Extreme Humans: Supreme Bodies

Extreme Humans – Supreme Bodies

We’re all unique and special, but some of us are more special than others because they have a special feature that makes they stand out. Some are really really short and small, but their heart is bigger than most. Others, are extremely thin, and amaze us with their fast metabolism.
The world is full of extreme people, who simply amaze others with their special bodies. We’ve put together an amazing collection of extreme humans: including the tallest, thinnest, largest or people who’s bodies are totally out of the ordinary. Have a look and see how surprising the human body is when it goes to extremes.

Lets start with tallness… Be amazed of some of the tallest people on Earth

How does it feel to be so tall? You must be a very good basketball player… these are just two of the statements tall people hear very often. But what would the tallest person alive answer to that?
Tallest Man Ever: Robert Wadlow

Robert Wadlow lived in Alton, Illinois until his premature departure at the age of 22. He is the tallest man ever, whose height is proved by indisputable evidence. Due to his extraordinary height, people called him the Alton Giant.
How tall was he? Records show that he was 8 feet and 11 inches tall, or 274 centimeters, and what’s even more amazing, is the fact that even though people his age would normally stop growing, Robert would have still grown taller if not for his untimely death. The cause of his incredible height was a problem in his pituitary gland, which secrets more growth hormones than normal, causing a disease known as gigantism.

Tallest Woman Ever: Trijntje Keever

Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever only lived 17 years, after being born in the year 1616. While she lived she was dubbed De Groote Meid (the English translation would be The Big Girl), due to the fact that she was a giant even at 9 years old.
Her unusual tallness even amazed Frederick V, King of Bohemia who paid her a visit so that he could see for himself, the little girl who was already taller than every man throughout Europe.

She was 6 feet and 7 inches tall at the age of nine, and 8 feet 4 inches (2,54 meters) when she died of cancer in 1633. Her feet were also extremely big, her original shoes are on display in a museum in Amsterdam, her shoe size: 36 cm or 14 inches long (European size: 56) Pretty amazing, wouldn’t you agree?

Tallest man alive: Sultan Kosen

Meet Sultan Kosen from Mardin, Turkey. He was born in 1983 and he holds the record for the tallest man alive, with a height of 8 ft 3 in (2.51 meters), overtaking the former record holder, Bao Xishun who stands 2.36 m tall. Not only is he the record holder for the tallest living man, but he also has the largest hands on Earth: 27.5 centimeters.

He seems to be very happy with his life, declaring that his height is a major advantage when it comes to changing the light bulbs, or hanging the curtains…

Tallest Woman Alive: Yao Defen

Yao Defen holds the record for the tallest woman alive. She was born in 1972, in china and she’s 7 ft 8 in tall (2.33 m). Along with great height also comes big weight, but Yao isn’t worried about her 200 kilograms (440 lbs), she’s more scared about the fact that her favorite shoes don’t come in her size: 26 (UK) / 78 (EU).

Just like the other giants we’ve mentioned, the tallest woman alive has these amazing dimensions doe to a abnormal secretion of growth hormones, in Yao’s case, a tumor on her pituitary gland is secreting too much somatotropic hormone.

Now that we’ve dealt with the giants, let’s have a look at some of the shortest humans ever!

Shortest man ever: Gul Mohammed

Gul Mohammed is the shorts adult human being that ever lived! He was just 1 foot 10.4 inches (57 cm) tall when he was examined in 1990 at a hospital in New Delhi. Mohammed died in 1997 at the age of 40 due to lung problems brought on by his excessive smoking.

Not only was he the shortest man ever, but he was also the lightest adult, weighting 37.5 lbs (17.0 kg).

World’s Smallest Living Woman: Jvoti Amge

The smallest living woman also comes from India, her name is Jvoti Amge and she stands just 62.8 centimeters, and weights 12 pounds. Her restricted height is caused by a medical condition known as achondroplasia, a disorder which causes dwarfism.

