Destroyer of Miracles: Discovery Channel’s Human Body

The situation where the dude in Turkey had a close call is getting a lot of “Miracle” talk. But what one person calls a miracle, another person will call evolutionary biology.

Discovery Channel has a cool program on the capabilities of the human body when exposed to extreme circumstances such as severe dehydration, starvation or other severe stress from the environment. Below is an example how the human body helped someone survive being tossed a quarter mile in a Tornado.