Carol Ann Yager currently holds the championship in the weight category. Already at the age of 20 she weighed 727 kg. With such a body weight, the girl was unable to move. Several special devices have been created for Carol to make her life easier.

Body of a 70-year-old Malaysian Lewa Tou Lin It has magnetic properties and firmly attracts metal objects (spoons, forks, irons, etc.). Liv's body can even handle a car by pulling it on a chain. Doctors and scientists just shrug their shoulders, not knowing how to explain this phenomenon.

Human skin has the ability to stretch. For example, in a woman during pregnancy. Or, with age, the skin becomes more flabby, stretches more, and wrinkles form. But that comes with age. However, there is a disease when the skin has increased elasticity - this is Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The doctors made this diagnosis Harry Turner, whose skin can stretch up to 16 cm.

An eight-year-old lives in India Kalim, whose hands are gigantic. This fact causes a lot of inconvenience for the boy. After all, such hands are not able to perform in everyday life or during children's games those basic things that are available to an ordinary child. The size of the hands from the base of the palm to the tip of the middle finger is 33 cm. The weight of each hand reaches 8 kg. Medicine is powerless in this situation, since doctors cannot even make an accurate diagnosis of Kalim.

How many women dream of having large and lush breasts. To make their dream come true, there are many ways to enlarge breasts, ranging from traditional herbal treatments to plastic surgery. But Annie Hawkins, also known as Norma Stitz, in January 1999, she broke the world record, becoming the woman with the largest breasts. Moreover, natural breasts, the volume of which is 175 cm.

Each person has a certain “pain threshold”, which indicates his susceptibility to pain. Tim Cridland is an exception to the rule. His body feels no pain at all. Therefore, Tim can safely pierce his hands through thin knitting needles. His body is able to withstand very high temperatures. It was all children's pranks at school. Now Tim is touring America, shocking audiences with his incredible stunts.

Jen Bricker, American gymnast who was born without legs. Due to a physical disability, her parents abandoned her. The girl was adopted by a married couple, giving her their last name Bricker. They enrolled their adopted daughter in a sports school when Jen turned 16 years old. The girl idolized artistic gymnastics, and with her the famous American athlete Dominique Helena Mosina-Canales. As it turned out, it was the call of blood. It later turned out that Dominic and Jen were sisters. At age 27, Jen Bricker won the competition and became the state champion in gymnastics.

In Belarus, in the city of Minsk, there lives a man who experienced clinical death. The consequence of this unpleasant moment in his life was a complete lack of sleep. Yakov Tsiperovich doesn't sleep at all. Almost 70 different films have been made about the life of this man and this phenomenon. Doctors examined him, scientists studied him, but they could not explain what was happening.

There are enough people on our planet, but how many of us are unusual? Some are born this way, others acquire strange properties or skills after some circumstances. Most often, such people do not attract much attention, and even scientists are unable to properly explain the phenomena of some of them. But among such unusual people there are real “stars” who manage to become famous throughout the world. Moreover, such a topic as the TOP 10 unusual people has always attracted people, otherwise there would not be so many cabinets of curiosities in the world.

1. Sadhu Amar Bharati

This man, considered a saint in India, has been holding his right hand above his head for 40 years, not lowering it since 1973. Actually, because of this position, the arm has long ceased to be a normal limb; it has dried up and become bony, which is not surprising if it has not moved at all for so many years. Long ago, he raised it as a sign of worship before Shiva. They say that until 1970 this man lived an ordinary life - he worked, had a family with three children. In general, a typical middle-income Indian.
But one day he suddenly felt that he no longer belonged to himself or his family, but was needed by the god Shiva. At first, he simply went to wander along Indian roads, but after wandering for several years, he raised his right hand above his head and vowed that he would not lower it for 40 years, and this was in 1973. They say that he did this to renounce his sins and as a sign of humility, but some go further in their guesses, believing that this is his way of protesting against wars on the planet. And in this not very comfortable position, Bharati has existed for four decades. However, now he really no longer owns it - over decades of complete inactivity, it has literally mummified, turning into a bone, covered with dry skin and with curls of long nails.
Bharati himself admitted later that at first he suffered greatly from pain; apparently, his body did not share such harsh ascetic beliefs with his head. But the Hindu endured because he could not afford to break his vow.

