At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
15
In 2010, Gary Richmond was beaten into a coma. He woke up with amnesia and no memory of his wife of 20 years. Subsequently, he ended up falling in love with her all over again!
44
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
10
There's a woman named Veronica Seider who had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
22
Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
6
Poon Lim survived 133 days alone on a raft at sea by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water.
21