All of us are born smart.

As studies in cognitive development advanced, we determined that all of us are highly capable of one or more things. While some can be bad at math, they are the same people who can be good at dancing, or talking to people.

And then there are those who are just born smart-smart. While we were just learning how to put together sentences and more complicated words, a boy from Somerset was already teaching himself how to read and count – in 7 languages.

Teddy Hobbes learned not just a thing or two during the pandemic.

His mother thought that it was little Teddy’s quirk. The baby genius learned the things he knew by watching children’s shows and copying the sounds of letters.

Then, one day, his parents heard him read things and say sounds that none of them recognized. It was then that Teddy revealed he was counting in a different language.

“He was playing on his tablet, making these sounds that I just didn’t recognize, and I asked him what it was, and he said, ‘Mummy, I’m counting in Mandarin.’” Beth Hobbes recalled to BBC.

His sheer brilliance has caught the eye of one of the most exclusive IQ societies in the world.

Mensa only accepts people who score in the 98^th percentile on an intelligence test and after taking the said test, Teddy was inducted as the youngest member of the organization.

“He was three years and seven months, and they said he had the letter and word recognition of an eight-year-old,” his mother said to CBS.

The most astonishing part of it is that Teddy is self-taught.

Beth said Teddy “has done all of this himself.” And when asked between getting chocolate or a book, his mother said Teddy would always choose the latter.

Despite his intelligence, Teddy is still a little kid. His parents knew that their roles would also include keeping him grounded and socially leveled.

Beth said that while Teddy can form the shape of Kenya using toy clay, he is still a kid that finds poo funny, among other things that amuse kids of his age.

Beth said their goal is to give him a rounded childhood.

“He’s starting to figure out that his friends can’t read yet and he doesn’t know why, but it’s very important for us to keep him grounded,” she said to BBC.

As he makes friends and begins to socialize, Teddy is also becoming more open about multiple intelligences. He is starting to recognize that while he can read and count in different languages, some of his friends run faster than him or do some things better than he can.

Mensa currently has more than 145,000 members.

Members are also spread out in 90 different countries. Mensa maintains that intelligence can be found in different places and backgrounds.

According to their website, members’ age range from 2 to more than 100 with average ages falling between 20 and 60.

They also have members who have dropped out of high school, with multiple doctorates or are pre-school age much like little Teddy.

Watch how the youngest member of Mensa teaches himself different languages.

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Source: YouTube – CBS News, BBC, CBS, Mensa, Facebook – Mensa International