a heavy-duty skull, which is why he is known to the whole world under the nickname "The Anvil Man."
Lew Tou Lin, a pensioner who lives in Malaysia, has earned himself fame for the fact that various objects literally stick to him, including metal ones. He can hold a bunch of spoons and forks, axes, and even bricks on his chest. Tou Lin can hold objects weighing about two kilograms on his body.
These abilities were with him from early childhood. With his unusual talent, Man-Magnet surprises not only enthusiastic surrounding people, but also scientists. For several years now, they have been researching the Malaysian's abilities, and the only thing they found out is that Tou Ling's skin has special "suction" properties, and that is why objects stick to his body. Surprisingly, this phenomenal ability in this family is inherited. The sons and grandsons of the Magnet Man have the same abilities. But unlike many people with unique abilities, Liu Tou Lin did not go into show business, but he often takes part in various TV shows, TV programs, was the hero of reports and programs on the Discovery Channel.
This resident of Holland is famous for the fact that he can easily withstand super low temperatures. Wim Hof has repeatedly set world records for staying in ice water. He discovered his ability not to feel the cold only at the age of seventeen, and began to harden his body, thereby developing his unusual abilities. He also worked very hard on correct breathing, arguing that if you breathe correctly, then immunity increases, the body is saturated with oxygen and the aging process slows down and stops. Perhaps that is why the famous Dutchman feels young, although he is already over fifty.
Wim constantly swims in icy water, regularly takes barefoot walks in the snow, bathes in an ice hole. He took part in a twenty-kilometer marathon beyond the Arctic Circle, but, despite the air temperature during the competition, he was wearing only light shorts. In the same clothes, he visited the summit of Kilimanjaro, and almost conquered Everest (but he had to return, due to frostbite toes).
Four years ago, Hof ran a marathon, but already in the Namib desert, thereby proving that high temperatures on his shoulder. Demonstrating such wonders of the body, Wim promotes healthy lifestyle life, encourages everyone to forget about diseases and be positive and happy.
tooth king
Another king in our ranking. Radhakrishnan Velu is the owner of a rare gift - he can pull huge vehicles with teeth! He lives in Malaysia, and in 2007, on the eve of the Independence Day of his beloved country, he presented her with his next record. Radhakrishnan moved and handed over a train, which had six wagons and a total mass of almost three hundred kilograms.
For his amazing abilities, the locals nicknamed Radhakrishnan - King Tooth. The secret of his strong teeth is still unknown. The Tooth King himself believes that a healthy lifestyle is daily jogging (25 km), meditation, exercises with a barbell, moreover, weighing 250 kg, and, of course, exercises for his powerful jaws.
Man is a pump
And this inhabitant of the Celestial Empire has an amazing talent - he knows how to inflate balloons and extinguish candles ... with his ears! Wei Mingtang discovered his unique talent - blowing air out of his ears, already as an adult and immediately began to develop it. Over time, using a small tube, he learned to inflate balloons, which delighted his many friends and relatives. Wei often performs at various holidays and shows, participates in city festivals, where he amazes his citizens with new tricks, because he still knows how to blow out candles with his ears and very quickly, at one of the festivals he managed to blow out 20 candles in 20 seconds.
People have always been interested in what lies beyond ordinary perception, what is inaccessible to the majority. However, along with interest, there was also fear due to the lack of reliable information and the unknown. Recently, the paranormal or unusual abilities of people have become the subject of social and scientific research, narrow-minded gossip and newspaper publications. What are these abilities? Where do they come from?
Despite the fact that the human body has already been well studied by doctors and scientists, there are still mysteries that are beyond our understanding. There are many amazing cases that happened to ordinary people and published in the press. Some events simply cannot be explained by modern science.
So, perhaps the most famous case occurred when a mother was walking with her little son and was distracted. The child ran out onto the road and was hit by a car. Seeing this picture, the baby's mother rushed to his aid and lifted the car. It is this case that in our time is most often described by scientists as proof that the human body has hidden abilities.
Another fairly well-known incident occurred during the war. The pilot's steering jammed due to a bolt in the mechanism. Under pain of death, the pilot began to pull the handle with all his might and miraculously managed to straighten the plane. After landing, the mechanics carefully examined the control, and found a sheared bolt. As a result of the examination, it turned out that in order to cut off such a bolt, a force of 500 kilograms would be required.
