There are plenty of exceptional people in the world who do amazing things everyday. People who create incredible inventions, achieve wonderful goals in business, or perform impressively in sports. But there are a few people in history who have done things that no other person has ever been able to duplicate. These few have achieved impossible things that have placed them in a true league of their own. Can you imagine what it would be like to do something that no other human has ever been able to do again? To learn just what it takes to accomplish feats such as this, check out these 7 people whose achievements have never been repeated.
Andre Geim Won A Nobel and Ig Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize exists to honor “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” The Ig Nobel prize is meant to recognize something that is astonishing but more bizarre and less impactful. Andre Geim is the only person to ever win both. He won the Nobel for his amazing work in graphene, and the Ig Nobel for levitating a frog.
Roger Sherman signed four US Foundational Documents
When many people think of the founding fathers, names like Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin usually come to mind. But one of the most underrated and remembered founding fathers of them all is Roger Sherman. He signed four documents tantamount to the founding of the US, which is more than any other founding father.
John Paul Scott is the only person to ever escape Alcatraz
Alcatraz is one of the most notable and notorious prisons to ever exist, having held some of the most dangerous and well known criminals in history. Many prisoners have attempted to escape this place to no avail. It is a huge rock in the middle of the San Francisco bay that is very difficult to escape from. But one man actually did it: John Paul Scott escaped in 1962. He was captured as soon as he made it to dry ground.
