It was always interesting who of the superheroes is the strongest, the best and the brightest. The authoritative, independent Internet magazine IGM has ranked the 100 most powerful superheroes of all time.
It is worth saying that the rating was made not only on the basis of the superhero's strength alone. Many factors were taken into account, such as agility, superpowers, authority, creativity, the role of a superhero in the world he protects. There are quite controversial names in the list, and perhaps you personally would rank the top places differently. However, IGM's Top 100 Strongest Superheroes is like Forbes' Top 100 Richest People in the World. This rating has authority in professional circles, it is referred to and used.
It is also worth adding that the list contains not only superheroes, but also some fictional comic book characters, so do not be surprised to find some names here.

1 Superman

And so, the most powerful superhero was named Superman!
It is not surprising, because the alien from Krypton possesses not only superhuman strength and speed, but also immortality. In general, it seems that the creators of Superman decided not to infringe on their character in any way and endowed him with all the abilities that could be imagined.

2 Batman

Silver goes to Bruce Wayne, or Batman. In addition to superpower, Batman can perhaps be called one of the deepest superheroes in terms of psychology and inner world. Having survived the death of his parents in childhood, Bruce began to train hard, reaching outrageous human capabilities. The image of a bat was chosen in the way that Bruce Wayne himself simply has a panic fear of these animals and it symbolizes some kind of overcoming of his fears.

3 Spiderman

Bronze goes to Peter Parker, or rather his alterego, Spider-Man. If you can argue about the power of Spider-Man, then Spiderman can definitely claim to be the first in popularity.
It is extremely interesting that most superheroes are tall and weigh at least 100 kilograms. Spider-Man is 174 cm tall and weighs 75. However, the very modest size for a superhero is compensated for by extraordinary agility, super speed and quick wound healing.

4 Wolverine

James Howlett was a weak child, constantly tormented by his father's allergies and drunkenness. Later he became a guinea pig for the Canadian government, which in its laboratories tried to create its own version of "Captain America".
Possesses enhanced flair, the ability to quickly heal wounds, super speed, super strength and the ability to release 3 blades from hands at will.

5 Wonder Woman

In fifth place is the strongest female superhero. Wonder Woman is an Amazon princess who is capable of talking to animals or making humans tell the truth. She also has super strength, super speed and can fly.

6 Captain America

The First Avenger was once a thin and weak artist. Stephen Rogers was a patriot of his country and really wanted to go to the front to help the Allied army to defeat Hitler's Germany. However, due to physical weakness, Stephen Rogers was not taken into the army. But he was chosen as the first volunteer among hundreds of candidates for the secret project. Which actually made him a super man.

7 Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Hel grew up at a US Air Force base where his father was a test pilot. However, his father died during one of the flights, and Hal himself decided to follow in his father's footsteps. During one of the flights, Hal carried a ray of green energy into the desert where Abin Sur gave him a ring of power, which made him a superhero.

8 The Flash (Wally West)

Wally West is the third Flash. He got his powers through an accident at the age of ten when he visited his uncle's medical laboratory. Has the ability to move at a speed faster than the speed of sound, can create copies of himself, is able to pass through walls.

9 Hulk

Robert Bruce Banner was the son of a famous nuclear physicist who hated his son and considered him a mutant. Robert's father was very jealous of his wife and eventually killed her, so he went to a psychiatric hospital. However, matured Robert, decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and became a scientist nuclear physicist. At the time of the Gamma Bomb test, Robert was at the epicenter of the explosion, but the blast wave did not kill him. Gamma radiation gave an unusual reaction in Robert's body and his body turned into a huge monster. Hulk appears with a burst of adrenaline from Robert, which gives the scientist a lot of trouble. Hulk weighs 600 kg and is 3 meters tall, has extraordinary strength even by the standards of a superhero and an impenetrable body.

10 Daredevil

Daredevil closes the ten most powerful superheroes.
Matt Murdock was born and raised in a disadvantaged neighborhood in New York City. His father was a boxer, and his mother suffered from depression, which is why she decided to go to a monastery. Matt was going to become a lawyer, but one day he saved a blind old man from under the wheels of a truck transporting radioactive waste. Some of the waste fell into his eyes and blinded him. But the rescued old man turned out to be a martial artist and began to train Matt.
Contact with the waste gave Mat supersensibility and radar ability.

11 Robin (Dick Grayson)

Dick Grayson's father and mother were circus acrobats. But they died during the performance after they refused to pay the gangster Zucco. On that day, Bruce Wayne was at the circus performance, who sheltered the boy and replaced his father. Bruce taught Dick everything he could and Dick became Batman's assistant, taking the pseudonym Robin.

12 Iron Man

Tony Stark is known to everyone who is even slightly interested in superheroes. The son of a billionaire weapons manufacturer, he was a genius since childhood. His strength lies in his exosuit, which makes Tony Stark virtually invincible on the battlefield.

13 Gina Gray (X-Men)

It may seem strange to have such a fragile girl in the top of the strongest superheroes. However, he has tremendous power over matter, owns telepathy, telekinesis and controls time. One day, Gina lost control of herself and turned into the Dark Phoenix. She sang to destroy billions of people, and after returning to consciousness, she committed suicide so that this would never happen again.

14 Thor

Thor is one of the rulers of Asgard (the parallel world of the demigods). Possesses insane strength and invulnerability. Thor's weapon is a hammer, which only he can lift. The torus is 2 meters tall and weighs almost 300 kilograms.

15 Dream (The Sandman)

Perhaps the most mystical superhero. Sandman has complete control over the dream world. Its appearance changes depending on the viewer.

16 Rorschach (Watchmen)

Walter Joseph Kovacs was the son of a prostitute and more than once in his childhood witnessed the copulation of his mother with clients. Later, after a fight with teenagers, he was taken to an orphanage. He was notable for his success in boxing and extraordinary intuition. He made himself a suit in which he placed two liquids, black and white, in the face area, which never merge with each other.

17 Barbara (Batman)

Since childhood, Barbara has been a fan of Batman and once at a masquerade ball she saved Bruce Wayne from the bullet of the Moth Man, not knowing that Bruce is the same Batman. After that, Bruce let her work with him and took her on various assignments. Once the Joker injured Barbara's spine with a bullet, stripped and photographed her. Barbara was left disabled, but she still helped Batman as an Oracle.

18 Fantastic Four

Benjamin Grimm in his youth, together with his brother, organized a street gang. However, after his brother was killed, he decided that this path would lead nowhere and change his life. After college failures, he enlisted in the army, where he became a member of a secret project. Going into space, together with 3 more test subjects, Benjamin received a dose of cosmic radiation and acquired super-sim. The creature has stone skin and the ability to lift objects with any weight.