One man was walking through the forest and accidentally stumbled upon a sleeping bear. Out of fear, he grabbed a log lying nearby and rushed to run towards the nearby village. When the danger was over, he threw the log on the ground, caught his breath and looked at it. It turned out to be a huge tree trunk, which he then could not drag alone from the road. The man could not even explain to himself why he grabbed this log.
But such incredible stories happen not only when it comes to their own salvation.
There is another case. When the child fell out of the window of the 7th floor, his mother managed to grab with one hand, and with the other she held on to the brick of the eaves, and only with two fingers - index and middle. She held on until the arrival of rescuers, who then with difficulty unclenched her fingers.
70 summer woman She carried 13 kilometers on the back of her 40-year-old son, who had an accident, never stopping and never lowering him to the ground.
Some researchers claim that a person uses his abilities only by 10%. And this applies to both the body and the brain.
The doctor hypnologist Vul demonstrated an amazing ability - he had the ability to inspire at a distance. Vul sent a letter by mail, in which the word was written in his handwriting: "Sleep!" If before that the patient had already been at the reception of this doctor, then when he received the letter, he immediately fell into a dream.
A pop artist from France, Michel Lotito, had an amazing ability - he can eat everything he sees. When he was still a child, he "ate" the TV, and from the age of 15 he began to entertain people for money by eating rubber, glass and metal. For the fact that Michel ate the plane (although it took about 2 years to eat it), he was included in the Guinness Book of Records. Biologist K. Richardson can spend the whole night in a cage with lions. For unknown reasons, the lions mistake Richardson for their own. Thai Ngoc from Vietnam hasn't slept at all since 1973 - it started after he had a fever.
Monica Tejada Phenomenon
There are many similar inexplicable phenomena in our world. Monica Tejada from Spain demonstrates an amazing phenomenon to scientists. under her stare even metal objects bend.
There are no tricks here. Scientists placed a steel wire into a sealed glass vessel. However, this did not stop Monica from bending a hard thread into the shape of a dinosaur with a closed mouth. Instruments during this process recorded an increase in the girl's body temperature and a decrease in her blood pressure. This combination leads doctors to a dead end. At the same time, the electroencephalograph showed biocurrents characteristic of a sleeping person. Monica has another gift - she can diagnose diseases.
In the state of New Jersey on the outskirts of Trenton in the 40s, there lived a 90-year-old man named Al Herpin. There was no couch or bed in his hut - Al Herpin had never slept in his entire life. An old man who lived to that age outlived the doctors who examined him. Al Herpin's appetite and health were good, mental capacity average. Of course, after a day's work he was tired, but he could not sleep. The old man simply sat in an armchair and read until he felt rested. After the restoration of physical strength, he again set to work. The doctors could not explain the chronic insomnia of their patient, just as they could not explain the source of his longevity.
A case is known that occurred in a Russian village. There lived an old sick woman named Matryona. She could not hear well, could not see, and hardly walked. One night her house caught fire. The whole village fled to the fire. What was the surprise of people when they saw this old woman climbing over a high fence. Moreover, in her hands she held a large chest, which later several men could not lift. Where are the limits of human possibilities? And do they even exist?
In Mexico City at the 1968 Olympic Games, an athlete named Robert Beamon was able to jump almost 9 meters. Of course, this seems impossible, but Robert's record was broken. And the record, which was set in 500 BC in Ancient Greece, looks absolutely fantastic - the athlete Fail then jumped almost 17 meters in length.
In New York in 1935, an absolutely normal-looking child was born. However, he lived only 26 days. After an autopsy, it turned out that the child had no brain. Although it is known that even the slightest damage to the cerebral cortex can lead to death.
The fact that there are people in the world living with foreign objects in the body does not surprise anyone now. But here's an incident that occurred in a hospital in New York, it seems simply incredible. A man was admitted to the hospital with a slight indisposition. Doctors conducted an examination and found more than 250 objects in his body. There were only 26 keys in the patient's body. About how in his body so many objects, the man did not tell.
