Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein are renowned for their exceptional intellects, shaping the very fabric of scientific enquiry with their groundbreaking theories.
Yet another mind may have them outmatched in IQ. Melissa Todd, hailing from Hertforshire, sat the Mensa exam as a mere child of 12, securing her place within the elite 'high-IQ society'.Dubbed 'Brain of Britain' years back by the Herts and Essex Observer, Melissa harboured dreams of academia and a career in economics.
But fate had other plans, steering her down an unforeseen patha journey not even she could predict.She said: "It seems like a very long time ago now.
I heard a piece on the radio, I think, like on Jeremy Vine or whatever the equivalent was then and it sounded interesting, I like tests really." "Yeah, then I got a lot of A-Levels and passed the Oxford entrance exam and I went to Oxford briefly but then I went mad and dropped out, which is not uncommon among undergraduates.
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