The Superpower List
A quirky compilation for romantic readers of superpower facts, figures, and fancies.
Worldwide amount brought in by highest grossing superhero film: $2,003,241,872 (citation)
Number of Marvel Comics films with a female-lead: 1 (citation)
With a male-lead: 18 (citation)
Percentage of people who list time travel as their desired superpower: 28 (citation)
Who list mind reading: 28 (citation)
Percentage of Americans who believe in psychic powers: 15 (citation)
Amount of money people in Italy spend yearly on astrology and fortune telling: £5 billion (citation)
In South Korea: $3.8 billion (citation)
Batman aka Bruce Wayne’s IQ: 192 (citation)
Albert Einstein’s IQ: 160 (citation)
Number of volts of electricity in a neuron in the human brain: .07
That an electric eel can generate: 600 (citation)
In a lightning bolt: 100 million (citation)
Superpower countries post-Cold War: 1 (citation)
Year the World Memory Champions was initiated: 1991 (citation)
Number of men who have won from 1991–2016: 25 (citation)
Of non-Western men who have won from 1991–2016: 1 (citation)
Percentage of Americans who believe they only use 10% of their brain: 65 (citation)
Percentage of the brain you actually use over a 24 hour period: 100 (citation)
Highest theoretical speed of a human: 40 mph (citation)
Fastest recorded speed of a human: 28 mph (citation)
Speed that a hummingbird can fly: 34 mph (citation)
That Sophia the Robot can walk: .06 mph (citation)