An equally striking case occurred with a 12-year-old Russian boy who went to a hospital in a small town complaining of dizziness and weakness. On examination, doctors found in the region of the heart bullet wound. It is not known how the boy received such a wound, and most importantly, how he survived after that. X-ray determined that the bullet was in the solar artery. The boy was urgently sent to Moscow, where the bullet was removed from the body. She made an incredible journey in the body - pierced the lung and hit the heart, which pushed her into the aorta. The bullet traveled through the vessel until it hit the solar artery.
The famous psychiatrist and neurologist Cesare Lombroso had a very solid reputation in the scientific world. In his book "And what after death" he told the story of a 14-year-old girl. She became blind, but at the same time she had a completely new and amazing ability to see.
Dr. Lombroso conducted studies, as a result of which it turned out that the girl sees with her left earlobe and nose. To exclude the slightest possibility of the participation of the girl's eyes, during the experiment, the doctors covered them with a bandage so that peeping was completely excluded. However, despite Taken measures, the girl easily read blindfolded and perfectly distinguished colors.
When a bright light flashed near her earlobe, she blinked, and when the doctor wanted to put a finger to the tip of her nose, she jumped back screaming that he wanted to blind her. There was an amazing movement of the senses, which affected not only vision. When the experimenter brought the solution ammonia to the girl's nose, she didn't react. But as soon as he brought the solution to his chin, she twitched in pain. She picked up scents with her chin.
I must say that some people are able to completely control the abilities of their body. These include primarily Indian yoga. Perhaps the most amazing ability of yogis is that they know how to stop the beating of their own heart. Yogis can put themselves into a state of "death" - the work of the heart and breathing slow down, and other life processes stop.
A yogi can stay in this state for quite a long time. So what are the forces hidden in man? Based on the foregoing, it can be assumed that the possibilities of the human body are endless. You just need to learn how to control them.
Diamond tears
A woman named Hanuma, who lives in Africa, has earned the nickname "diamond" for her unusual ability to cry diamonds. Since childhood, Khanuma did not cry. The first time it happened at the age of nine, when the girl was peeling onions for the first time. What was the surprise of the girl's parents when hard crystals began to fall from her eyes instead of tears.
The girl's dad was a jeweler and, having subjected small crystals, he easily determined that they were real diamonds. The parents decided to keep Khanuma's unusual abilities a secret and dad used his daughter's crystals to make jewelry that were in great demand. One of the clients suspected something was wrong and handed over the diamond for examination, as a result of which it turned out that the stone was of organic origin. The girl became famous all over the world. But scientists have not been able to solve the mystery of diamond tears so far.
man is ice
Wim Hof, a resident of Holland, is not sensitive to any cold. Thanks to his unusual abilities, the Dutchman conquered mountain peaks in one underwear, swam long time in icy water and performed many similar feats.
Doctors performed physical examinations amazing person, but the results of the studies did not show any abnormalities in Wim's body after cold treatments. The Dutchman's unusual abilities allow him to feel comfortable in those conditions that would be fatal for any other person.
"Perpetual Motion"
The kid, named Ret Lamba, who is three years old, has never slept in his life. He is awake around the clock. Ret's parents, of course, are not enthusiastic about their son's abilities, but most of all they were worried about the child's health. However, as shown by repeated medical examinations, the lack of sleep does not affect Ret's health in any way, the boy is absolutely healthy.
Recent studies have clarified the picture a little. It turned out that the brain and nervous system of an amazing child are arranged in a special way, thanks to which the boy does not need sleep, his brain rests while awake.
Man is a reptile
History knows cases when people had the ability to replace their skin covering to a new one, just like reptiles do. Born in 1851 in Missouri, S. Buskirk began to change his skin as a child. The most amazing thing is that it always happened on the same day - June 27th. The skin began to roughen, and then fell off in large pieces. She slipped off her hands and feet like gloves or socks.
After the old skin fell off it, one could observe in its place a young pink and delicate skin, similar to the one that newborn babies have. For several years, Mr. Baskirk has assembled a "leather" collection.
Luminous patient
Anna Monaro, who suffered from asthma, in 1934 became like a fluorescent lamp. During her illness, a bluish glow emanated from her chest. This phenomenon lasted several weeks and was documented by doctors. Sometimes the color of the glow changed to red and green. No one has yet been able to explain this phenomenon.
One psychiatrist suggested that "the phenomenon is caused by electrical and magnetic organisms that have developed sufficiently strongly in the body of this woman and therefore emit a radiance" - in other words, another way to say: "I do not know." Another doctor proposed the theory of electromagnetic radiation, linking it to certain chemical components found in the patient's skin, which was close to the then fashionable theory of bioluminescence.