19 James Gordon

The Gotham City Police Commissioner has excellent shooting and outstanding deduction. It is difficult to call him a superhero, but the authors of the rating decided to place him on the 19th line of this list. And by the way, it was for this character that they received the most criticism.

20 Catwoman

Selina Kyle was born in a poor neighborhood in Gotham. She lost her parents early, who did not care about her very much, and soon found herself in an orphanage. From an early age, Selina developed skills in acrobatics and attentiveness. The most correct decision to live in this cruel world, she considered theft, which she did in her younger years. Later, Selina decides to retrain from a thief to a mercenary and puts on the Catwoman costume.

21 Spirit (English) Russian. (The Spirit)

Another superhero without superpowers. Despite the fact that Spirit belongs to Marvl, events with his participation take place in an alternate universe. Spirit was an ordinary detective and was buried alive in a battle with a supervillain. However, he got out of the wreckage and established his base in this place.

22 Professor X (X-Men)

Charles Francis Xavier comes from a wealthy family of Spanish descent. He lost his father early and later suffered from the bullying of his stepfather and older brother. He possesses telepathy, telekinesis, knew how to subjugate the minds of other people and had great authority among the mutant community.

23 Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Everyone knows Ninja Turtle who lives underground in a sewer and loves pizza. Of all the Ninja Turtles, it has the greatest strength and aggressiveness.

24 Yorick Brown (Y: The Last Man)

Comic book from publishing house Vertigo tells about a strange plague that walked the earth and left only one man alive.

25 Hellboy

Hellboy is a devil born in our world through a mysterious ritual conducted by Grigory Rasputin for the Third Reich. However, Anung Un Rama (this is Hellboy's real name) fell into the hands of the US government, which persuaded him to fight evil. Hellboy has tremendous power, magical abilities, immortality.

26 Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)

Leader of the group of survivors for the comic book series The Walking Dead.

27 The Amazing Spider-Man

Francis Castiglione, like many future superheroes, lost his parents in early childhood. His parents were killed by the mafia. As a child, Francis Castiglione wanted to become a priest, but realized that he did not know how to forgive people who do evil. He joined the army, where he became a great professional in the field of combat and rose to the rank of captain. Once, when Francis Castiglione was with his wife and child on a picnic, they witnessed a bandit showdown from which only Francis got out alive. This event gave rise to a desire in Francis to take revenge on all the mafias and he became the Punisher.

28 Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing, another character in the world of Batman and Superman. He is able to inhabit any vegetation, can instantly move from one point of the planet to another and is practically invulnerable.

29 John Constantine

John Constantine is an exorcist who masterfully fights demons. John is an ordinary person, but he has a great store of knowledge in occult magic and all the necessary weapons to fight evil spirits.

30 Green Arrow

The character was conceived as a replacement for Batman, but the authors decided to endow him with a number of differences in abilities and character.
Brilliant scientist, martial artist and archery ace.

31 Deadpool

Deadpool is perhaps one of the most popular superheroes of recent years. Wade Winston Wilson was a young boy with cancer and, like Wolverine, was tested to create Weapon X. However, his mental health became unstable and his appearance became disfigured.
Deadpool is a master of martial arts, a master of cold and firearms, has superhuman agility and the ability to heal wounds.

32 Robin (Tim Drake) (Batman)

Became the third Robin. Prior to joining Batman, he fought crime on his own in Gotham City. He was a martial artist, a great acrobat and had an outstanding intellect.

33 Nick Fury

Nick Fury was a circus performer in his youth, but soon he was sewing to follow in his father's footsteps. He had vast combat experience, participated in the Second World War and had great authority in the army.
The ageless Nick Fury was, the master of firearms and the genius of military tactics.

34 Jesse Caster

A character from the comic book series The Preacher. Jesse Caster was a preacher in the small town of Annville, Texas. Jesse was possessed by a supernatural being called Genesis, which killed all the congregation. This event makes Jesse Caster the most powerful creature on the planet, perhaps even more powerful than a god.

35 Judge Dredd

Joseph Dredd was cloned from the DNA of Judge Fargo, the first judge of Mega City One. Judge Dredd patrols the streets and brings order to the post-apocalyptic world.

36 Spawn

Albert Francis Simmons was a secret CIA special agent, but on one of the assignments he was shot and killed by his own boss, who was associated with the mafia. After his death, Albert went to hell, where he made a deal with the demon Malbolgia. Albert agreed to become the commander of the army of Hell if he was allowed to see his wife for the last time. Albert returns to earth with a disfigured appearance and discovers that since his death, his ex-wife has already managed to get married and give birth to a daughter from his former friend. After that, Spawn begins to confront the demon with whom he made a deal.
Spawn knows how to control animals and absorb their life force, has superhuman strength and knows demonic magic.

37 Raven

In life, a young boy named Eric, along with his beloved, were killed by a gang of street bandits. While dying, Eric saw how the bandits tortured and raped his girlfriend. However, Erica resurrects Raven, giving him superpowers.

Stephen Strange was a talented neurosurgeon, but in an accident, he loses both arms. In search of healing, Stephen ends up in Tibet, where he saves the life of one magician, the Elder, thanks to which he becomes his student.
Doctor Strange possesses an extensive knowledge of magic, can fly and has a strong intellect.

39 Cyclops (X-Men)

Scott Summers was the son of a United States Air Force pilot. One day, his father took the family on a flight, but the plane was attacked by a mysterious beam of aliens. On board the plane were 2 parachutes, which were given to Skoma and his brother. However, when landing, the cattle parachute caught fire and landing, he hit his head on the ground. It is with this that the Cyclops cannot control the beam emanating from the ngo's eyes.

40 Reed Richards (Fantastic Four)

Reed Richards was a genius who had several degrees by the age of 20. Reed dreamed of mastering Mars and worked a lot on a project to fly to this planet. He himself, together with his 3 friends, decided to become a pilot who would have to visit this planet. However, the ship was exposed to cosmic radiation and each of the crew members received superpowers. Reed gained the ability to deform his body.

41 Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four)

Norrin Rudd, a representative of an alien race that has been able to defeat crime, poverty and disease on their planet. The Silver Surfer can travel faster than the speed of light, is able to manipulate cosmic energy, and is capable of healing wounds.

42 Thunderstorm (X-Men)

One of the brightest representatives of the X-Men. She is able to control the weather, the magnetic fields of the earth and float in the air.
In real life, the full name is Ororo Iqvaldi T'Challa (Monroe). She is a hereditary priestess of the ancient African family, from which all of humanity was born.

43 Martian Hunter

J'onn J'onzz is the last member of the Martian race on earth. He possesses superpower, telepathy, telekinesis, can fly, become invisible, and can also change his appearance.

