Unique Achievements (20 pics)
"Violet Jessup. Survived all three White Star ocean liner sinkings. The Titanic, the Olympic, and the Britannic."
"Read the terms and conditions before clicking 'I agree'."
"Fixed the leak at Chernobyl, saved the water table for Western Europe. Three guys wearing taped up garbage bags. "
"Use their turn signal when pulling out of a BMW dealership."
"Orbited the moon alone."
"If I’m allowed to toot my own horn, I’m the only person to ever accurately forecast a tornado in Afghanistan. I had to fight tooth and nail to get that forecast approved, and by golly, it was by far the noodliest looking tornado ever. Someone down range thankfully got a picture for me."
"Sir David Attenborough is the only person to win a BAFTA for a programme in black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K."
"Joan Murray, in 1990, jumped from an altitude of 4400 km, both of her parachutes did not open. She fell on a nest of fire ants. Murray broke many bones, knocked out almost all her teeth, but remained conscious due to the fact that she received hundreds of poisonous ant bites, this contributed to a large release of adrenaline, as a result of which doctors managed to resuscitate her, after several years of treatment and physical recovery, Joan returned to normal life and continued skydiving."
"Survived both the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
"Been hit by a meteorite. Just one - Ann Hodges."
"Perfect autobiographical memory is a medical condition known as *hyperthymesia*. A person who has hyperthymesia could tell you from the top of their head what day of the week any date they lived through was, and what they ate that day, and what they did on that particular day. If they saw the news that day they could tell you the day's headlines. It's an exhausting condition to have.
It's extremely rare and diagnosis is usually disputed. Only 10 case studies of hyperthymesia have passed peer review and been recorded in the medical literature."
"Perished in a carbon fiber submarine with a video game controller as the method of controlling the submarine."
"Stood trial as an ex President of the US."
"Walked between the World Trade Center towers on a tightrope. Only one person ever did that."
"Alex Honnold is the only person who has ever free soloed (climbing without ropes or gear) El Capitan.
I doubt anyone else will ever even attempt to do this. Not only is it extremely difficult and dangerous, but there's not a lot of glory in being the second person to do it."
"Having been born in Antarctica ."
"Ran 100 meters in under 9.70 seconds (only 3 people have done this). Similarly run 100 meters in under 10.70 seconds for woman (only 7 woman have done this).
Shout out to:
- Usain Bolt
- Tyson Gay
- Yohan Blake
- Florence Griffith-Joyner
- Elaine Thompson-Herah
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
- Carmelita Jeter
- Marion Jones
- Shericka Jackson
- Sha’Carri Richardson."
"Played Tetris for the NES all the way to the end screen."
"Only three people have died *in space* as a consequence of decompression."
"Folded a fitted sheet ."
"Underwater backflip while sword swallowing. So far I think only one person holds that record."
"Solved a Millennium Prize Problem. Only one person, Grigori Perelman, and he turned down the money."
"More people have walked on the moon than winning on Takeshi’s Castle."