Now that height is out of the way, let’s have a look at some amazing extremes as far as weight is concerned:

Heaviest baby ever born:

The heaviest baby to ever be born weighted 23 pounds and 12 ounces, but unfortunately died just 11 hours after being born. Anna Bates, his mother, was also an extreme human, with a height of 7ft 5in.

The heaviest newborn who survived, came to this earth in Indonesia and his size is also pretty amazing: 19lbs (8.7kgs), 62cms (24.4ins). You can read more about him here.

The lightest baby ever born: Amillia Taylor

This is how Amillia Taylor looked when she was born at just 21 weeks of gestational age and just nine-and-a-half inches long. She weighed 10 ounces, and it is a real miracle that she survived. All of the odds were against her, but this incredible baby pulled through and is now alive and well. Amelia was born two weeks before the legal abortion limit and she is the worlds youngest newborn who actually survived. Her story is pretty amazing! It teaches us that miracles do happen if we still have hope.

Heaviest man to have ever lived: Jon Brower Minnoch

Jon Brower Minnoch has one of the most amazing weight loss stories ever. Not only is he the heaviest person who ever lived, but also, he has the most spectacular weight loss. Jon was born in 1941 and at his peek, he weighted 635 kilograms or 1397 pounds. That amazing record demanded hospitalization, and after a strict and sever diet, he managed to lose 419 kg (66 lbs) in 16 months. When he died in 1983, he weighted 362 kilograms.

Heaviest woman ever: Rosalie Bradford

Rosalie (1943 – 2006) holds the world record for the most weight ever lost by a woman. In 1987 she weighed 1,199 lbs, and was immobilized in bed for 3 years. Her astonishing size determined her to lose the extra pounds, and through a strict diet, she lost 200 pounds. Unfortunately, as a complication to one of her excess skin removal surgeries, she caught an infection that slowly killed her.

Man with the Longest Tongue: Stephen Taylor

The longest human tongue ever recorded is that of British citizen Stephen. His extraordinary body part measures 9.8 centimeters (3.86 inches).

The woman with the longest tongue: Chanel Tapper

As of 2012, Chanel Tapper holds the Guinness World Record for the woman with the longest tongue, which by the way measures 3.8 inches (9.75 cm) from tip to top lip. Prior to her record, Annika Irmler held the record at 7 centimeters (2.76 in).

World’s Longest Nose Mehmet Ozyurek

Mehmet Ozyurek from Turkey has been confirmed as the man with the largest nose on Earth. His nose measures 3.5 inches (8.8 cm).

The biggest chin in world

Chang Du is the man with the biggest chin in the world. He’s 47 years old, lives in China, and his chin keeps on growing at an amazing size. It all started five years ago when Chang noticed a tiny pimple inside his mouth. The pimple started to grow, and eventually ended up swelling his chin to unimaginable sizes. Unfortunately, this man needs surgery due to the excruciating pain he feels when eating and drinking, but he can not afford the costs. So, in order to raise the 5000 euros, he offered to sell advertising space on his chin. Pretty incentive, isn’t he?

Woman With Longest Legs In World

Svetlana Pankratova, a beautiful Russian woman holds the record for the world’s longest legs! Even though she’s not the tallest woman, she does have the longest legs, which measure 132 centimetres (or 4 ft 4 in). Her upper body makes up for her amazing legs, hence, she is just 196 centimetres (6 ft 5 in) tall. Also, her feet are huge, Svetlana has to wear custom shoes, made especially for her size: 13 (US) / 46 (EU).

Man with the Longest Reproductive Organ

Jonah Falcon, is an American writer and actor, but since 1999, he is know for the length of his reproductive organ which measures 9.5 inches (24 cm) in length when flaccid and 13.5 inches (34 cm) in length when erect.

