TOP 10. The Eyeball Popper
Cláudio Pinto, from Brazil, has the bizarre ability to pop his eyeballs nearly 4 cm out of their sockets. As of September 2006, the 48-year-old made a living performing his “eyeball popping” act. Pinto estimates that about 95% of his eyeballs come out of the sockets, with only 5% still inside. He’s been checked by doctors many times, but they haven’t found anything wrong.
TOP 9. The Man Who Ate a Plane
Michel Lotito’s superpower is his super-strong digestion—he can eat just about anything. While he can eat normal food like anyone else, he’s also capable of swallowing metal, glass fragments, and even highly toxic substances without any harm to his body.
TOP 8. The Backwards Man
In March 2011, 49-year-old American Moses Lanham earned the nicknames “Backwards Man” or “Mr. Elastic” because of his amazing flexibility—he can effortlessly turn his feet completely backward and walk with them facing behind him while his head faces forward. He’s considered the most flexible of the world’s superhuman people.
TOP 7. The Torture King
Tim Cridland (also known as Zamora the Torture King) started performing in circuses with a very unique act—he does things to his body that most people couldn’t endure, like eating fire, swallowing swords, piercing his body, and withstanding electric shocks. He can even regurgitate objects he's swallowed.
TOP 6. The Crystal-Toed Woman
In January 2007, a 23-year-old Malaysian woman named Siti developed a rare and unheard-of condition—colorful crystals would grow out from under her toenails. After the story broke, she quickly became a public sensation, amazing even doctors.
TOP 5. The Magnet Boy
At first glance, 6-year-old Croatian boy Ivan Stojiljković looks like any other kid his age. But there’s something different about him—his body appears to have a “magnetic field” that can attract metal objects like spoons and frying pans. Ivan says that using his “power” often leaves him feeling very tired.
TOP 4. The Iceman
Wim Hof has an incredible ability to withstand extreme cold, making him quite famous among Dutch adventurers and daredevils. He once stayed submerged in ice-filled water for 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds, breaking his own world record. He’s also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in just shorts in below-freezing temperatures.
TOP 3. The Real-Life Batman
Daniel Kish lost both retinas to cancer as a child. Even though he’s effectively blind, he navigates using a method called “human echolocation.” By clicking his tongue and listening to the echoes bouncing off nearby objects, he can sense his surroundings—just like bats and dolphins. It’s practically a superpower.
TOP 2. The Man Who Doesn’t Eat
In April 2010, an 83-year-old man from India named Prahlad Jani claimed that he hadn’t eaten anything—not even a drop of water—since he was 13 years old. This remarkable man has become a subject of intense study by India’s Defense Department, hoping to learn from him to enhance soldiers’ endurance.
TOP 1. Brainstorming arithmetic master
Scott Flansburg is often referred to as the human computer. He broke the world record for the fastest mental arithmetic. He can do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and quickly find the exact answer to the sum of squares and cube roots, all using his brain. He can multiply the same number continuously within 15 seconds, even faster than a person calculating on a computer.
