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Enumerating the trivial superpowers our readers possess

After putting out a call, Feedback reveals the latest crop of trivial superpowers claimed by readers – abilities that seem mundane to those who have them, but extraordinary to those less blessed

By Marc Abrahams

19 April 2023

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Spacey superpowers

Some people have a superior knowledge, and maybe control, of space and direction. That is evident in the harvest from Feedback’s call to identify trivial superpowers – a person’s ability to reliably do some particular task that seems mundane to them, but that most people find impossible to do except once in a while by sheer luck. Also evident, in the views expressed by some harvesters, is that other people have an inferior knowledge.

Martin Pettinger says: “I almost always can sense which direction is north (or east/west/south) without looking at a map or the sun. My children can also do it, but my second …

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