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Meet Sultan Kosen from Mardin, Turkey. He was born in 1983 and he holds the record for the tallest man alive, with a height of 8 ft 3 in (2.51 meters), overtaking the former record holder, Bao Xishun who stands 2.36 m tall. Not only is he the record holder for the tallest living man, but he also has the largest hands on Earth: 27.5 centimeters.

He seems to be very happy with his life, declaring that his height is a major advantage when it comes to changing the light bulbs, or hanging the curtains…

Breathtaking Cloud Tsunami Covers Florida Skyscrapers:

Watch As The Amazing Cloud Tsunami Rolls Over Florida

Some might call this a once in a life-time experience, but others might disagree and argue that this rare “cloud tsunami” phenomenon is just a fabulous moment which happens in extraordinary weather conditions, and all yo have to do is keep an eye out for it, and your trusty camera on hand.
Luckily, we all can now rejoice with pictures of this amazing phenomenon, since helicopter pilot, Mike Schaeffer was able to take photos of a cloud which swept across the sandy beaches of Florida and stumbled upon the skyscrapers which were close to shore, creating an beautiful tsunami effect.

After finishing a tour of Panama City shore, Mike Schaeffer observed that the condos on the beach were being swallowed by a very intriguing cloud, and it almost looked like the buildings were being threatened by a fearsome tsunami. The pilot continued his flight to the designated landing point, and after the helicopter was safe on the ground, he reported the wavy cloud to the helicopter owner, JR Hott, and they both took off again in order to take this amazing pictures.

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But what’s the scientific explanation for the amazing “Cloud Tsunami”?

The term cloud tsunami is very improper, due to the fact that a “normal” tsunami involves damage and disaster, where as the phenomenon showed in the picture is nothing like that. The scientific term for this interesting weather event is a Kelvin–Helmholtz instability.
When friction velocity is present inside a continuous fluid or when there is enough friction between two fluids within he same container, the so called Kelvin–Helmholtz instability may occur.
In order to understand the phenomenon more clearly, all you have to do is imagine wind blowing over the surface of water, that causes the layers of the water layers to become instable, and this instability takes the form of the common waves we all know and love, especially surfers.

So what’s so weird about the Cloud Tsunami In Florida?

Well, this amazing weather event usually occurs in areas with plains, where winds often change speed very fast, causing the cloud waves. And that’s why it was very interesting to see this on the shores of Panama City, Florida on February 5th, 2012.

The Cloud Appreciation Society declared that the cool offshore air had a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, and by adding to its humidity, the cloud was formed, by cooling down the air.
In the case of or tsunami, the air was cooled by climbing on top of the extremely tall skyscrapers (now this event totally adds a more interesting spin to the idea of skyscrapers, doesn’t it?).

     
On the back side of the buildings, the air began to warm up as it slowly sunk back down, causing it to carry even more water vapors, and    slowly vanish from human sight. Even though it doesn’t happen very often, this cloud tsunami in Florida should remind us that sometimes, we have to slow down and look around us. You have no idea what you might be missing while you’re in a hurry.

Indian Woman Gave Birth To 11 Kids At Once: True Or False?

Indian Woman Gave Birth To 11 Kids At Once: True Or False?

Rumor has it that somewhere inIndia, inSuratto be more specific, a supermom gave birth to eleven babies all at once! Yes, you read that right, eleven babies! Could that be true or is it just an urban myth sustained by some really good photoshop work? Well, while the picture shown speaks for itself, ( and we ALL know how pictures can be misleading) anonymous sources indicate that the 11 sweet little bundles of joy photographed above are actually the 11 babies which were born on the unique day of November 11th, 2011 (11/11/11).

Now, there is a little bit of truth in the picture of the eleven kids. Six of them were indeed twins born to the same mother. But the remaining five are just lucky babies who came to this world on a unique day. But wait just a minute! It appears that calls were indeed made to the Guiness Book of World Records to acknowledge the amazing record  and they declared that “unofficial sources” are willing to produce even more evidence of the amazing birth of 11 babies to the same mom.

