Incredible Feats introduces you to a new story of jaw-dropping physical strength, mental focus, and bizarre behavior. Join comedian Dan Cummins as he profiles the people who turned the impossible into the incredible, breaking records and making history along the way.
Nellie Bly's record-breaking trip around the world made her an international sensation. But did you know her 1889 journey was inspired by a sci-fi novel?
Juliane Koepcke's incredible feat is two-in-one: In 1971, she fell two miles out of a plane and lived. Her next challenge? Surviving the rainforest she landed in.
In 2006, a dire circumstance unlocked superhuman strength in Tom Boyle. Nine years later, a similar scenario helped 19-year-old Charlotte Heffelmire save a life.
Sarah Breedlove's job prospects were slim, so she started her own business-and in 1919, the daughter of two formerly enslaved people became a self-made millionaire.
Brace for impact - With the plane's engines failing and 155 lives on the line, veteran pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III had seconds to decide his next course of action.
He's the first person to ever hold 100 World Records at once. Ashrita Furman broke so many records, he invented new games just so he could set new records.
Dubbed the "Octomom," Nadya Suleman is the eighth woman in known history to birth octuplets. Her kids are the only known surviving set of octuplets, ever.
After a streetcar crashed into a lake, champion finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan dove into the polluted water to rescue its passengers. He saved dozens of lives - but the story was covered up for years.
Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympic Athlete ever, but his career hit rough waters after a 2014 DUI arrest. He had one more chance to prove himself: Rio 2016.
Wim Hof, aka "The Iceman," can endure subzero temps like no other. Who else can say they've run a half marathon in the Arctic Circle barefoot, wearing nothing but shorts?
A day of deep-sea fishing turned dangerous when a storm knocked two fishermen way out into the Pacific. As 2013 turned to 2014, many gave the men up for dead - but Jose Salvador Alvarenga survived.
After doctors told her she'd never walk again, Wilma Rudolph did the unthinkable - and became a record-breaking Olympian with the nickname of "Fastest Woman in the World."
June 2012: Nik Wallenda stares out over thousands of feet of metal cable stretched across Niagara Falls. But he's not afraid. Performing daring stunts is in his blood.
Leaving his climbing ropes behind, Alex Honnold scaled the 3000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2017. His free solo feat took a grueling 3 hours and 56 minutes.
Violet Jessop survived shipwreck, after shipwreck, after shipwreck - all in the span of 5 years. After each disaster, the ocean liner stewardess went right back to work.
Think backflips are hard? Try doing a double - in a wheelchair. That's exactly what Aaron Fotheringham did in 2010, just a few years after inventing a new brand of daring athletics.
Monsoon rains, jail time, malaria - Explorer Mario Rigby experienced all of it and more as he walked and kayaked through Africa, traveling over 7,500 miles south to north.
It was the Great Houdini's last act before his untimely death - a trick so dangerous and inventive, he found a way to patent it and keep its secrets safe from copycats.
Burning wires, faulty brakes, armed soldiers - Geraldine Mock's 1964 solo flight around the world wasn't the smoothest. But every bit of turbulence was worth it to pay homage to her hero, Amelia Earhart.
Climbing hand over hand up a thin metal tower, Dana Kunze scaled the equivalent of 16 stories before plummeting straight down - for a record-breaking 172-foot dive.
When a celebrity Arctic explorer assembles an inexperienced team to claim Wrangel Island for the British Empire, Ada Blackjack signs on as the party's seamstress.
Pigs, lollipops, and very high stakes: When tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in a so-called "battle of the sexes," they spared no effort - in skill or in spectacle.
You're 69 years old, planning your next birthday celebration. How about a swim in the ocean - handcuffed, shackled, and pulling rowboats filled with people?