44 Hawkeye

Clinton Barton became an orphan at an early age, and after living for a while in an orphanage, he joined a group of traveling artists. He was inspired by the Iron Man costume that Clinton saw as a child, from that moment he began to imitate superheroes in every possible way. But when Clinton first decided to take the road to fighting crime, he was mistaken for a thief and had to fight Iron Man himself.
Possesses extraordinary acrobatism, dexterity and accuracy.

45 Spyder Jerusalem (Transmetropolitan)

Spyder Django Heraclitus Jerusalem is a brilliant journalist, but constantly cursing and addicted to drugs. He is a martial artist and knows a thousand ways to get the information he needs.

46 Human Torch (Fantastic Four)

Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm, along with his sister, lost their mother early. My father was a drunkard and went to jail for premeditated murder. Jonathan Ross is with his aunt and at the age of 16 decided to visit his older sister, who was dating the genius scientist Reed Richards. Jonathan was one of 4 people trapped in the spaceship, which fell under the flow of cosmic energy.
After that, Jonathan discovered the ability to ignite and be resistant to fire, and he also learned to fly.

47 Kitty Pryde (X-Men)

Until the age of 13, she was an ordinary girl. But after she began to suffer from headaches and mutant abilities began to appear. Later, after some hesitation, she was accepted into the ranks of the X-Men. She knows how to send people into the past, levitate and move through objects.

48 Mitchell Handred (Ex Machina)

Ex Machina is a little-known comic strip in Russia. It tells about a character named Mitchell Handred, who was an engineer on the Brooklyn bridge, but as a result of an explosion, he gained superpowers. However, this was not enough for Mitchell and he became the mayor of his city.

49 The Flash (Barry Allen)

The second Flash, since childhood, had a habit of always being late. However, already in his youth, he was a big fan of the first Flash. After graduating from the institute as a forensic chemist, Barry got a job as a police officer. One rainy night, lightning struck his laboratory and Barry woke up with the Flash's superpowers.

50 Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel is an ordinary boy who, pronouncing the magic word Shazam, turns into an adult, strong man with supernormal abilities.
William Joseph "Billy" Batson was an orphan at an early age and found himself on the street. Despite the complexity of his position, he did not lose heart and continued to treat people kindly. One day, William meets an old man who in the past was Shazam, the protector of humanity. The elder says that William is worthy to become the new Shazam and gives him superpowers.

51 Black Panther (Fantastic Four)

In life, T'Challa, a descendant of the African dynasty of kings of the fictional country of Wakanda. In Wakanda, the extraction of space metal, vibronium, was carried out because of which mercenaries came to it with the aim of making a coup d'etat. However, Black Panther came to the defense of Wakanda.
T'Challa was married to Storm, who was a hereditary priestess of African blood.
Black Panther possesses the limit of acrobatic abilities, is a martial artist and has a strong intellect.

52 Aquaman

Arthur Curry was the son of a lighthouse worker. In addition, when his mother was dying, she revealed that she was the Queen of Atlantis in exile. Arthur's father paid much attention to raising his son, he gave him an education and helped to reveal his inner potentials.
Aquaman has echolocation, can control fish and amphibians, and has superhuman strength.

53 Bucky Barnes (Captain America)

James Barnes was the son of a military man. He was left an orphan early and stayed to live in the barracks, helping the soldiers in every possible way on everyday matters. James began to associate closely with a young soldier named Steve Rogers. Once he saw Rogers putting on the Captain America costume, he promises to keep a secret, and after that he becomes Captain America's assistant.
Bucky is a good acrobat, an excellent marksman and a great strategist.

54 Elijah Snow (Planetary)

Elijah Snow was born on January 1, 1990 and became one of those that planet Earth has produced as an immune system to fight evil. His main weapon is his brain and his superpower is the ability to control temperature. Elijah may well sacrifice several lives for higher goals.

55 John Stewart (Green Lantern)

One of the owners of the green lantern ring, which gives superpowers.

56 Hawkman

A superhero who gains superpowers thanks to the N-metal. N-Metal gives Hawkman superpower and the ability to fly.

57 The Tick

A parody superhero with a large arsenal of superpowers.

58 Beast (X-Men)

Henry McCoy's father was a scientist caught in a radiation leak at a nuclear power plant. Henry was already born with congenital mutations. The beast has not only super-strength and sharp claws, but also an unrivaled intellect, his full name is Dr. Henry Phillip McCoy.

59 Booster Gold

Michael John Carter stole artifacts from the Museum of the Future, which gave him superpowers. Booster Gold sees the future and knows how to fly.

60 Thorn: Tales From The Lantern

The comic comic tells the story of three forest creatures who were banished to the valley, where they had to fight various mythical creatures.

61 Blue Beetle (Captain Atom)

Dan Garrett's father was killed by criminals, after which he promised to fight evil. The Blue Beetle has a bulletproof cloak in the shape of the Blue Beetle.

62 Dashiell Bad Horse (Scalped)
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63 Blade

Eric Brooks's mother was a street prostitute. During his delivery, he developed a complication and was called in by a doctor, Deacon Frost, who turned out to be a violent vampire. The vampire devoured Eric's mother while he was born. Through his mother's blood, Eric obtained vampire enzymes and became a half-vampire himself.

64 Atom (Ray Palmer)

Raymond "Ray" Palmer is a scientist of genius. Which, due to the matter of the white dwarf, is able to decrease in size to the atomic level.

65 X-Men Gambit

Remy Lebeau was abandoned by his parents in the hospital because of his fiery red eyes. However, members of the thieves' guild stole him from there and began to call him a white devil.
Gambit possesses psychokinetic energy, hypnosis skills, he is very dexterous and resistant to telepathy.

66 Invisible Lady (Fantastic Four)

Susan Storm, along with her brother Jonathan Storm, were orphaned early and went to live with their aunt. At the age of 17, Susan met her husband Reed Richards, a scientist who designed space travel. During the flight, she became one of 4 people exposed to cosmic radiation. This radiation gave Susan the ability to become invisible.

67 Hank Pym

Henry Pym is a biologist who once discovers a group of subatomic particles that allow them to shrink in size and then take on their usual form. Having experienced this discovery on himself, he shrinks in size and is forced to defend himself against the ant colony. Returning to his normal state, Pym decides to invent a special helmet that will allow him to communicate with ants.

68 Iron Fist

As a child, Daniel Rand goes to the mysterious city of K'un-L'un, where he enters a martial arts school and becomes the most successful student. At 19, he passes the Iron Fist exam, defeating the dragon Shou-Lao.
The Iron Fist is not only an excellent martial artist, but also a skillful acrobat. He is also able to control the energy of Chi.

69 Scott Pilgrim

A humorous character who needs to defeat her ex-boyfriends in order to win a girl's heart.

70 Spectrum

Deity superhero. The spectrum is omnipotent.

71 Wild cat

Wildcat was a member of the Ranger Team in the 18th century American Revolution. Possesses nine lives and good athleticism.