Just so you know, at this point no official news agency has been able to confirm nor deny the information that a woman gave birth to 11 kids in just one pregnancy.  So let’s take a step back and analyze the situation medically and logically. Is it possible or not for a woman to carry 11 fetuses in her womb, and to actually deliver them all alive.

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Is it medically possible?

According to medical journals, multiple births can occur either by natural causes, such as the woman who ovulates more than one egg per month, in which case they can all be fertilized, or she produces just one egg, but it divides shortly after fecundation, hence resulting in multiple embryos. Multiple births are nowadays more and more often as a result of infertility treatments such as In Vitro Fertilization. This is the procedure which “implants” more than one fertile egg in a womans womb, in hopes that at least one will be accepted by the body. Also, the use of fertility drugs can lead to multiple egg ovulation, hence multiple babies.

But how many babies can a womb carry?

As many of you are well aware, sextuplets (six babies at one shot) are no longer a rarity these days. In fact, more and more cases of women giving birth to 6 healthy babies are registered. But what would you say about 7 babies at once?
In 1997, the first medical case of surviving healthy septuplets was recorded in the United States. Three girls and four boys were born with sizes raging from 3 lbs and 4 ounces to just barely 15 ounces. Ironically, the smallest baby was the one who had no permanent health issues, but sadly, 2 of the babies have cerebral palsy.
You think 7 isn’t amazing enough? How about 8 babies at once?

In 1998 a set of octuplets was born inHouston,Texas. The first of the babies was delivered 15 weeks premature, while the remaining twins were kept inside the womb for two more weeks, and then delivered by a Caesarean section. Unfortunately, the tiniest of them died after just one week, but the remaining 7 are alive, well, and enjoying life.

Beyond 9 babies in the same womb…

So far, all of the reports of multiple babies beyond octuplets do not have happy endings. In 1999 a Malaysian woman gave birth to 9 babies, which were officially the most babies in one birth. Sadly all babies died within 6 hours of living.
The world record for a natural pregnancy is held by a woman in Argentina, who was pregnant with 12 embryos. Unfortunately, none of them were viable.
In 1971, a woman conceived no less than 15 babies, and delivered them all, not at once, with multiple Caesarean sections. Alas, all of the babies also died after birth.

The sad truth is that multiple babies usually involves complicated medical issues in the long run. And even though the babies survive birth, the facts prove that many end up suffering from different causes related to their crowded life in the womb.

Weight Record In China: Heaviest Baby Ever Born

Heaviest Newborn In China Sets Weight Record: 15-Pounds At Birth

Chun Chun is a real bundle of joy, a 15.5-pound bundle mind you! Not only did this newborn baby boy make his parents very proud, but he also made an entire nation proud, and not just any country, but China, the country with the most inhabitants.

This gigantic baby was born in the Province of Henan, more exactly, in city of Xinxiang. Despite the baby’s immensity, the caesarean section which was performed to deliver him took a mere 20 minutes, and both the mom and the huge newborn are healthy and well. Chun Chun is not the only extremely big baby born in China. Between 2008 and 2010 another three babies were born weighting 15 pounds exactly, but Chun is now the heaviest baby ever born there due to the fact that he had 15.5 pounds.

The baby’s mom is 29 year-old Wang Yujuan and she’s not at her first pregnancy, she also gave birth to a perfectly normal baby girl who is now six years old. The proud mother declared that: “I clearly felt that my body was more clumsy than when I had been pregnant with my daughter. My belly was bigger than it was then. I guessed the baby would be between ten and 11 pounds. I never expected to hear that he weighs 15.5 pounds.”

The head of the Obsetries department declared that “little” Chun Chun is twice as big as any other newborn, and that they’re very happy they were honored to bring the baby boy in to the world.

The parents are also happy, not just because they now have the heaviest baby in all of China, but also because he’s a Dragon Baby, born after the lunar new year, in the Year Of The Dragon.