Dr. Protti, who made a lengthy statement regarding his observations of Signora Monaro, suggested that her poor health, together with starvation and piety, increased the amount of sulfides in the blood. Human blood emits rays in the ultraviolet range, and sulfides can be made to luminesce by ultraviolet radiation, which explains the radiance emanating from Signora Monaro's chest (Times, May 5, 1934).
Anna Monaro
The proposed theory did not explain the strange periodicity or localization of the bluish flashes, and soon the bewildered researchers finally fell silent.
Gould and Pyle's 1937 Anomalies and Curiosities in Medicine describes the case of a woman with breast cancer. The light emanating from the diseased area of the chest was sufficient to see the dial of the clock, which was at a distance of several feet ...
In the book Death: Its Causes and Related Phenomena by Hareward Carrington, there is a mention of a child who died of indigestion. After death, the boy's body began to emit a bluish glow and spread heat. Attempts to extinguish this radiance did not lead to anything, but soon it stopped on its own. When the body was lifted from the bed, it was found that the sheet under it was burned ... The only case of light emission in practice a healthy person(not counting the saints, of course) is described in The English Mechanic of September 24, 1869:
“An American woman, going to bed, discovered a glow in the upper part of the fourth finger of her right foot. When she rubbed her leg, the glow increased and some unknown force pushed her fingers apart. A stench emanated from the foot, and both the light emission and the smell did not stop even when the foot was immersed in a basin of water. Even soap could not extinguish or reduce the glow. This phenomenon lasted three quarters of an hour, and the husband of this woman watched him.
The church treats the phenomenon of "firefly people" approvingly. Pope Benedict XIV wrote: “... It should be recognized as a fact - the presence of a natural flame, which sometimes becomes visible around human head, and it also seems true that sometimes fire can emanate from the whole body of a person, but not like a fire rushing upwards, but rather in the form of sparks flying in all directions.
People are lightning
The body of an ordinary person is able to generate in small quantities, but not to store electricity. However, there are people whose unusual abilities lie in the fact that they can accumulate electricity in themselves, and, if necessary, dump it on surrounding objects.
So, for example, in the journal Prediction, an article was published in 1953, which told about a baby who electrocuted doctors. For another whole day, he retained tension in himself and was dangerous to others.
But it also happens that unusual abilities wake up in people only with age. A Chinese worker in 1988 began to notice some changes in his body, but could not understand what it was until he accidentally electrocuted his colleague, knocking him off his feet.
Rif Mukharyanov is one of those people who managed to survive after being struck by lightning.
Back in 1965, the Reef hit ball lightning and miraculously survived. Over time, he began to see strange dreams, which soon began to come true - his psychic abilities began to wake up.
When he completely recovered from his illness, he fell seriously ill. good friend. The doctors did not know what to do, and only shrugged, and it was then that Reef decided to take advantage of his new opportunities. Literally two weeks later, a friend stood firmly on his feet.
living magnet
There are people who have magnetism. The most amazing case of the manifestation of magnetic abilities is the case of the American Frank McKinstry. His body was pulled towards the ground. The magnetism was especially strong in the morning. Frank had to move very quickly, without stopping, because his body stuck to the ground, if he stopped for a couple of seconds, and then, without outside help, the man could no longer continue moving.
Often people do not realize that they have some unusual abilities. Erika Zur Strinberg, a German resident, discovered the magnetic abilities of her body after watching a TV show that talked about the magnetism of a Russian woman, Natalia Petrasova.
For the sake of interest, the German put a spoon to her chest and she “stuck” to the woman. Eric was then hung up with almost all of the cutlery to make sure he had an unusual ability.
Unusual abilities yet to be unraveled
Many scientists agree that this kind of ability is potentially inherent in every person, but they manifest themselves only in extreme situations or after severe life shocks. An example of this hypothesis is the soothsayer Vanga, who, having lost her sight, gained the ability to foresee the future, the present of people and their past.
Also, the famous German clairvoyant Wolf Messing became the owner of his unusual abilities after having stayed for a long time in a state of clinical death. It happened when Messing was eleven years old.
