74 Times People And Pets Showed Intelligence That Was Impressive And Low‑Key Terrifying

I forget his name but saw a video of an Autistic guy that took a helicopter tour of New York City and then he proceeded to draw in fine detail EVERY BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY and every one was in the correct spot.

My grandfather in the 70s received a phone bill with all these weird long distance calls on it. He called the number and it was NASA. My uncle had figured out why their rocket wasn’t working. They kept brushing him off, but turns out he was right. He was in high school.

He is also banned from family scrabble, because he memorized the dictionary. So no one else can ever beat him.

He went on to work in tech in San Jose at the height of the tech boom in the 90s.

My dog found out that if I'm gaming and he wants my attention, he unplugs the router.

Dolphins at a facility I volunteered at would be given fish treats for bringing trash out of their pinned lagoon. One dolphin would bring trash up quite often. One day the divers were cleaning and found the dolphin shoved a large bag into the fence and would break little pieces off to get more treats lol. This was what I was told at the facility and I thought it was great.

I met Kim Peek, (Rainman) he could read both pages of a book at the same time and not only comprehend what he read, but remembered everything he ever read.

I grew up with a kid that memorized the timing of every intersection street light in our small town. He knew when every light would change green so he could pick the fastest route.

My parents friends dog was lost in a different state they traveled to. He was heart broken over his missing dog. Months later the dog arrived home. How did he do that?? He had to walk 100s and thousands of miles.

As an educator, I see highly intelligent young people NOT thriving due to family life, trauma, etc. I watch them using their intellect to survive. They could be SO much more.

I guess the ending of almost all movies and characters intentions within a few minutes of the movie and my husband always thinks i saw it before. I hate watching predictable movies. Black Mirror was the only show I could never guess though.

My dad never got a Jeopardy question wrong. 20 years of watching it with him and he had the answer before a contestant could hit their buzzer. He installed carpets for a living.

I used to babysit a non verbal autistic kid. He couldn’t talk but used sign language to communicate. He really liked puzzles so I bought him a 500 piece puzzle and he finished it in 30 minutes so next time I bought him a 1000 piece puzzle and finished it in less than an hour. He throws the pieces down flips then over so the picture is upright then scans every piece with his mind then boom he gets to it and he is like a machine putting it together, never saw him pick the wrong piece, always just knew where everything goes. It was fascinating to watch. He did puzzles most days I watched him. Anyways 25 years later and my son is autistic he isn’t into puzzles though. My son’s favorite thing is rocks.

I worked with a girl where it did not matter what the song was I mean any song. Any genre, any time period. If it was playing she knew the whole song with every word. Every word. Sometimes she would say I haven’t thought of this in 20 years.

There was a girl who missed practically every day of school,but when she did show up, she’d Ace every exam. Then she would just disappear again.

My father could walk into the woods for miles with no map, flagging or trail. He could then find his back out of the forest. I followed and watched him do this several times.

I saw a seagul eating some random food on the ground..a crow flew down and created a diversion for another crow to come swipe the food away... they both enjoyed the food together later.

I used to work with a guy who was able to remember, in vivid detail, every single day of his entire life. He loved asking people what their date of birth was and then telling them exactly what he did that day.

A friend of mine learned to speak Chinese fluently somewhere within 4 months.

My dog and cat know EXACTLY when the clock hits 5pm. How do animals know the exact time for their meal?! Like, I’m sure they can tell around the time, but exactly?? It’s weird to me.

I was in a Latin American literature class in college and during class discussions this guy could quote entire passages from books and tell you what page they were on.

On a walk with my dog, I got lost in the trail. At some point, my dog literally pulled me to a different direction and make sure I followed him back. He found our way home.