1. X-ray vision
Natasha Demkina is a woman from Russia who claims to be able to see inside the human body. Just like an X-ray machine, it can find problems inside the human body and determine the diagnosis as well. According to her mother, Natasha was a normal child until the age of ten. At this age, her abilities began to emerge.
2. Magnetic body
Liew Thow Lin is a man from Malaysia who can attach metal objects to his body. Although scientists haven't detected anything out of the ordinary with his body's magnetics, he can hold and balance a considerable weight of metal objects on his skin.
3. Superhuman memory
Daniel Temmet can remember large amounts of information. For example, he made it possible to repeat the number pi up to 22,514 digits within 5 hours and 9 minutes on March 14, 2004. Most scholars are unable to explain their miraculous abilities but Daniel is different. He explains that in his mind every whole number up to 10,000 has its own unique quality, color, shape and feel. This has helped him memorize things better than a normal person.
4. There is no need for sleep
Al Herpin was a man who knew what this meant. He claimed he had a rare insomnia disorder and had no need to sleep at all. At one point in his life he had gone for more than about 10 years without sleeping. This attracted the attention of professional doctors who looked into the matter further. They found no bed or bedroom in his house. He said that he used to go to work and when he came back he would sit and read until the time when he had to go to work again the next day. He was a healthy man who died at the age of 94.
5. Stomach of steel
Michel Lotito is known for his ability to eat indigestible objects without causing any harm. He has been seen eating glass, metal, rubber and other objects. Don't try this at home.
6. Superhuman language skills
The average of speaking several languages of all people in the world is 1.69. Harold Williams, on the other hand, could speak 58 different languages. Harold was a normal child until the age of 7 when he stated that he had suffered a "brain explosion". After learning Latin, which is the basis of many languages, he could not get enough. He spent his life traveling to different countries in order to learn as many languages as possible.
7. Eagle sighting
Veronica Seider holds the record for seeing the smallest object without technological assistance. She has a visual acuity 20 times better than that of a normal human. It is able to identify a person at a distance of 1.6 km.
8. Vision sonar
Ben Underwood is an extraordinary person who can see (orientate) using the sound of objects or people around him. Ben lost his sight to cancer and is completely blind. But by using a series of squeaking noises he is able to analyze the world around him.
9. High tolerance to pain
We've seen people use meditation to ease the pain of childbirth, but Trim Cridland decided to use his high pain tolerance as a performance and entertainment tool.
"There is nothing out of the ordinary about my body. Everything I have done has been due to my training. I would say that I am giving some extreme examples of what we can do with our mind combined with our body."
10. Communication with animals
Kevin Richardson is an animal trainer who has been accepted into several lion packs and hyena clans. He has broken almost every safety rule and says he focuses more on intuition than traditional methods when it comes to interacting with animals. Imagine a world where we could all live in harmony with the animals around us.
11. Sensory skills and knowledge of music
Arthur Lintgen is an American physicist who can recognize the songs on a record player just by looking at it. It can also tell if the volume of the song is high or low based on some small details of the discs.
12. Computer man
Shakuntala Devi is a woman from India who can calculate numbers beyond normal human abilities. She was tested several times and was able to do all the calculations in her mind. When she was tested by the University of California she was asked to calculate the square root of 61,629,875 which was very easy for her.
13. Photographic memory
Stephen Wiltshere is a British architect who looks at a landscape once and can draw it with perfect accuracy. He often draws city plans only by looking at them for a very short time from a helicopter. He once drew 10 km2 of the City of London with detailed accuracy from just a short helicopter ride.
14. Long distance running
In the north-west of Mexico there is a group of natives who are called the Tarahumara people and have the ability to run very long distances. They state that they run a distance of 230 km without stopping for a duration of 2 days.
15. "The Iceman"
Wiceim Hof is a 50-year-old man who has broken the limits of cold throughout the world. In the last 35 years he has completed various challenges thus holding 20 Guinness records. Wim uses a breathing meditation technique that makes it possible for him not to feel the cold like the rest of us.
16. Supernatural reflexes
Isao Machii is a laido master who has the fastest reflexes in the world. He holds many world records for his swift sword skills.