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2. Jill Price

This American woman has an incredible memory, as she remembers literally everything that happened to her after the age of 11. She is able to tell on what day this or that program was on TV. Ask her what was shown on TV, for example, at noon on September 9, 2001, and she will accurately name the program that happened that day. She was the first to receive an unusual diagnosis of hyperthymesia - when an individual is able to remember and reproduce with unprecedented accuracy the events of his own life, that is, he has ideal autobiographical memory.
In the spring of 2000, she emailed Dr. James McGaw, who documented her unique abilities, which began to manifest themselves at the age of 11. At first, experts did not believe her words, but began to study the capabilities of her memory. Based on historical almanacs, they prepared a list of questions. She was able to answer what happened at various points on the TV show and when asked when Elvis Presley died. The answers to all questions were extremely accurate, which amazed the specialists. Moreover, she noticed inaccuracies that were made when creating the almanac. The woman was never given a cure for her excessive memory.

3. Zhang Ruifang

There are completely inexplicable physical anomalies, such as the 100-year-old Chinese woman Zhang Ruifang from Henan Province, who suddenly developed a horn. When she already celebrated her 100th birthday in 2010, an ordinary horn began to appear on the left side of her forehead. After 2 years, the horn grew by 7 centimeters. We can only try with a shudder to imagine what a person with such “decoration” feels and sympathize with the Chinese woman.
The relatives were even more concerned by the fact that after the first horn, almost symmetrically on the other side of his forehead, a second horn began to appear. At the same time, a woman’s horns are no different from similar parts in animals, and at the same time they continue to grow. After such disturbances, the old woman was admitted to the hospital for examination, but so far the doctors can only throw up their hands to the sides, unable to explain this unpleasant miracle of nature. However, medicine knows of cases when seals resembling convex tubercles formed on the human forehead. But for these to be real “full-fledged” horns - we have never seen anything like this before!

4. Thai Ngoc

Born in 1942, Vietnamese peasant Thai Ngoc is striking in that he has not slept at all for 40 years. According to the ever-awake Vietnamese himself, the cause of his loss of sleep was a fever that he suffered in 1973. No matter how hard he tried to fall into the arms of Morpheus: he drank medicine, he took heavy doses of alcohol, but nothing made him close his eyes even for a minute.
Surprisingly, a person deprived of sleep feels good, even at an advanced age he continues to work physically, and even carry heavy bags over long distances. Due to lack of sleep, he has a lot of free time, which he devotes to agricultural work. There are, however, suggestions that he falls asleep on the go for a few seconds or minutes, without noticing it. The doctors did not fail to examine such an unusual patient in more detail and did not find any serious abnormalities in his body’s functioning, with the exception of problems with the liver.
In ordinary cases, as is known, chronic lack of sleep leads to exhaustion, irritability and lethargy, but nothing like this is observed in Thai Ngoc.

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5. Sanju Bhagad

6. Michelle Lotito

At the age of 9, Michel ate a glass glass to conquer his peers, and began giving public appearances in 1966, during which he swallowed everything: carts from department stores, bicycles, televisions, even a small airplane (all, of course, in crushed form). At the same time, Lotito did not complain about the negative consequences of his meals, although they were made from harmful materials. He ate up to 900 g of inorganic materials per day, diluting them with mineral oil and drinking a large portion of water. If at first he carefully crushed his “food”, then he lubricated his throat with oil and filled it with water after absorbing decent pieces. As a result, from 1959 to 1997, he recycled about 9 tons of metal. Doctors checked the condition of his body and made sure that his digestive system had adapted well to such a diet. His stomach was twice as thick as normal. Michel had to tinker the longest with the Cessna 150, which he overhauled in 2 years. But in 2007 he still died.

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7. Tim Cridland

The unique thing about Tim Cridland is that he does not experience pain. At school he was nicknamed the king of “torture” because he amazed his classmates by calmly enduring any cold or heat, and also piercing his hands with needles. Now he is shocking audiences across America with his scary tricks. But first he had to seriously study anatomy, because even such a person should not lose his head. Tim's examinations showed that his pain limit was significantly exceeded compared to ordinary people. In all other respects, he is no different from us. For example, piercing the body with hairpins, he receives the same damage, and if the show fails, he may well die without experiencing pain. What he didn’t show: swallowed swords and fire, pierced himself with swords, lay down on sharp nails, and much more. He was included in the Guinness Book of Records.

