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The human body is remarkable. It can not only perform incredibly demanding feats—like landing a triple Axel—but also endure far more than our fears sometimes make us believe.
To reassure you that we can adapt to so much of what the world throws at us, we’ve put together a list of pictures showing people with unusual physical features.
From inherited quirks to wild scars and other unique traits, this gallery highlights that if there’s one design that never goes out of style, it’s us.
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#1
My Nails Pushing The Chemo Out Of My Fingertips
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#2
The Scars On The Bodies Of Those Who Survived A Lightning Strike
Many of the boundaries within which a typical human can survive have been fully established; the well-known "rule of threes" dictates how long we can forgo air, water, and food (roughly three minutes, three days, and three weeks, respectively). Other limits are more speculative, because people have seldom tested them.
For example, how long can we stay awake? Air Force pilots have been known to become so delirious after three or four days of sleep deprivation that they crash their planes (having fallen asleep).
Even a single all-nighter impairs driving abilities as much as being drunk. The absolute longest anyone has voluntarily stayed awake before nodding off is 264 hours (about 11 days)—a record set by 17-year-old Randy Gardner for a high-school science fair project in 1965. Before falling asleep on day 11, he was essentially a vegetable with his eyes open.
#3
A Haitian Child, Who's Broken Arm Was Left Untreated
#4
My Dog Jumped At Me And It Left A Bruise Shaped Just Like His Nose
#5
When I Was Stung By A Wasp On A Walk And Swell Up In Minutes
kissmychakram 3 days ago
I used to swell up like this when bitten by mosquitos, I once terrified a pharmacist in Glenelg with how nasty my arm looked. I take antihistamines daily now.
Radiation poses a long-term danger to us because it mutates DNA, rewriting the genetic code in ways that can lead to cancerous growth of cells. But even then, it would take a lot to take us down immediately.
According to Peter Caracappa, a nuclear engineer and radiation safety specialist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 5 to 6 Sieverts (Sv) over the course of a few minutes will shred too many cells for your body to repair at once.
And the longer the time period over which the dose is accumulated, the higher that range would be, since the body works to repair itself over that time as well.
For comparison, some workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant absorbed 0.4 to 1 Sv of radiation per hour while contending with the nuclear disaster.
#6
My Pregnant Friend's Feet Are A Bit Swollen Today
BarBeeGirl 3 days ago
I remember my feet swelling like this when I was pregnant and ate a bunch of salty snacks. I felt like if you poked my foot, your finger would leave an indentation
#7
Uncle Severed The Pad Off His Index Finger. Doctor Sutured It On Upside Down
#8
Olympic Rower's Hands After 1,000km Row
#9
My Pupils Became Asymmetrical During A Cluster Headache
When it comes to acceleration, NASA and military researchers have made strides in testing our limits (you don't want astronauts blacking out during liftoff).
Lateral acceleration—jerking to the side—does a number on our insides because of the asymmetry of the forces. 14 Gs of lateral acceleration can supposedly tear your organs loose from one another, but even fewer can be fatal.
Head-to-foot motion, meanwhile, plunges all the blood to the feet, and between 4 and 8 longitudinal Gs should knock you out.
(A force of 1 G is the normal force of gravity we feel here on Earth.)
#10
My Body’s Reaction To The “Reaction” Tag On My Pants
#11
My Hands After A Couple Hours In The Cold Due To Thoracic Outlet Syndrome And Functional Acrocyanosis
#12
The Hand Of A Patient Who’s Diagnosed With CRPS Disorder
El Dee 3 days ago
FYI - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic neurological condition causing severe, persistent pain usually in one arm, leg, hand, or foot, often triggered by injury or surgery. It is characterized by pain disproportionate to the injury, alongside swelling, skin color changes, and temperature sensitivity.
Forward or backward acceleration appears to be easiest on the body because it allows the head and heart to accelerate together.
Military experiments in the 1940s and 1950s with a "human decelerator," which was essentially a rocket sled that zipped back and forth across Edwards Air Force Base in California, suggest we can slow down at a rate of 45 Gs, or the equivalent of the gravity of 45 Earths, and still live. At that rate, you slow from 630 miles per hour to 0 mph in fractions of a second over a few hundred feet.
Researchers estimate we probably turn into a bag of spare parts this way around 50 Gs.
#14
Got Stung By A Bee On My Nose And Now I Look Like I Lost A Boxing Match
#15
Mega Bruise From E-Scooter Fall
#16
The Scar On My Hand From A Skin Transplant From My Upper Arm Gets More Tanned Than The Rest
People vary greatly in how well they tolerate differences in atmospheric conditions, whether in temperature, pressure, or the oxygen content of the air.
The bounds of survival also depend on how slowly those changes occur, because the body can, to some extent, gradually adjust to external conditions.
However, most humans will suffer hyperthermia after 10 minutes in extremely humid, 140°F (60°C) heat.
Our limit of cold is harder to define. A person usually expires when their body temperature drops to 70°F (21°C), but how long it takes depends on how “used to the cold” a person is and whether a mysterious, latent form of hibernation sets in, which has been known to happen.
