Unique Photos That Show How Unpredictable Genetics Can Be
Joey DeGrandis is one of only 100 people in the world with highly superior bioautographical memory (HSAM). This means that he’s able to recall any information that’s occurred to him during his life with 100% accuracy. He thought it was just a near parlor trick, until he saw a broadcast about it on the news. He currently participates in experiments to study his intelligence, but it’s also somewhat of a curse. People with HSAM often complain of depression and anxiety, often linked to it.
Julia Gunthel, better known by her stage name Zlata, is known as the world’s most flexible woman. At least according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The secret to her success, outside of generally training, is that her ligaments never hardened as she aged. According to doctors, she has the ligaments of a baby.
According to the Guinness Book of World Record, Mr. Joaquin is capable of stretching their mouth up to seven inches. that may sound small, so here’s something to put it into perspective. That means that they can fit an entire Coke can in their mouth.
People at home, please don’t try to repeat this. Michele Kobke has the world’s thinnest waist. However, this is not a genetic trait, but the result of consistent and constant usage of a corset. Her waistline is a minuscule 16 inches.
There have been a couple people on this list deemed inhumanly strong because of their muscles. Well, that’s not why Velu Rathakrishna is considered the “Human Tow Truck”. For him, it’s all in the jaws. In 2003 he pulled two KTM commuter trains that weighed 574,964 pounds. He still holds the record for heaviest object pulled with their teeth and it’s hard to believe someone will ever surpass.
The recommended amount for every healthy adult to sleep is around eight hours. Well, Thai Ngoc’s body apparently didn’t get that message. He’s an extreme insomniac that can’t seem to get even a wink in. Ordinarily, the sleeping cycle is so important people will start hallucinating after a few days, and possibly die after a few more. Well, Thai Ngoc has reportedly gone 46 years without any sleep. Yet, he doesn’t appear to be suffering any ill effects. He even get more manual labor done than a man who does sleep can get through in a day.
Ordinarily, exercise causes a buildup of lactic acids. This is what causes fatigue, muscle ache, and tiredness. It’s an overall natural process. However, Dean Karnazes’ body is capable of flushing these lactic acids from his body at an incredibly quick rate. What does this mean? Well, he never gets tired. He’s capable of running hundreds of miles without stopping or sleeping. Once he ran 350 miles over 80 hours. Apparently he first discovered this ability when he needed to hike back home to Santa Cruz from San Francisco.
When you get hit in the head, they often say your eyes “popped out of their sockets”. Well, after Kim Goodman got hit in the head by a hockey stick, that almost became literal. She actually realized that, every time she yawned, her eyes would pop out like this. After a little bit of practice, Goodman actually learned how to do it on command. It looks a little dangerous or painful, but she doesn’t seem to have any trouble doing it.
Muhibia Buljubasic has an incredibly interesting ability. He must give off some kind of magnetic field, because things just seem to stick to him. People think it’s due to his personal, magnetic field, but its not just metal objects that stick to him. Buljubasic can even attach plastic dishes and phones to his person. He’s stated that he’s learned how to do this with no training whatsoever, it just happens.
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