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Extraordinary Humans (Seasons 2)

10 episodes 94%4KCC

Biologist Thom Hunt tests people whose abilities stretch mind and body.

Join biologist Thom Hunt as he investigates people with real-life abilities that push the known limits of the human mind and body. Across the season, he tracks down remarkable individuals and brings in experts to uncover what may lie behind their skills. It is a rewarding way to see human physiology challenged, questioned, and revealed.

Episode guide

10 episodes
1
1Tim Cridland
Thom Hunt heads to Las Vegas to meet Tim Cridland, a sideshow performer who claims to be pain-proof.
24 min
2
2Ron White
Thom Hunt travels to the US to track down Ron White, a man whose mind-blowing memory powers defy belief.
24 min
3
3Igor Zaripov
Thom heads to Nevada, to find a man who defies human biology. Igor Zaripov performs mind-blowing feats of power using only the might of his jaw.
24 min
4
4Scott Flansburg
Thom’s in Nevada, tracking down world record-holding mathlete Scott Flansburg, who’s able to crunch numbers faster than a calculator.
24 min
5
5Jerry Miculek
Thom heads to Louisiana to meet Jerry Miculek, the human machine gun who can fire a handgun faster than an automatic weapon.
24 min
6
6Dean Karnazes
Thom Hunt heads to Nevada, to meet Dean Karnazes, an ultramarathon runner who’s taken endurance running to a level that defies human biology.
24 min
7
7Claudia Hughes
Thom travels to the UK to track down real life rubber girl Claudia Hughes, a contortionist whose extraordinary flexibility defies human physiology.
24 min
8
8Tom Sietas
Thom travels to the UK to track down Aquaman Tom Sietas, who can hold his breath submerged for a death defying 22 minutes.
24 min
9
9Anthony Kelly
Thom’s in the UK to track down Anthony Kelly; a man whose world record-breaking reflexes are rumored to be superhuman.
24 min
10
10George Aldrich
Thom meets a man with a superhuman sense of smell; George Aldrich is Nasa’s Chief Sniffer; employed to detect problems before they become a hazard in space.
24 min
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