As we've mentioned once before, humanity has been blessed with a staggering capacity for creativity matched only by our collective dislike of doin' stuff on a weeknight. But sometimes that unlimited imagination is paired with both inspiration and obsession, and this sexy three-way of abstract concepts gives us some truly awesome feats -- monumental actions that would impress us if they came from the collective efforts of entire towns, but that we actually owe to one single overachiever who's out there making the rest of us look bad.

6 An Entire Mountain Highway

Swapan Nayak via Outlook India

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Dashrath Manhji led a quiet life in the Gehlour hills of India, tending to his goats and looking after his wife, until one day she fell down a slope and injured herself. Since the nearest hospital was 45 miles away and Manhji didn't own a vehicle, we'll skip the sad details and just say that 14 puppies are born every second.

Not wanting anyone else to experience his loss, Manhji sold his goats, bought a hammer and chisel, and got to work ... single-handedly carving a freaking road into the mountain.

City of Warangal

"I mean, not all once. I took breaks for sex."

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For the next 22 years, Manjhi hammered away at the rock and dirt that would eventually come to be known as Dashrath Manjhi Road, a 30-foot-high, 25-foot-wide, and 360-foot-long passage that connected his mountain village to the nearby town of Wazirganj, reducing the previous distance of 45 miles to a mere 4.