12 Real-Life People Who Convince Us Superpowers Are Real
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Superpowers represent extraordinary humans and mystical talents, attributes, and features that have been used and explored in numerous works of literature and have become a popular cliché for narrative and a variety of other uses. They're also found in a variety of multiple environments and mediums that have nothing to do with narration, such as omnipotent and divine forces in mythologies and religions.
Of course, seeing mutant capabilities in CGI-assisted Marvel flicks is thrilling. Further, there are real persons with similar real super talents because of their genetic abnormalities. Modifications are the process through which evolution adds new varieties to the gene diversity.
There are around 100 new changes every time the genetic code replicates. Scroll down to uncover a few scientifically validated human capabilities resulting from minor genetic alterations.
We've all fantasized about having superpowers, but every one of us possesses a unique skill. It's much more visible among some people, such as these 12 persons whose abilities and bodies verge on superhuman.
![THE BOY WHO TAUGHT HIMSELF ECHOLOCATION Ben Underwood was a blind American who taught himself to navigate by clicking his tongue. He used this skill forrunning, playing basketball, riding a bicycle, rollerblading, playing football, and skateboarding. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/0/3/789703.jpg)
Source: Ben Underwood
Super Baby
![THE BABY WHO'S TOTALLY JACKED Before he was 5, an unidentified German baby could hold seven-pound weights with arms extended. A genetic mutation left the boy with a Superman physique, muscles twice the size of other kids his age and half the body fat. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/0/2/789702.jpg)
Source: NBC News
![THE MAN WITH THE POWER OF STEALTH Apollo Robbins was able to pickpocket two members of Jimmy Carter's Secret Service, getting the President's itinerary and motorcade keys. Psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and even the military study his methods to better understand human attention. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/0/1/789701.jpg)
Source: The New Yorker
![THE WOMAN WHO FOUGHT OFF A POLAR BEAR A 700-pound polar bear was about to attack Lydia Angyiou's two children. After telling her children to run, the 41-year-old woman wrestled the polar bear until a neighbor was able to get a rifle. She only had a few scratches and a black eye. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/0/0/789700.jpg)
Source: ESPN
![THE PERSON WITH UNBREAKABLE BONES An unnamed patient went to the hospital after a car accident, where X-rays revealed the highest bone density ever recorded that prevented the patient from what should have been certain broken bones. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/9/789699.jpg)
Source: MIT Technology Review
Daniel Browning Smith
![THE MAN WHO HAS THE POWER OF FLEXIBILITY Daniel Browning Smith holds the Guinness World Record for most flexible person, with the ability to pass his entire body through an unstrung tennis racket. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/8/789698.jpg)
Source: ABC News
![THE MAN THAT CAN DRAW FROM MEMORY After only seeing a landscape one time, Stephen Wiltshire can draw the scene with incredible detail... entirely from memory. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/0/4/789704.jpg)
Source: The Guardian
![THE MAN WHO IS IMMUNE TO THE COLD Nikon Well-known for his cold endurance feats, Wim Hof has been found to be able to control his autonomic nervous system and immune responses through concentration and meditation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/7/789697.jpg)
![THE MAN WHO CAN REMEMBER EVERYTHING The inspiration behind Rain Man, Kim Peek had perfectly memorized 12,000 books. He was able to recall 98% of his experiences in perfect detail. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/6/789696.jpg)
![THE MAN WHO CAN RUN FOREVER TEAM 50 6 Imagine a long-distance runner who can run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days, and you got Dean Karnazes. According to a medical study, his muscles actually get used to continuous exercise and stop being damaged altogether, concluding that he could potentially run at a seven- to ten-minute-mile pace forever. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/2/789692.jpg)
![THE MAN WHO IS IMPERVIOUS TO ELECTRIC SHOCK Ma Xiangang discovered he can touch live wires with hundreds of volts coursing through them without feeling any pain. His resistance to electricity is eight times greater than the average human. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/1/789691.jpg)
![THE WOMAN WHO CAME BACK TO LIFE TO WIN GOLD IN THE OLYMPICS After winning the first track and field gold for women in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, Betty Robinson was in a plane crash. When she was found, she was assumed dead. The doctors thought she would never walk again. In 1936 Olympics, she ran the 4x100 relay and won her second gold. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/0/789690.jpg)
Source: WBUR