At 20, Maria Toorpakai is the best female squash player in Pakistan. But she can't play there. Her family began receiving death threats from the Taliban, a group that equates a woman wearing shorts as an obscenity. In March, she fled Pakistan to live and train in Toronto. Soon, she will be the best in the world.
This week, 21-year-old Sho Yano will complete the journey he began as a 9-year-old college freshman, becoming one of the youngest students in history to receive an M.D. He earned his PhD at age 19 and will now launch a medical career as a pediatric neurologist so he can work with children. (Video)
This little musician is wiping the stage with anyone who thinks that autism is a hindrance, rather than a gift.
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Carson is not your ordinary 14-year-old: He just became the youngest student to ever graduate from a Texas University, earning a bachelor's degree in physics.
This young musical genius and his 44 instruments are definitely on their way to being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one day.
This self-taught piano player has won hearts across the internet after his mother started uploading videos of his impressive rock n' roll performances.
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