You can pretty much guess what happened - but unfortunately I was not so quick to the realisation of the events that had just transpired. Upon closer inspection, it appeared that he had avoided the stomach contents of a pigeon without looking up to see where it came from. That is really quite amazing. Our average reaction time is 0.2 seconds, but this guy was like lightning!
Of course he may just have been practising some basketball footwork and carried on totally unaware of the fact that he had saved himself some embarrassment and gained the awe of another.
Which brings us on nicely to the intended topic of the day. Can you imagine pulling something of that size (well a little smaller) with your eyelids? Apparently, the Guinness World Book of Records says you can. I don't have the statistics with me now, but the mere thought of doing something like this is beyond imagination. For one thing, I would almost certainly go tearing up my face at fist attempt. Secondly, I'm not exactly fond of inserting hooks in my eyelids.
No doubt that pulling trucks with your eyelids is a useful skill. Obviously, it would come in handy when you're stuck on that road, your truck breaks down and its only a short distance to the station for fuel. Of course, holding that doughnut with you left hand and scratching you bum with the other, munching on some maltesers leaves you only with your eyelids (or possibly your ears?) to complete that task of pulling that vehicle to civilisation.
And then there's those people that can hold their breath underwater for 10 minutes or so. I would say this is a slightly more useful skills than pulling a truck with your eyelids, but still amazing. The most I've ever been able to hold my breath for is a minute.
Us humans have done so much. We have made giant leaps in science, maths, and more, which is why I say we should stand back and admire what us homo sapiens (I hope I've got that right), as scientists fondly like to call us, can achieve.