72 Luke Cage (Hero for Hire)

Karl Lucas grew up in the most criminal area of \u200b\u200bNew York. Together with their best friend, they fell in love with the same girl. A friend, set up Karl, putting a drug in his room and he went to jail. In prison, Karl was offered to mitigate the punishment if he went on an experiment to create a superman. However, the experiment was unsuccessful, and an explosion thundered. After the explosion, his superpower opened up, and his skin became impenetrable.

73 Jonah Hex

The main character of the western from DC Comics. John Hex was abandoned by his mother early in childhood, and his father sold his son to the Indians. Jonah Hex, bounty hunter, cynic and pragmatist.

74 Black Widow

Natalia Romanova's childhood passed during the war years, in Stalingrad. She studied well at school and studied ballet. Then she married Alexei Shestakov, who was actually the Red Guard. However, Alexei died and Natalia grieved at the loss. To honor the memory of her late husband, she followed in his footsteps and in 1984 became a test subject in a Soviet experiment to create a super soldier. Natalya is very dexterous, knows martial arts and knows how to heal wounds.

75 Marv (Sin City)

A huge thug from the comic book series Sin City. Possesses power unthinkable for a person.

76 Starslayer Rocket

Cliff Secord, a test pilot who discovers a strange suit that allows him to fly.

77 Namor

One of the first Marvel superheroes. Namor's father, Leonard Mackenzie, was a sailor who discovered Atlantis. The daughter of the Atlantean ruler named Fen fell in love with him. The Atlantean ruler destroyed all the sailors on the ship, and Fen was returned to her father and soon gave birth to Namor. Possesses telepathy, can fly and has superhuman strength.

78 Sergeant Rock (Our Army At War)

Our Army At War, a patriotic comic about the toughness of American soldiers. Sergeant Rock, is the commander of the infantry squadron.

79 Captain Britain

British counterpart to Captain America. But he received his power not as a result of a secret experiment, but from the wizard Merlin.

80 Night Serpent (X-Men)

Son, mother of mutant werewolf and demon Azazel. Was raised by a gypsy sorceress. Night Serpent, possesses super dexterity, can crawl on walls and teleport.

81 Black Canary Flash Comics

Dina Drake, has no superpowers. However, she is skilled in judo and a good actress.

82 Ant-Man (Eric O'Gredy)

Eric O'Gredy was an agent of the SHIELD organization One day he accidentally stumbled upon an Ant-Man suit and decided to kidnap it for his own selfish purposes. Eric O'Gredy, selfish, lover of women and not averse to drinking.

83 Superboy

A Superman clone made from superhero DNA. She is in her teens and has all the superman qualities of a Superman.

84 Ka-Zar (X-Men)

Ka-Zar, a character from the land located in Antarctica, which is inhabited by dinosaurs. Ka-Zar knows how to communicate with animals, an excellent warrior and archery master.

85 Black Lightning

Jefferson Pierce from childhood had the superpower to manage electricity. Growing up, he becomes the Olympic decathlon champion. After success, he decides to return to his hometown where the mafia is operating. Jefferson Pierce remembers his superpower and receives a belt that helps him to cantralize electricity.

86 Michonne (The Walking Dead)

A character from the comics The Walking Dead. Before the apocalypse lawyer. A closed, cautious, but extremely combative girl.

87 Rene Montoya (Batman)

Detective in Gotham City. She is a master of martial arts, intelligent and perspicacious.

88 She-Hulk

The She-Hulk character was created commercially by Marvel. After the huge success of the Hulk comics, Marvel feared that someone might outstrip them and be the first to create the image of the Hulk as a woman. Therefore, it was decided to be the first to publish several numbers with the She-Hulk and to stake out the right to the property of this character.

89 Moon Knight (Werewolf By Night)

Mark Spector was the son of a rabbi who wanted his child to follow in her father's footsteps. However, Mark was fond of boxing and once beat his father, after which he went to the army and never saw his parents again. Mark achieved great success in the army and began serving in the CIA, and then, became a mercenary.
The moon knight, an excellent acrobat, depending on the phase of the moon, is able to endow with superhuman strength and a master of weapons.

90 Ghost Rider

Johnny Blaze was a stunt motorcycle rider. Johnny sold his soul to the demon Mephisto to save his father.

91 Aardvark Cerebus
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92 Usagi Yojimbo (Albedo)

The Ninja Rabbit is the main character in the Albedo comic book series. Sometimes appears in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

93 Donna Troy (The Brave and the Bold)

A brave Amazon, has a full set of super powers. Such as superpower, the ability to recognize the truth, the ability to imitate the voices of animals.

94 Supergirl

Superman's Krypton cousin. Possesses all the qualities of a Superman.

95 Wild Dragon (Megaton)

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96 Falcon (Captain America)

Samuel Thomas Wilson was the son of a priest. However, the bandits killed his father, and 2 years later his mother. Sam decided to become a bandit himself and started doing rekits. However, meeting Captain America greatly changed his life.
The falcon, with the help of a special suit, can fly, knows the language of birds and has extraordinary strength.

97 Adam Strange

Adam Strange was an archaeologist who teleported one day to the planet Rann, of which he later became the protector.

98 Nova

Richard Ryder was born in New York and was chosen by the alien Roman Day, who imparted his power to him.
Nova can fly, has superpower and can heal wounds.

99 Wasp

Janet van Dyne, was the daughter of a scientist who, during an experiment, was killed by an alien monster. Her father, was a partner of Henry (Hank) Pym, who shared his discovery (Pym particle) with Janet.

100 Gru (Destroyer Duck)

Closes the TOP 100 most powerful superheroes, space duck.

2. Stomach acid so strong that every 3-4 days we have a completely new gastric mucosa.

3. A person's nose can recognize about 1 billion odors.

4. We sneeze at speed 160 km per hour.

5. In our body 96,560 km of blood vessels... This is enough to circle the Earth's equator 2.5 times.

6. Every day our heart creates enough energy for a truck to pass 32 km... In a lifetime, the heart generates so much energy that a truck could pass to the moon and back.

7. On average, a person sheds so much skin in his entire life that by the age of 70 it can be blinded a person weighing 47 kg.

Interesting facts about the person

8. If you look at the clear night sky and see Andromeda, it means that your eyes are so sensitive that they can pick up a tiny fuzzy spot of light, which, being our nearest neighbor galaxy, is in the distance 2.5 million light years from U.S.

9. Man can snore at 80 decibels... It's like sleeping next to a pneumatic drill breaking through concrete. Noise levels in excess of 85 decibels are considered hazardous to human ears.

