Human magnetism is a popular name for an ability of some people to stick metal objects to their skin. People with such ability are called human magnets. Although metal objects are the most popular, many people are also able to stick other types of materials, such as: glass, wood or plastic.
Human magnetism has been a subject of many scientific researches and it’s not sure what causes this effect. Many scientists claim that this ability is caused by stickiness of the skin.
The image and video are of Etibar Elchyev of Georgia who has broken the world’s record for number of spoons stuck to a person. Apparently, there is a category for that.
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Fascinating. I hadn’t heard of human magnetism until now. Thanks for this article.
I’d heard of it, but until this go around I hadn’t realized it actually had nothing to do with real magnetism.
…And here I was so looking forward to a real world superhero. Somehow “Sticky Skin Man” doesn’t have nearly the same ring…