facts verse
presents people who got superpowers
after a terrible
accident number one Franco manani Franco
manani was an Italian immigrant when he
moved to San Francisco in the 1960s he
came down with a very high fever the
fever was so high that it caused him to
have delusions and seizures luckily the
man survived his illness however he was
not the same man man after when he was
living in his hometown of pontito Italy
over 30 years before his illness he had
never picked up a paintbrush he had
absolutely no artistic ability also he
didn't have much of a memory of his
hometown when he recovered from his
illness he had a very Vivid dream about
details of where he lived and of the
town where he grew up in fact he had
several dreams and they were so vivid he
had an overwhelming desire to paint what
he was dreaming about when people
started to see his painting they
photographed the areas in Italy that
Franco claimed he was painting and the
pictures were identical many people
found it hard to believe that this man
could remember such vivid details from
30 years ago after an illness they also
couldn't believe that his illness
brought on a talent for painting he
proved to everyone that both were true
number two Jason padet a man named Jason
padet was leaving a bar in 2002 when he
was jumped by two men who beat him up
very bad badly he was left with a severe
concussion and post-traumatic stress
disorder after the incident he started
seeing geometrical shapes in just about
everything that he looked at according
to the doctors the concussion unlocked a
part of his brain that made everything
in the world look like it had
mathematical structure before the injury
when he was in high school he did awful
in math he says that he even had to
cheat a bit just to pass after his
attack he became a genius at geometry
physics physics and calculus number
three Tony Soria Tony Soria an
orthopedic surgeon stopped by a pay
phone to give his mother a call during a
thunderstorm just as he was about to
hang up lightning came through the phone
and killed Tony for a few minutes
luckily he was shocked back to life
after the incident he complained of
feeling sluggish and being forgetful
these were things that many people who
were struck by lightning complained
about over time though he did feel
better and he had one more symptom he
had the overwhelming urge to listen to
piano music he never had an interest in
the piano and suddenly all he wanted to
do was hear piano music not long after
he decided to buy a piano of his own he
did not know how to read music and had
never sat at a piano before but he
wanted one anyway when it arrived at his
home he started playing as though he had
been playing since he was a kid he even
composed his first song the day he got
the piano and he called it the lightning
Sonata since then he has been working
with a brainology from Columbia
University named Oliver sax number four
Ken Walters Ken Walters was an engineer
before a horrible accident left him
wheelchair bound in 2005 he suffered
from a stroke the cerebral hemorrhage
unlocked something in his brain that
gave him artistic abilities that he
never had before suddenly he was able to
turn his Doodles into amazing digital
images his abilities were so great that
he started his own software company
which led to a job with EA games when he
was 51 years old number five Nikolai
cagal lenko Nikolai cagal lenko is one
of the youngest people who got
superpowers after a terrible accident
when Nikolai was 12 years old he was
walking home from school when he leaned
against a lamp post and was electrocuted
by a faulty wire after being blasted by
the electrical force he was able to make
it home the next morning while he was
eating breakfast he dropped his spoon
and it stuck to his arm immediately
after he started sticking other objects
to his body when he went to school he
impressed his friends with his new
superpower number six Tommy McHugh when
Tommy was young he was a petty criminal
and a heroin addict when he was 51 years
old he suffered from a stroke on both
sides of his brain luckily he survived
however he left the hospital he couldn't
walk or eat he didn't even realize that
he needed to eat as he was recovering at
home he had an overwhelming urge to be
artistic and create something this
seemed weird to most people because he
had never shown an interest in art
during the 51 years of his life his
amazing skill and his compulsion to
create had him painting for 18 hours a
day 7 days a week he continued this
schedule until he died in 2012 because
he never had any artistic ability before
his work amazed most people number seven
Derek
Amato when Derek was 40 years old he
dove into the shallow end of a swimming
pool and hit his head on the bottom
after the accident not only did he have
a concussion and Amnesia he also had a
musical talent that He never had before
the head injury that he sustained
actually rewired his brain which led to
an acquired Savant syndrome he's now
able to play the piano as though he'd
been playing it all of his life he can
also make up his own Melodies using
patterns that stream across his brain
number eight heated hands an unknown
woman claims that after being
electrocuted by a faulty lamp she was
able to heat up her hands to the point
where she could melt ice to prove her
Theory she had a photo taken of herself
on a pond using her special power many
people believe that it's all a hoax
however the woman insists that it is
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