10. A person produces enough saliva in a lifetime to fill two pools.

11. You are composed of 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms.

13. Neurons send information to your brain at a faster rate 241 km per hour.

14. In addition to the five senses, we have an additional sense called proprioceptionwhich combines your brain's knowledge of what muscles do with a sense of the size and shape of your body so you can know where your body parts are in relation to each other. This way, you can touch your nose unmistakably even with your eyes closed.

Interesting facts about human structure

15. Your heartbeat changes and imitates that musicthat you are listening to.

16. Your waking brain generates enough electricity to light a bulb.

17. Your bones are stronger than steel, since a steel bar of the same size would weigh 4-5 times more. By comparison, 16 cubic centimeters of bone can theoretically support a load of 8,626 kg, which is about five trucks. Whether the bones can actually handle this load depends largely on how quickly the force is transferred.

18. Despite the fact that they have become stronger, 31 percent of the bones consist of water.

19. If the human eye were a camera, he would have 576 megapixels... By comparison, a high-resolution 80-megapixel camera would cost about $ 34,000.

20. Experts have determined that the human eye can distinguish 10 million different colors.

21. If you do not unwind DNA in all cells of our body, then it will stretch for 16 billion km... This is the distance to Pluto and back.

22. Throughout life, long-term memory can retain 1 quadrillion (a million to the fourth power) of individual pieces of information.

23. The human brain, especially the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for social skills and understanding of other people, develops until middle age (about 40 years).

24. During an average life span, the heart pumps about 178 million liters of blood. It's enough to fill 200 tank wagons.

Body Facts

25. Our body produces 180 million red blood cells in an hour.

26. A normal pregnancy lasts an average of 9 months, and the longest gestation period was 375 days or 12.5 months.

27. During pregnancy, if the mother suffers from organ damage, the baby in the womb sends stem cells to restore it.

28. To take one step is involved 200 muscles.

29. Researchers have found 1458 new types of bacteria in the navel.

30. Most astronauts in space get taller by 5 cm.

31. In one cage contains 6 billion DNA steps.

32. For every fertilized egg, 200-500 million sperm are competing to pass on their DNA.

33. We spend one third of our lives sleeping.

34. Research has shown that we can switch our sleep-wake cycle - circadian rhythm, shining on the back of the knee.

35. Man can survive without food 2 months.

36. Taste buds eat not only on the tongue, but also in the stomach, intestines, pancreas, lungs, anus, testes and brains.

Brain Facts

37. In our brain, new connections are formed between neurons every time we form a memory.

38. Scientifically proven that even a small power changes the way the brain works, usually decreasing the degree of empathy.

39. You can live 5-10 minutes without oxygenbefore the brain cells start dying.

40. Our brain is 60 percent composed of fat.

41. The human brain will start eat yourself in a last-ditch effort to avoid hunger.

42. Phobias - it is possible memories that are transmitted genetically from our ancestors.

43. A self-programmed response to a certain stimulus is called emotion.

44. Long-term memories create permanent and lasting physical changes in the brain.

45. If you will adjust your facial expressionsto express some emotions, then you will begin to feel those emotions.

46. \u200b\u200bThe human eye can see only a small part of the field of view at a particular moment in time, so he commits 2-3 saccades (hopping eye movements) per second to complete one complete picture.

47. When you recall, you do not betray the original memory, but creative imagination, in which there will be not only gaps, but also completely new details.

48. We forgetting informationto protect ourselves from information overload and emotional hangovers, which helps us think faster and absorb new information.

49. Our brain is able to assimilate new tasks, such as new piece of music during REM sleep. REM sleep also improves performance on tasks related to procedural memory, or knowing "how to do something."

50. Society is characterized by “ canonical perspective“Which means that we see certain things the same way. For example, when researchers asked people from different parts of the world to draw a cup of coffee, almost all people drew it from a position slightly above and slightly offset to the right or left, but almost no one drew the cup directly from above.

