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

My cat told me I was pregnant. She got up on my lap kneaded on my stomach then put her ear to it. She’s never done that before and never did it again.

Machiavellianism - once you spot it, you lose all trust in someone.

I work with autistic children I had a severe migraine one day, didn’t tell a soul but carried on working. One of my students asked me to hold her hand, then after a couple of minutes said “you’ve got a really bad headache haven’t you.“

My gifted son. Taught himself how to read by the age of 2.5, he could read Russian (self taught) by the age of 3. Was doing intro to algebra at that age too. He has perfect pitch, too. What amazes me the most though, is how naturally good he is with people. He likes to be a leader. He is 7 now, can charm his way out of anything or into anyone’s heart if you give him just a few minutes.

My best friend's family, all have photographic memory and are all doctors....go figure.

I noticed that a sunflower in my garden had a half eaten stalk, but figured I’d wait to see if it still bloomed. A few days later, I noticed that the sunflower had turned itself all the way around in a full 360 & like, bandaged itself.

People who can memorise phrases and sentences in accuracy, like lines from movies for example, along with people who correctly memorise lyrics after a few listens. I feel most people can, but for whatever reason it’s something I struggle with. I can quote what I believe was the meaning behind something, but not the exact words and it gets me in trouble at times.

friend, give him 100 random words in any order e.g. 3 is shoe, 79 is helicopter etc... he could recite 1-100 perfectly. called it "ridiculous association" could do it all day long as a money hustle.

My pattern recognition freaks people out. It makes me look like I can see into other dimensions.

A kid I used to nanny was in foster care and was insanely clever he was 8 and knew all his times tables and could just go forever because he had such good pattern recognition. Safe to say he beat me everytime we played cards. It’s sad because he was so bored at school and no one was giving him the push he needed.

My ex used about 30 different manipulation tactics on me in less than a year. My therapist was stunned.

My dad auditioned for jeopardy. He didn't make it on... he could answer every question. He never watched it. but if it was in in the background he could answer the question just half listening to it. he was a science teacher for 35 years.

My dad is dyslexic with letters and numbers. However, if you ask him any percentage question he will calculate it and answer the exact amount without any pen, paper or calculator. Ask him what’s 7% out of 100 or 25% of 3 billion he will answer correctly. He wanted to be an accountant but he didn’t finish school because he got my mom pregnant and had to work 3 jobs. My mom worked 2.

I could read and write before I went to school. It seemed to disturb my teacher greatly. She even complained to my parents.

Everyone thought I was weird when I would sleep in EVERY class like genuinely sleep to where I’d have to be shaken awake and then I’d answer every question the teacher asked correctly aced most of my tests and when I would tell people I could hear while I slept no one believed even now I genuinely can hear everyone around me while I sleep idk why or what it’s called but it doesn’t bother me.

I know a guy able to finish anyone sentence basically telling ppl they are predictable.

A cousin of mine built a functional crane out of a spare lego bag i've bought him... I'm scared.

Small children are able to completely absorb a second language in a few weeks by simply talking to someone that speaks a different language.

A 6 month old baby who could talk.

My son can catch a fish with literally any kind of equipment, or none at all. When he was 10, he picked up some string from the ground and a safety pin, found a grub and put it in the water. He had an edible-sizedfish in under a minute. At 17, a fish just swam into his hand.