Human Marvels
Granny Hulk
At the age of 69, Sharie Mobley recently broke the all-time world record in the deadlift for her class/division by lifting 305 pounds. This has earned her the nickname Granny Hulk.She only started weight training when she was 60, saying that she “couldn’t sit around and do normal granny things.”
She reminds me of Betty Goedhart, the 86-year-old trapeze artist.
More details: kark.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 27, 2019 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Sports
Professor Burt, Endurance Pianist
"Lady nurse in attendance shaves him every day."
Source.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 16, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Human Marvels, Motor Vehicles, Music, 1920s
Tom & Roy
I can tell you absolutely nothing about this.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 22, 2019 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Music, Postal Services
Polydactyly
I always knew about people born with extra fingers, but had not contemplated extra thumbs.Wikipedia entry.
Source (warning: pics of surgery).
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 22, 2019 -
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Category: Body, Differently Abled, Handicapped, Challenged, and Otherwise Atypical, Human Marvels
Homer Tate
His Wikipedia page.
Long essay on the man and his work.
Great fotos here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 17, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Hobbies and DIY, Human Marvels, Twentieth Century, Fictional Monsters
Gunhild Carling
Jazz bagpipes.Three trumpets simultaneously.
Her web page (Swedish).
Thanks to Jim Woodring.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 20, 2018 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Music, Reader Recommendation, Europe
George the Giant’s Strange Museum of Oddities and Wonders
I found out at the last minute about a weird "pop-up" museum that was opening for a few days in Bakersfield, CA: George the Giant’s Strange Museum of Oddities and Wonders. It was a four-hour drive from San Diego, but I figured I had to see it. So my wife and I did a road trip on Saturday to check it out.It was an excellent collection of oddities, but the best part might have been the live displays in which George demonstrated sword swallowing and drove a long spike into his nose. He also performed the 'blade box' trick with an assistant.
George hopes to be able to return with his Strange Museum next year. So if you're in the Bakersfield area next October, check it out!
By the way, you might have seen George in the movies. He played the character of Colossus in Tim Burton's Big Fish.
Alligator Boy
Fiji Mermaid
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Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 22, 2018 -
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Category: Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature, Human Marvels, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand
Rossa Richter, the First Human Cannonball
Not generally cited in the sterling list of accomplishments by women throughout history.
A small article.
Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 20, 2018 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Human Marvels, Women, Nineteenth Century
Monsieur Mangetout
Info from wikipedia:His performances involved the consumption of metal, glass, rubber and other materials. He disassembled, cut up, and consumed bicycles, shopping carts, televisions, and a Cessna 150, among other items. The Cessna 150 took roughly two years to be "eaten", from 1978 to 1980...
He was awarded a brass plaque by the Guinness Book to commemorate his abilities. He consumed it as well.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 16, 2018 -
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Category: Food, Human Marvels
Iver Johnson, the human cork
For 12 years, Johnson said, he practiced, risking his life time and again trying to “force my body into harmony with the water.”
Johnson had a dream... to achieve something entirely useless.
A couple of years back, I posted about another guy, Norris Kellam, who called himself the 'human cork'. Though Kellam simply floated. He didn't float vertically.
Nephi Times-News - Mar 21, 1957
Chicago Tribune - Apr 7, 1957
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 03, 2018 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Sports, 1950s
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