List of human superpowers

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Absolute memory - instant memorization of any amount of information and long-term storage of it in memory.
Memory absorption - reading someone else's memory by touching.
Agnosticism - with the help of voice vibrations, it is possible to control people and other creatures, subjugating their minds. Few people are immune to this ability, so, although it does not give much value, but here is how much you can do with it ...
Analyticism is the ability to quickly analyze (think through) situations of various kinds, to accelerate in critical situations. Everything can be explained very simply: adrenaline entering the blood stimulates a gene that begins to accelerate all body functions. After "bursts of speed" a person is very much exhausted. The same happens with a very long adrenaline intake.
Annihilation is the destruction of something, the disintegration of an object into molecules.
Anthropomorphism is the transfer of mental properties inherent in a person to natural phenomena (for example, he got sick - and a downpour, hurricane, etc. began on the street). The second stage in the manifestation of this ability is partial control of the weather (causing rain, "dispersal" of clouds, etc.). Not to be confused with weather control.
Apiterism is the ability to restore other living beings besides oneself. This, one might say, is the antipode of regeneration.
A priori is a phenomenal ability to memorize any audible, visible and tactile information, as well as to reproduce it again. A person with this ability often has "phase shifts" - too much stuff in the head. The brain and the neural system of the gray matter are designed in such a way that it is able to remember and store certain information for the time being, without displaying it until the required time. If this ability is not properly handled, it will be very difficult ... not to go mad.
Astral projection - the creation of the so-called astral double (non-material translucent substance, an exact copy of the creator, a kind of "soul from the body")
Aura of invisibility - by reflecting rays, it becomes invisible.
Autogenism - mind control. We can say that autogenism is the sister of telepathy. No immunity will help here.
Aeration - air control. Aeration is not about weather control. A person with this ability controls the element itself, can cause a small tornado or a huge tornado in a room. At the second stage of this ability, it is possible to transform into an air mass (as smart people say, at the molecular level). The most interesting thing is that when you reach the highest level of skill with this ability, you can "pump out" air from sealed rooms without harm to yourself.
Alter ego - split personality; the fight between the two halves is usually good & evil. Usually one half does not remember what the other is doing.
Atmokinesis - weather control, that is, all possible atmospheric phenomena, including changes in humidity and temperature.
Audiokinesis - generation and control of sound waves.
Aerokinesis - mental control exclusively over air flows, without any changes in humidity and
temperature of the controlled air.
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Timelessness is a stop of time. That is, a person is able to stop time for a few seconds in real time, or increase his temporal speed (that is, the ability to make a partial jump into the near future).
Bionavigation is the ability to choose the direction of movement using the senses and instincts.
Bionics - giving a non-living body the properties of a living organism, simulation
Immortality is a very rare ability, it is found only in a few gifted and what this ability means is not worth saying
Biovampirism - "feeding" human emotions and memories at a distance or when touched.
Biopolarism - managing biofields, changing them and creating blast waves using your biofield.
Bioelectric field - a field that destroys or temporarily incapacitates all electrical devices within range.
Blocking other people's abilities - the ability to temporarily deprive the opponent's abilities.
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Vampirism is nutrition by human forces.
Explosion - the acceleration of molecules, which leads to the explosion of an object.
Seeing the aura - the ability to see the aura or parts of it (for example, the glow of death)
Seeing in the dark is an ability that does not need much comment.
Influence on the field of the earth - thereby it becomes possible to create earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, etc.
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Bio-aura generation - the ability to create an aura of various sizes around oneself to protect and increase strength.
The generation of a magnetic field inside the body is an ability due to which one can become ephemeral, which makes it possible to pass through solid objects, walk through the air, disable electronics by passing through it.
Generation of seismic energy - Allows you to generate seismic energy in the body, and with its help cause terrible earthquakes in strength.
Hydrokinesis is the ability to manipulate water.
Hypnosis is the ability to introduce an opponent into a kind of trance, to subjugate people to their own will.
Graviokinesis is the ability to affect gravity.
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Underwater breathing - the ability to breathe underwater or in any other environment where there is no air (the same vacuum).
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A living computer - the ability to control and connect to technology.
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Slow aging - all aging processes are slowed down in the body of the owner of this ability.
Protective field - the ability to create a protective field around itself against telepathic, psionic, physical and other types of attacks.
Sound waves - the ability to create powerful sound waves using your own voice. The ability to use ultrasonic waves to drive people into a trance or make them faint.
Freezing - stopping the movement (freezing) of objects / people. Over time, it develops into a stop in time.
Slowing down the metabolism - of one's own or of other beings through touch or the power of thought.
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The healing effect of blood - the ability to heal anyone who comes in contact with blood
Radiation radiation - the ability to accumulate and emit radiation. It does not affect the body of a given person in any way.
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Cyberpathy is the ability to think like a computer, to fetch the necessary information from your memory as quickly as possible, to perform several tasks at the same time and to work with computers as efficiently as possible.
Mind control - temporary mind control.
Energy control - the ability to siphon electricity from outlets, high voltage lines, and so on, turning it into your own bioenergy.
Wings - can be angelic, or similar to the wings of a dragonfly. Here, of course, is the ability to fly.
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Levitation is the ability to overcome gravity.
Healing - the ability to heal others with the hands, this ability does not apply to oneself.
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Magnetism is the ability to create magnetic fields of any form (both natural and artificial) and control them only with a small degree of concentration.
Mental control - allows you to manipulate a person's consciousness.
Metamorphism - the ability to take the guise of animals (wolves for example).
Materialization of "thought forms" is a rare psychophysical phenomenon, the ability to materialize thoughts.
Medium - such people can communicate with the minds of the dead or people who are in a coma or in deep sleep.
A mental block is a block from reading thoughts and influencing consciousness.
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Invisibility - a chameleon - the human body reflects light, which makes it invisible. The ability to accept the colors of the background on which a person appears (like a chameleon).
Invulnerability is an ability that also needs no comment.
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Heightened senses - all 5 senses are maximally heightened - superhearing, sight, smell, etc.
Animate Drawings - The ability to bring your own drawings to life.
Stopping time - slowing down or stopping molecules in a person, animal, or around the world.
Communication with animals - the ability to communicate with any animal or insect.
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Pyrogeneration is one of the regeneration methods. Healing wounds with fire.
Pyrokinesis - fire control.
Pyropsionesis - the ability to change the strength of fire, its direction, as well as give the flame any shape (animals, objects, human outlines).
Pyrofakeliz - the ability to transform into a living torch. It can set fire, but only what it touches.
Power absorption - the ability to absorb someone else's power, knowledge, memory when touched.
Absorption of energy from the environment - the ability to absorb energy such as sunlight, electricity and store it in the cells of your own body.
Absorption of cosmic energy - Allows you to absorb the energy of the cosmos and generate it at the optimum for yourself.
Polarism - control of any fields, intangible and psionic (also biofields, electric and the creation of force fields - defensive / attacking).
Psionic influence is an ability thanks to which you can cause anger in a person, for example, which can lead to starting a fight. This ability manifests itself unconsciously when a person is in danger.
Psionic biokinesis is the ability to emit energy that can lead to fainting or destroy material at the subatomic level so that it explodes.
Psychometric abilities - usually reading information about an object or person - from a distance or by touch.
Moving the astral projection of objects - moving objects by charging them with kinetic energy.
Proscopy is a type of clairvoyance that represents the perception of information about future events.
Prophetic dreams - the ability to see dreams that show certain events in the future.
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Radar is the ability to detect and locate objects.
Regeneration is a healing factor that is able to produce any antidote to the body, to heal any wounds within a few minutes.
X-ray view - does not need any special comments.
Retroscopy is a type of clairvoyance that represents the perception of information about past events. It also includes diagnostics of diseases and causes of death of people who lived before by their photographs, artistic portraits and, in some cases, by sculptural images.
Drawing the future is the ability to draw the future. Starting from schematic sketches, ending with pictures of what is happening in the future.
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Creation of illusions - Includes a psychic effect on the subconscious of a person, changing the structure of his thoughts in order to make the enemy believe in what is happening in front of his eyes and / or in his body.
Possible with a single eye contact.
Light is the ability to produce light that can blind, hurt, or, on the contrary, heal.
Superhuman strength, speed, endurance, agility - needs no explanation. A choice of one of the.
Erasing memory is a rare ability, thanks to which you can erase the memory of any event to any number of people. As a rule, this is the ability of especially strong telepaths.
Vacuum creation - the ability to create a vacuum in the form of a sphere, everything in it becomes invulnerable.
The center of the vacuum is man himself.
Sonar - the brain generates waves that propagate around the person, which bounce off the physical body and re-transmit information to the brain. Thus, you can navigate the terrain, know what is on which side (if, for example, you have lost your sight).
Suggestion (mental suggestion) - in relation to a person is a mental effort carried out by the suggestion to the object of any commands that control the behavior of the object, as well as thoughts, emotions and pseudo-sensory (hallucinatory) perceptions. This impact can be implemented in relation to several objects at the same time.
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Telekinesis is the ability to move objects with the power of thought.
Telepathy is the ability to read minds, or, on the contrary, to put the necessary thoughts into the mind of another person.
Teleportation is the ability to instantly (or very quickly) travel long distances.
Technomancy is the ability to control a technique by touching it.
Technopathy is the control of a technique at a distance, but it must be within sight.
Transmigration is the transmigration of consciousness from one body to another.
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Ice management - the ability to control ice and cold, the ability to create ice figures (for example, columns with which you can climb; ice slides), lowering the temperature.
Shadow control - the ability to "disappear" in the shadows, control their movement and much more.
Weather control - control over natural phenomena such as rain, snow, hail, wind, lightning. This does not include elemental control!
Fluid control is the ability to tame all the fluids around us.
Controlling the space-time continuum - the ability to move in space and time, stop time, turn back time, or vice versa accelerate.
Dream control is the ability to penetrate other people's dreams. Add or change information that another person sees in a dream.
Energy management is a powerful ability, involves throwing energy balls, creating protective
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Photokinesis - light control, the ability to create a very bright light that can blind or, on the contrary, heal.
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Chronokinesis - Time Travel
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Channeling is a spontaneous extrasensory perception of any information of significant value (for example, any knowledge that was not previously known to a given person and could not be obtained by him as a result of his mental activity).
Sensitivity is the ability to recognize people with unusual abilities.
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The sixth sense is heightened emotionality and sensitivity, intuition, a premonition of something that is about to happen to the person himself or to other people.
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Electrogenesis - generating and controlling high discharges.
Electrokinesis - control of electrical impulses, the ability to throw lightning with fingertips, erase and write information on magnetic media and other directed streams of charged particles.
Electro-impulses - the ability to create an electric charge around itself, the probability of hitting an object in the zone of this electric field is 20%.
Empathy is the ability to feel other people's emotions, feelings, fears and the ability to influence them by changing your own mood.
Energy exchanger - the ability to take and give off energy (any: life, light and electrical).
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Clairvoyance is the ability to predict events that will occur in the future.