8. Supatra Sasupphan

In 2000, a very unusual girl, Supatra Sasupphan, was born in Thailand, who now lives in Bangkok. She suffers from hypertrichosis, a rare disease that results in increased hairiness on the body and face. As the girl grows up, her hair only becomes thicker. This disease has no cure, and attempts to use a laser have led nowhere. The anomaly deprived the girl of a normal life - she often had to hear unflattering comments and ridicule from “not too distant people.” In addition, she has to constantly cut her hair so that it does not interfere too much with her daily life. Only over time did those around her change their cruel attitude towards Supatra - perhaps they simply got used to her appearance and stopped perceiving it as ugliness.

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9. Abigail and Brittany Hensel

Siamese twins still surprise people, as do Abigail and Brittany Hensel, born in the USA in 1990. They have one body for two, and in it there are: 2 hearts, 3 kidneys, 3 lungs, 2 stomachs, 2 spines with a spinal cord, which converge in a single pelvis, but there is only one liver, as well as the circulatory system. Each sister strictly controls only her own part of the body, that is, she can only control the nearest arm and leg. But at the same time, the sisters developed good coordination of movements, so they learned not only to run and walk, but even to drive a car and a bicycle. Mentally, they are completely ordinary - they have different interests, characters and tastes. But both dream of becoming doctors and having children.

10. Wim Hof

Dutchman Wim Hof ​​has the unique ability to withstand very low temperatures. He calmly ran a marathon in the snow barefoot, and set a record for staying in a bathtub filled with ice, staying there for almost 2 hours. He also climbed the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts, for which he was awarded the title “Ice Man.” Hof himself claims that he is able to not feel the cold at all, and meditation helps him with this. Scientists who examined him indeed found that he was able to mentally control his autonomic nervous and immune systems, thanks to which he was able to easily withstand the effects of hypothermia.

We all tend to label, think in patterns, and classify everything around us into certain categories. We even manage to sort people into categories and assign them to some conditional groups. There are thousands of such groups, but we definitely won’t be able to describe them all now. But you can give several examples of people whom anyone would call strange. Some of them chose their path themselves, and being different or different from everyone else for such eccentrics is a lifestyle and a way to attract attention. But there are also those in this collection who are strange by nature and at birth were not like everyone else.

1. Horn

This 87-year-old woman from China is famous throughout the world thanks to the unusual appendage on her head. One day she noticed a small mole on her forehead. Over time, the growth has greatly increased in size, and now the old woman has a real horn. There is a completely scientific medical term for this condition, and it is called a bizarre formation of skin horn (horny keratoma, benign tumor).

2. 50 years without a haircut!


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This Indian died in 2010 at the respectable age of 79 years. Until his death, the man had not cut his hair for 50 years, and during all this time he washed his hair only a couple of times.

3. One of 17...


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Karen Overhill had an unusual problem. The girl constantly found herself in very unusual situations. Passers-by recognized her, although she herself had never met them before. In addition, Karen often found bookmarks in the book on pages she had not yet reached. It was later discovered that the girl had a severe case of dissociative identity disorder. As many as 17 separate personalities coexisted in Karen's head! Now the girl is fine, she underwent treatment and got rid of the voices in her head, but who knows for how long...

4. He was once a soldier


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In the photo you can see a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, Hiroo Onoda (right), and his good friend Norio Suzuki (left). Onoda was a Japanese officer who did not leave his post in the remote jungles of a Philippine island for 29 years! His military unit was ordered to guard this place until other orders were given, but an unfortunate mistake occurred, due to which Onoda spent almost 3 decades here. The command forgot about its subordinates, and after the end of World War II, no one told the soldiers that it was time to return home. All the officer’s comrades died from starvation or for other reasons, but he himself survived and remained on the island completely alone, and all this time he ate almost nothing but bananas and coconuts.

One day Norio Suzuki sailed to the island. The men became friends, and the military officer's new friend tried to tell him about the new world, to convince the Japanese that the war had long ended and that he could leave his post. But the soldier did not believe Norio. To convince the unshakable officer, Suzuki went to Japan, found the old commander Hiroo, brought him to the jungle, and he officially relieved the loyal soldier of his duties. Onoda finally agreed to give up his post in 1974!

5. What a look!

This is actress Jalisa Thompson, and she has one very unusual talent. A woman can bulge her eyes incredibly, and it looks incredibly creepy!

