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1). The Real Rain Man - Kim Peek, Mega Savant
Tell Kim Peek any address in the United States and he’ll recite the local highways and byways, area and zip codes, television stations and interesting historical events – oh, he’ll also tell you where you can go to pay your telephone bill. Ask Kim to button his shirt and he’ll return nothing more than a blank stare. Such is the genius, and disability, of the Real Rain Man.
2). Medical Care – When Only The Best Will Do
You sprain your thumb while attempting to wrestle the lid from the kosher dills on Sunday. By Wednesday even the bottle of squeezable mayonnaise is mocking your feeble attempts at self-feeding. What do you do? Hustle yourself on down to the local clinic, sheepishly confess you were bench pressing fifty pounds too much when your thumb gave way, and head home with a fashionable splint that gets you back in the food game.
3). Turning Wows Into Words
It happens – you’re hurtling through traffic on a collision course with a speeding deadline, or slouching on the sofa as “reality” parades across the face of a 32-inch-box, or quietly sipping a cup of tea and… lightening strikes. Something, a sound or smell or sight, grabs you by the collar, jolts you from your sensory slumber and leaves you whispering an astonished, “Wow.
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