Secrets of the World. "Wonder People"

Have you ever heard of people with superpowers? Who do you think they are? Favorites? The lucky ones who happened to receive the grace of God? Or are they just liars? Human capabilities are great.

Some can hold a horse on their shoulders, someone can instantly multiply several multi-digit numbers in their minds ... But in each case skepticism is needed.

Is it really unique or just a gimmick? Sometimes even a trick can be so difficult that it is unique in itself.

Anna Chapman and her assistants will help us figure out if this is deception or magic.

According to the theories of scientists, we do not use all the potential of our body, which nature has given us. Scientists claim that the human body has its own, built-in superpowers, therefore, we are no worse than the famous superheroes and have a strength that will make a tangible rival to the superman.

OFFICEPLANKTON decided to collect a selection of real-life real human superpowersthat have already met in the world.

Echolocation

It turns out that an ordinary person can navigate in space with the help of a sound wave, like bats and dolphins.

Ben Underwood had the ability echolocation... He could make sounds of clicks with his tongue and knew how to navigate by sound echo, determined the location of this or that object. But, like bats, he could not hear high-frequency sounds there. He acquired his "superpower" after he went blind a couple of years ago. The more we study our body, the more questions arise. We all know that blind people have improved hearing. The body compensates for vision by hearing. The ability to echolocate can manifest itself when the conditions of existence deteriorate significantly and the body takes emergency measures to survive.

Eidetism

Eidetism - phenomenal " photographic memory“Which allows its owner to reproduce even what he has ever read. Eideticism allows you to play a file even when it's not around. Eidetics can read a book and immediately reproduce what they have read. They can remember the page on which the necessary information was located and the location.

American Kim Peek - a living hero of the film "Rain Man", could read a page of a book in 4-5 seconds. By the end of his life he knew about 12,000 books.

Eidetism is a developmental stage in every child, not unusual super human ability... We all own a part of it and develop superphotographic memory everyone can. The direction in psychology deals with ways to develop phenomenal memory: eidetics and mnemonics.

Telekinesis

Moving objects at a distance - everyone dreams of this! So, according to scientists, telekinesis is not super ability, but the undisclosed ability of a person. Scientists and psychologists in Great Britain are sure that the physical location of certain objects can not be influenced by the power of the mind, but scientists have not yet figured out the nature of such a "mechanism". Someone claims that the brain produces powerful physical fields of the electromagnetic field, while others believe in the theory of the power of thought.

Synesthesia

Scientists agree that a person thinks one-sidedly and uses only 2 senses to perceive the world. Synesthesia - the ability to use all 5 senses. Synesthesia allows not only to see the color, but to smell it, taste it, hear the color.

There was a case when musician-composer Franz Liszt asked musicians from his orchestra to play "a little less rosy".

Do you need such an ability? Will a person not be moved by his mind and does he need to hear the color and feel its taste?

There was a case in medicine that happened to a 45-year-old male resident of the Canadian metropolis of Toronto. After experiencing a stroke, he began to smell blue. Music from the James Bond film series drove him into ecstasy. And the result of an MRI brain scan showed that his brain is trying to recover from a stroke, forming chaotic connections between neurons.

Phenomenal brain

You definitely noticed that there are people who grasp everything faster than the rest, and there are super people - they know how to operate with complex six-digit numbers.

Daniel Tammet can mentally work with numbers that consist of 100 signs. His super ability he acquired at the age of 4, after a severe seizure of epilepsy. And according to scientific statistics, 50% of people with similar mental abilities are Sevant - genius autists.

If it seems to you that only superheroes from movies and comics have supernatural powers, we will prove that each person has some unique power. We will tell you what superpowers exist, how some can be developed with the help of special training. Don't worry if you can't figure out what superpower is in your genes right away. The main thing is to be sure that your body can handle any task, even telekinesis.

Super taste

This ability directly depends on your physiology. The fact is that on the tongue of such people there are additional mushroom-like processes that allow you to feel bitterness even where it should not be in sight, for example, in butter cream. Most of the super tasters live in Asian and African countries. Any superpower has its drawbacks. People with a super taste due to strong bitterness cannot eat cabbage, coffee, chocolate and grapefruit.

Super hearing

Super hearing is a person's ability to memorize, distinguish and reproduce any tonality. Such people are most often found among musicians. Most people with super hearing are in Japan. Scientists believe that this phenomenon is only a consequence of a long life in an environment with tonal languages. Often, people with poor eyesight or blindness, as well as those suffering from William's syndrome or autism, have superpowers.

Light perception

Light perception is the ability of the human eye to perceive light from four different sources. This ability is found in animals such as the zebra fish, which can see in the red, blue, green, and ultraviolet ranges. In the entire history of mankind, there have been only two cases of light perception in humans. By the way, a woman is more likely to have this ability, while men, on the contrary, most often suffer from color blindness.

Echolocation

Echolocation is a method of locating objects using reflected sound waves. In this way, bats can see in the dark. They make a special sound and wait for the echo to return. Echolocation is quite rare in humans, mostly in the blind. But the human ear can only recognize the location of large objects by sound.

Genetic chimerism

Genetic chimerism is a kind of mutation that occurs even during the fertilization of the egg. This physiological abnormality occurs when two fertilized eggs fuse together. The born child has a special DNA structure, which sometimes does not coincide with the parent. Such people can be ideal donors and help people with different blood types and DNA structures. In the entire history of mankind, only 41 cases of chimerism have been recorded.

