[Story] In 1962, a poor French farmhand who left school at 14 was drafted & took a military test. Out of 40,000 takers, his score was only rivaled by that of a draftee with a doctorate, which translates to ~160IQ. He mastered 4 years of advanced math, chemistry, physics, French etc. in just 4 months
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May 27, 2026
At a quick glance, mop-haired Jean Frène, 20, seems to be a French version of Li’l Abner. The ninth of eleven children, he grew up in a dirt-floor stone hut on a hardscrabble farm near the hamlet of Longes (pop. 500), 30 miles south of Lyons. Life was so poor that ten years ago his [...]
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