I’ve done a number of videos around people and their talents, but this time we take things
to the next level.
These select few live lives very different to our own and some may find it hard to believe
they exist at all, yet they do.
So join us as we count 10 people you won’t believe are real.
Mikel Ruffinelli What you’re looking at right here, is the
largest hips and bottom in the world.
Mikel Ruffinelli is the world record holder, and while it may seem like she should be hitting
the treadmill, she says that she doesn’t diet because despite her large figure, she
has no health problems.
She adds to this by saying that men like an “hourglass shape” and her waist is proportionally
smaller than her hips.
Mikel admits that she experiences obstacles in everyday life.
She finds it challenging to use the shower, which she has to gingerly step into over the
side of the tub while turning her body to fit through the glass door's opening, then
she can only stand sideways.
Asha Mandela This unusual lady has the longest hair in
the world which has been verified by Guiness and Ripleys.
She has been growing her locks for over 23 years and in that time it has grown to be
over 5.7 meters long, which has led Asha to name herself the Black Rapunzel.
One can only wonder how much that hair must weigh and how strong her scalp must be to
keep it attached to her head.
Jyoti Amge Jyoti Amge is an Indian actress who is most
notable for being the world’s smallest living woman according to Guiness World Records.
She has a height of just over 2 feet, or 62.8 centimeters.
To put that into context, while she is 22 years old, she’s the same length as the
average 8 month old female baby, or the average 6 month old male baby.
Her restricted height is due to a growth abnormality called achondroplasia which has earned her
TV appearances on Body Shock, Bigg Boss 6 and American Horror Story: Freak Show.
Abigail and Brittany Hensel Abigail Hensel and Brittany Hensel are dicephalic
parapagus twins, meaning that they are conjoined twins, each of whom has a separate head, but
whose bodies are joined.
They are highly symmetric for conjoined twins, giving the appearance of having just a single
body without marked variation from normal proportion.
In fact, several vital organs are doubled up; each twin has a separate heart, stomach,
spine, lungs, and spinal cord.
Each twin controls her half of their body, operating one of the arms and one of the legs.
This means that as infants, the initial learning of physical processes that required bodily
coordination, such as clapping, crawling, and walking, required the cooperation of both
twins.
While each is able to eat and write separately and simultaneously, activities such as running
and swimming must be coordinated and alternate symmetrically.
Other activities as diverse as brushing hair and driving a car require that each twin perform
a sequence of separate actions that coordinate with the other.
Mandy Sellars Mandy Sellars is a woman with a rare genetic
mutation that has caused an extraordinary growth in both of her legs.
She was diagnosed with Proteus Syndrome in 2006, a very rare condition thought to afflict
only 120 people worldwide, but more recent diagnoses have focused on a gene mutation.
Sellars’ condition has been covered in several television programs, including a November
2009 interview where she estimated that she weighed around 133 kilos, 38 of it being her
upper body and an astonishing 95kg of it being her legs and feet.
Lina Medina What would you say if I told you that the
youngest confirmed mother in medical history gave birth when she was just five years old?
The answer is probably call me a nutter, but that is exactly what I’m telling you anyway.
Lina Medina gave birth at the age of five years, seven months and 17 days.
She was originally thought to have had a tumor, but her doctors determined she was in her
seventh month of pregnancy.
A month and a half after the original diagnoses, Medina gave birth to a boy by a caesarean
section on May 14, 1939.
So how on earth is this possible?
Well, apparently she got her first period at only eight months of age.
She had significant breast development by the age of four and by age five, her figure
displayed pelvic widening and advanced bone maturation.
Biggest Hands in the World Duangjay Samaksamam from Thailand suffers
from a rare disease called macrodystrophia lipomatosa which caused her arms to be filled
up with fat deposits.
Experts believe she is the only person in the world with the condition from the shoulder
to fingers in both limbs.
Moving can be very uncomfortable and even the simplest tasks, such as washing and combing
her hair, are extremely difficult for Duangjay.
Embarrassed by her condition throughout her childhood, she spent the first 20 years of
her life as a recluse ashamed of the way she looked, meaning she never went to school.But
she was forced to come out of hiding at the age of 20 to earn a living in order to care
for her elderly parents, and take over running the family grocery shop.
Tom Staniford Tom Staniford is an English para-cyclist who
was the 2011 national para-cycling circuit race champion.
He suffers from an incredibly rare disorder called MDP syndrome, which has only 8 recorded
cases worldwide.
It affects a number of things such as his hearing, metabolism, flexibility in his limbs,
testosterone levels but most noticeably he is unable to store any fat in his body.
This leaves him weighing only 29.9kg with a height of 191cm,
Didier Montalvo Nicknamed “Turtle Boy” for years, Didier
Montalvo did not have the best start to his childhood.
He was born with a rare condition called congenital melanocytic nevus, causing a giant mole to
cover his back like a shell.
It weighed over 20% of Didier’s entire body weight and doctors feared it could become
malignant if it kept growing.
Thankfully, in 2011 the youngster underwent a life-changing operation to remove the huge
mole from his back.
The operation was successful and hopefully today Didier is living a more normal life
than he was previously.
Pakkirappa Hunagundi This extraordinary gentlemen developed a taste
for inedible objects at the young age of just 10.
Since then, he has snacked on the walls and streets of Karnataka in India and claims that
his habit has no ill effects on his health.
He mainly eats mud, stones and bricks but also enjoys a snack of charcoal from time
to time.
The bizarre eating disorder is thought to be a form of Pica, an illness which gives
sufferers an appetite for substances without any nutritional value.
His mother has spent the last 20 years trying to convince him to quit consuming bricks and
mud but pakkirappa insists these are the best tasting sustenances in the world, even better
than divine nectar.
So guys, does he look a little “stoned” to you?
I’m sorry, that was terrible.