6. The first person to die from a metal detector


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This is Gerald M. Rogers, and he is officially the man with the most piercings on his body. One day, a piercing lover wanted to go on a trip, and naturally, a metal detector was waiting for him at the airport. Security officers advised the man not to do this because of the huge number of earrings in the record holder’s body, but he did not listen to them. And in vain, because they say that the man’s face was literally torn off...

7. X-ray view


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This is Natasha Demkina from Russia. She has x-ray vision, and her diagnoses are often even more accurate than doctors' verdicts based on images taken by high-tech machines.

8. Iceman


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Here is Wim Hoff, nicknamed Iceman (Ice Man). The man received his middle name for his incredible durability and ability to withstand the lowest temperatures. He runs through the mountains almost completely naked and surprises with his love for snow like no other. One day Hoff spent 2 hours in icy water.

9. Lady of the Snakes


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This young lady from India has been surrounded by snakes since birth. And when we talk about snakes, we are talking specifically about deadly cobras, and not about some kind of snakes. The child was even bitten a couple of times, but it seems that in this case the poison is simply powerless. An amazing girl's name is Kajol Khan, and she considers the most dangerous snakes to be her best friends.

10. This man hasn't washed in 60 years


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In the photo Amou Haji is 83 years old and lives in Iran. A man hasn't showered for 60 years because he's convinced he'll get sick if he takes a shower. The eccentric sleeps in a hole, drinks 5 liters of water a day from a rusty can, and his favorite food is rotten porcupines. Haji loves to smoke, but since he clearly doesn’t have much money, he has adapted to making cigarettes from dried animal excrement. Ladies, who needs an eligible groom?

11. Hulk or madman?


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Romario Dos Santos Alves is an amateur bodybuilder from Brazil, and since childhood he dreamed of being as big as the Hulk himself (the comic book superhero). However, the guy chose a rather dubious way to achieve his cherished goal - to increase his volume, he began injecting himself with synthetic oil (synthol). Due to the abuse of a harmful substance, the madman almost lost both hands.

12. Believe me, this is not photoshop!


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Michelle Kobke from Germany reduced her waist size from 63.5 centimeters to 40.6! For this reason, the girl wears a special slimming corset around the clock, without taking it off even at night. However, the German woman is still not happy with the result and hopes that over time her waist will become even thinner.

13. Superhead


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And this is Gino Martino, a professional wrestler from America who can smash concrete walls with his forehead and bend iron nails.

14. The hairiest man in the world


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Yu Zhenhuan from China is the hairiest man in the world. Hair covers 96% of his body, and because of his unusual appearance, many call the poor guy the "monkey man."

15. Smurf


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Paul Karason from the USA has always been very concerned about his appearance, and once he even bought a special cream for skin rejuvenation. As a result, the man’s skin became a “noble” blue color. No other side effects from this cream were noticed, unless you take into account Paul’s incredible popularity among children and Internet users, who nicknamed him a living Smurf (a fairy-tale creature with blue skin). Unfortunately, in 2013, an American died of a heart attack.

16. Daredevil


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Eskil Ronningsbakken is fond of extreme sports and is interested in everything related to danger to life. A man travels around the world and performs the most risky stunts, including all kinds of performances on rocks and walking on ropes stretched over an abyss.

17. Longest insomnia in history


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Didn't you get enough sleep? Was it a long evening yesterday and you had to get up too early? Tell this to an old man named Thai Ngo. The last time I slept was in 1973!

18. Golden memory


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Meet Jill Price from South Carolina. Now the American is 51 years old, and she remembers all the smallest details of her life since she was 14 years old. Her rare condition is called hyperthymesia, and it is, of course, an incredible gift. However, such a phenomenal memory can also be a very dangerous and even painful ability, because the human brain has its limits.

19. Magnet Man


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Bosnian Muhibija Buljubasic also has a very unusual talent. The 56-year-old man is able to attract iron objects like a real magnet. However, it can even hold ceramics and plastic. Scientists have not yet been able to fully understand Muhibiji’s abilities, and he himself claims that he attracts all objects with a special energy.

20. Tattoo on the eye


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The man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the murder of a police officer. His name is Jason Barnum, and as you can see, he has a black eyeball. But don't think it's a lens or photoshop. Here is a real tattoo on the eye. It is not surprising that the prisoner was even given the nickname "Eyeball" (eyeball).