There are many cases when people, after coming out of clinical death, acquired the ability to read minds, speak in previously unknown or even dead languages. An amazing incident happened to the polar explorer Grigory Popov. While repairing the plane, Grigory heard some rustle behind him, turning around, he saw a polar bear - one of the most dangerous predators. The pilot did not have time to understand anything, as he was already at a two-meter height - on the wing of the aircraft. He got there in one jump.
Does every person have some hidden abilities or only exceptional individuals have them? Why were these abilities given to them, do these people have any purpose from above? modern science is not able to give answers to the questions posed, since they lie in a plane that is not yet included in the scope of serious scientific research.
Each of us has heard about popular superheroes with unrealistic superpowers, but in the real world there is also a place for people with amazing abilities. Although the abilities of these people cannot be compared with the flights of Superman and the web of Spiderman, but unlike them, the heroes of this article can use their abilities in the real world. Here are the stories of 10 people who have really impressive abilities, reminiscent of the X-Men team.
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 - King of Torture
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 - ice man
Dutchman Wim Hof has amazing ability 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 take 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 a hundred fights with various opponents lasting no more than two minutes and emerged victorious from each. Masutatsu Oyama is also famous for with bare hands fought with angry bulls and could knock them down with just one blow.
Tibetan monks practicing tummo are 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, without a single movement of a muscle, to increase the temperature of their own body to an incredible high level. 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 - "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 treat tumors, body pain, and a variety of other ailments that torment ordinary people. Among his patients were famous people like 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 the unusually thick mucous membrane of the stomach, allowed Lotito to consume a huge amount of metal, which, by the way, he cut into small pieces, watered vegetable oil 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. Isao's stunt was captured on video; watching it in slow motion, the researchers were very surprised at how accurate and lightning-fast the movements and reactions of the young super samurai were.
Ben Andenrvud - navigated in space with the help of sounds
Ben Andenrwood was born in 1992; at the age of three he had the most complicated operation during which both of his 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 the ability to 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 was unable to 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 documentary about the extraordinary abilities of Natalia Demkina under the name "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.
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 sports results 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 supporting a BMW broke off and pinned a man under her. Lauren lifted the car, then performed resuscitation and saved my 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 student high school 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 rock climber and urban climber Alain Robert is famous for his solo ascents and skyscrapers without climbing gear. 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 national park 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 a person who jumped from a tower (and at the same time from a cliff) from the very high altitude. 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 most big 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. Most Zahradka conducted the experiment in a dream and in reflections about 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 Mount Everest to a height of 6.7 kilometers, also wearing only shorts and shoes, really the highest peak(8848 meters) did not reach 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 disassembled, 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 electric shock.
We know that human possibilities are not unlimited, and in general this is so. But some people are born with abilities that go far beyond the ordinary: as if the human body decides to break down the barriers set by nature. 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?
15. Magnet Man - Liu Tou Lin
I try my best not to call him Magneto, after all, that movie villain, and Lew Tou Lin - a real man. 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 Malaysian technological university came to the conclusion that Tou Ling's skin has some 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.
14 Supernatural Memory - Daniel Tammet
People with phenomenal mathematical abilities and powerful memory are not uncommon. They are able to solve complex mathematical equations faster than a computer or to 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 number from 0 to 10000 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.
13. 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.
12 Sonar Vision - Daniel Kish and Ben Underwood
Do you know how to "see" the bats? 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.
11. 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.
10. A person 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 onward. 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.
9. Human Computer - 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.
8. 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 brief helicopter flight over the city and Stephen will use his photographic memory to create a panoramic image of it with amazing accuracy.
7. Iceman - Wim Hof
While ordinary people, trying to climb Everest or Kilimanjaro, are properly insulated, the Dutch daredevil Wim Hof does such tricks in nothing but shorts. Extremely cold-hardy, Hof says he regulates his body temperature with the tantric tummo meditation technique, a Tibetan yogi's method of developing inner warmth. 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.
6 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.
5. 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.
4. 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 in him and serious illnesses and they say that he is in good health.
3 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.
2. 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.
1. 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 one by-effect- 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 a power line pole and grabbing an exposed wire. To his surprise, he survived and realized that he had an extraordinary ability. His body's resistance electric current 10 times higher than the average person. Therefore, he can take bare wires in his hands and pretend to be an electrical circuit.