Synesthesia

Do you perceive the world a little differently? If the numbers or letters seem to have a color or taste, then you have synesthesia. Synesthesia is a nervous disorder that confuses perception, more precisely, the excitation of some sensors, which entail the reaction of others. For example, a person with synesthesia might imagine music in color or taste a word.

Brilliant mathematicians

Human calculators can correctly solve the most complex mathematical problems in their minds. It is incredible that 50% of these people suffer from autism. Such people can solve complex equations much faster and more accurately than trained scientists (mathematicians, physicists, linguists). This phenomenon is explained by the fact that blood flow in the "mathematical" part of the brain exceeds the norm by 7-8 times.

Super memory

If your memories pop up in your mind in the form of pictures, then you have a photographic memory, which is often called living memory. People with such a super memory can remember the smallest details of various events, retell more than 10,000 books verbatim, or recall 100,000 digits of pi. Such memory is often found in people with a well-developed imagination.


A truly great contribution to the development of medicine was made by a woman named Henrietta Lacks, who died of cancer. After death, an unknown surgeon cut off a thin layer of cancer tissue and gave it to Dr. George Guy. Tumor cells had active enzymes that stimulated the continuous development of new living cells. Currently, the mass of living XeLa cells (named after the late Lux) is greater than the physical mass of Henrietta Lax during her lifetime.

Do you believe in Superman and Wolverine, but you know for sure that there are no superheroes? We hasten to dissuade you! It turns out that some unusual abilities do exist, and people endowed with them can compete with all Avengersput together! We tell you about the most incredible gene mutations.

Incredibly strong bones

The gene for super-strong bones was found in Africans of Dutch descent. Apparently, it turned out such a mad mixture that now these people are practically bulletproof! This group of people does not lose bone mass throughout life (like a mere mortal), but, on the contrary, builds it up. And with age, they only become more resilient. By the way, even the skin of such people is aging very slowly.

HIV resistance

Some people have a genetic mutation that turns off their copies of the protein CCR5... This is exactly the kind of protein that HIV uses it as a kind of door to the human body. In some people, a genetic mutation has been found that turns off the mechanism of its reproduction. Therefore, if a person does not have CCR5, the disease cannot enter his cells. However, there is a problem here. Scientists have shown that people with this mutation are not exactly immune to HIV, but simply more stable. There were some among them who contracted and died from AIDSand.

Photographic memory

As a rule, people who have photographic memory, that is, they remember a huge amount of information on the fly, and almost from the first minutes of their lives, suffer from autism. It is interesting that these people are usually completely asocial, but as soon as they look at a book or see a movie in an unfamiliar language, they immediately remember and analyze everything. Do you remember the movie "Rain Man"? Raymond Babbit was able to recite the contents of about 12 thousand books by heart.

Super smell

Everything in the lives of these people is associated with smells. They distinguish their slightest shades, even where ordinary people do not feel anything, like the hero of a novel Patrick Suskind "Perfume"... Yes, it is not easy for such people to live, because they can constantly suffer from bad smells, even get seriously ill, as soon as their nose smells something unpleasant. But, on the other hand, they are able to enjoy inaccessible aromas.

Immortal cells

In 1951, a certain Henrietta Lakes was found cervical cancer, and after a year of severe illness, she died. But before that, the surgeon, who trained with her family doctor, took a sample of the woman's tumor tissue and conducted an experiment. Scientist propagated tissue sample Henrietta into an endless cell line - a line HeLa... In cells from a tumor Lax was an active form of the enzyme that spreads at an unusually fast rate. On the day of death Henrietta Lakesdoctor Guy announced to the world that a new age in medical research had begun - one that could provide cancer treatment.
Cells today HeLa very common in laboratories. Cells HeLa even more than during life Henrietta Lakes, - they outweigh its physical mass many times. These cells have also been used to develop cures for polio, AIDS, radiation, toxicity and, incidentally, for cloning.

Abbreviated sleep

It seems that everyone dreams of such a superpower, but instead we get super sleepiness! It turns out that people who need five hours of sleep to feel awake exist. The fact is that they have a rare genetic gene mutation DEC2... It leads to the fact that the need for long sleep is reduced. If ordinary people sleep six hours or less, they will begin to experience negative consequences almost immediately. And in people with a gene mutation DEC2 that's no problem at all. Wonders!

Echolocation

Echolocation is usually developed in the blind. And it develops, even if a person has completely lost his sight at a conscious age. It is true that Batman it was also developed with sharp eyesight. The fact is that bats are endowed with echolocation. It works like this: they send a sound signal into the darkness and from the reflection of the sound wave they calculate the distance to invisible objects. The blind can imagine the distance to objects by the reflection of a sound wave, this helps to navigate in space in complete darkness.

Cold resistance

Stocking up for the winter with a mountain of blankets and felt boots? But for people who do not feel the cold, even in a swimsuit, go in winter! Inhabitants of cold places (for example, Eskimos) often have this ability. They exhibit amazing physiological responses to low temperatures. This level of adaptation is indicative of a genetic component, since not a single person who has moved to cold regions will get used to low temperatures even in 10 years. Scientists have found that, for example, indigenous Siberians are better adapted to the cold, even in comparison with the newcomers living among them. This adaptation partly explains why Australians can sleep on the ground without a blanket when the nights are cold on cold nights, and the Eskimos thrive in freezing temperatures for most of their lives.

Synesthesia

Synesthesia is most often a genetic feature and manifests itself in the connection of letters or numbers with certain colors, when the excitation of some sensors entails an involuntary reaction of others. Imagine that each number and letter is involuntarily associated with a certain color or a word evokes certain taste sensations. Although synesthesia is a neurological disorder, it does not cause disability. For the most part, those who have it do not feel that it has a negative impact on their lives. By the way, Vladimir Nabokov suffered from synesthesia.

Inability to increase cholesterol

While many of us are not very worried about limiting our intake of fatty foods, some people can generally eat all of this in any amount. Regardless of what they eat, cholesterol remains practically at zero. They lack working copies of the gene PCSK9... And while being born with a missing gene is not a good thing, there are certain positive effects in this case. However, while scientists have found these mutations in only a few African Americans, they have a 90% reduced risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. And pharmaceutical companies have begun working on a pill that will block PCSK9 from other people. The drug is almost ready for approval.

Genetic chimerism

Chimerism scientifically also called tetragametism. It so happens that two fertilized eggs or embryos in the early stages of pregnancy fuse, resulting in a person carrying two sets of genes rather than one. Sometimes this is reflected in the appearance and physical condition of a person, and sometimes it is revealed only during analysis DNA... The medical literature describes about a hundred such cases. It is assumed that chimerism in humans is a consequence of parental infertility drugs. For example, one woman's head parameters were markedly different from body parameters. When she was supposed to have a kidney transplant, it turned out that none of her sons could be a donor, since she ... is not their mother. And research has shown that a woman's ovaries have two genomes.