Have a look at the huge baby below, and then see him in action, in the first video of Chun Chun.

Amazing Cathedral Made From Thousands Of LEDs at Belgium’s Festival of Lights:

Mother of illumination! Have a look and be amazed of this very impressive construction which dazzled every single one of the visitors who went to Belgium for the annual Festival Of Lights in Ghent.

This astonishing cathedral is the work of Luminarie De Cagna (an Italian lights company), stands 91 feet tall, it’s made entirely of wood and 55.000 tiny lights. The all LED cathedral mixes Romanesque and Renaissance architecture and it’s zenith is 28 meters tall.

If you’re thinking “what a waste of energy!” stop right now, cause the massive construction only consumes 20 kilowatts of electricity per hour, because of the very economical 55 thousand LEDS. 2012′s Lights Festival has a pretty joyful theme, namely “Happiness”, so rejoice and visit Ghent, Belgium for the most amazing lights you’ve seen yet!

And let’s have a look at the videos below. The show of lights is absolutely amazing!

Nissan Lends Amazing “Self-Healing” Paint To iPhone Cases:

Nissan Lends Amazing “Self-Healing” Paint To iPhone Cases

Have you ever resented the fact that sometimes you’re an incurable butterfingers?
This can be especially annoying when you drop your brand new, state-of-the-art iPhone, right? And in that moment when you see the phone dropping to the floor, and you know there’s nothing you can do to stop it, don’t you just with you either had superpowers and you could freeze time, or better yet, don’t you wish they just made the phones more resistant to scratches and such “injuries”?

Well the answer to your prayers has now arrived in the form of a special, amazing self-healing paint.
Nissan, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, have managed to develop a type of paint that expands when scratched, and in just 30 minutes after the scratch was made, it will be completely gone, due to the fact that the paint filled it in. For more severe “injuries”, the process may take longer, but eventually, the results are amazing!

The revolutionary paint was invented in 2005, and it has been forgotten by the general masses immediately after it was announced, despite the fact that it’s used for the Nissan Murano, 370Z and X-Trail models.
Luckily for us, Nissan has decided to create a new case for smartphones, using the amazing paint, which will allow your phone to self heal in just under an hour from the drop. Pretty awesome, wouldn’t you agree?

So far, Nissan is keeping its magic paint on in testing for the time being, licensing the material to Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo. Luckily, the Leaf-maker is also said to be considering a commercial launch scheduled for later this year, so until the new wondrous casing is out, make sure you get a better grasp of your phone.

Have a look below at a crash test comparing the results of different smartphones. I don’t know if the magic paint will be able to heal the broken screen on the iphone, but hey… if you bought it, try to take better care of it…

Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fQIsEa4p5mk

Cat-eyed Chinese Boy With Night Vision Superpower:

Cat-eyed Chinese Boy With Night Vision Superpower

Night vision! What an awesome superpower. Almost all of us must have wished for such an amazing power when we were kids, but we eventually grew out of it and realized that only superheroes have nigh vision… and of course cats. Well, cats are no longer the only beings in “town” who can see in the dark.
A young Chinese boy named Nong Youhui was born with blue eyes (a rare color for the Chinese people), but that’s not the strangest thing about him. Nong is able to see in the dark, just like cats do. Also, just like a Siamese cat, his eyes flash neon green when they’re illuminated in the dark.

Rumors and speculations have it that the child is either The Starchild, or a human with hybrid alien DNA…pretty spooky, wouldn’t you agree?

His weird eyes enable the boy to be able to read and write down the answers to some questions, in a pitch black room. The scientists are now interested to find out if his DNA is has indeed mutated genes, and if not, how is it possible for him to have a special layer of cells in his eyes, called the tapetum lucidum, which exists only at cats and other nocturnal animals.

Below you can view some more pictures of the strange boy, and also a video of him and his mysterious super power.