#17
My Hair Is Only Gray/White On The Top
#18
A Cyclist's Legs After A Stage Of The Tour De France
David Paterson 3 days ago
Extreme aerobic exercise causes this. The blood vessels grow larger during training to feed more blood to the muscles.
#19
I Was Stabbed In The Eye With A Hanger 11 Years Ago
#20
This Rectangular Reaction To A Mosquito Bite On My Leg
As attested to by any sci-fi movie in which an astronaut’s helmet pops during a spacewalk, we don’t fare too well with abnormal oxygen or pressure levels. At atmospheric pressure, air contains 21% oxygen. We are in serious danger when that concentration drops below 11%. Too much oxygen is also fatal, as it gradually causes lung inflammation.
When you put things into perspective, we have evolved to adapt to a surprising range of challenges!
#21
Severed A Nerve In My Index Finger... Half My Finger Can No Longer Prune
#22
One Year Ago Today I Saw I Had A Singular White Eyelash And Now It's CA. 20% Of Lashes On My Right Eye
#23
This Bruise On My Friend's Forehead After Hitting It Into A Speaker
#24
I Got An Eye Injury 6-Years-Ago That Left My Right Eye Blue Now Instead Of The Original Brown
So a quick overview is that I was hit in the eye with a tree branch and have had 6 surgeries on it so far. My pupil does not adjust anymore so it always looks like it’s extremely dilated and my iris peeled up and is no longer brown but is showing the blue underneath. Also, I no longer have a lens in that eye!
Without a contact, I see nothing, with a contact at power 15 I can see blurred images... like the outline of my hand if it’s close to my face.
Upstaged75 3 days ago
That happened to a friend of mine after she was in a car accident. The airbag damaged her eye and it turned blue. She had surgery to fix it though and it returned to being brown.
#25
The Difference Between Tanned And Untanned From My Leg To My Foot
#26
An Old Scar On My Arm Doesn't Get Dirty At Work
#27
My Newborn Son Has A Swirly Belly Button
#28
Burnt My Hand With An Iron At Age 1.5 This Is My Hand Almost 14 Years Later. Yes That Is Hair On My Hand
#29
I Survived Toxic Shock Syndrome And Now My Skin Is Peeling Off
Upstaged75 3 days ago
This happened to my brother after he got hand foot and mouth disease from his kid. The effects are mild in children but can be gruesome in adults.
#30
Sunburned My Bald Head. Peeled Off In Big Pieces
#31
My Cat Stood On My Leg And Left Paw Imprints
#32
Dark Tan Line Showed Up On My Thumb Nail, Won’t Go Away
#33
Husband’s Reaction At The Gym When His Body Temp Goes Up Too Quickly
#34
I've Got Shingles Only On Half My Face And One Eye
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 3 days ago
That's the nature of shingles - it affects one side of the nervous system.
#35
A Close-Up Photo Of My Eye. I Had Detached Retinas. This Is How It Looked After Surgery
Peeka_Mimi 2 days ago
I have a 3D printed cornea and in certain pictures my right eye looks like something out of Pet Semetary or half a zombie eye.
#36
Scar Changed How My Thumb Nail Grows
Debby Keir 3 days ago
Any injury just underneath the nail tends to injure the nail bed (and thus change how the nail grows) In some people, the mail bed is quite far down. People who have amputated the finger to the top of the first joint, can sometimes grow a new nail (usually misshapen though)
#37
Got Into A Bubble Bath That Was Too Hot And My Fingernails Made A Gradient
#38
Right Hand Turned Purple After Carrying A Shopping Basket Around The Supermarket
#39
I Got A Cramp In The Side Of My Hand, And You Can Actually See It
#40
My Boyfriend Has One Very Long Leghair
#41
My Feet A Month After A Knee Surgery
#42
Right Eye Changed Color After Surgery
#43
I Have Cold Urticaria, Hives Caused By The Cold. This Is My Arm After A Run In Rainy 45 Degree Weather
#44
My Left Ring Finger Doesn’t Have Creases Because I Haven’t Been Able To Bend It In Over 13 Years. Scar Is Unrelated To Injury
Tom Brincefield 2 days ago (edited)
So they injured their finger badly enough it won't bend, and they got a big cut on the same finger that left a scar. The real question is, why do they hate their left ring finger.
#45
The Difference Between My Atrophied Leg And My Good Leg 2 Weeks After Surgery
#46
I Have A Bb In My Neck
#47
The Hair On My Right Knee Sometimes Knots Up
#48
I’m 58, My Beard Is Almost Entirely Grey But There’s No Grey At All On My Head
#49
Strangest Mosquito Bite I’ve Every Had
GenuineJen 3 days ago
A Canada Goose! It also reminds me a little of the Grey Goose Vodka logo.
#50
My Pregnancy Line Warped To Go Around My Piercing
#51
Garden Soil Followed The Path Of My Veins
#52
The Bruising On My Arm After A Blood Test Doesn’t Include The Injection Site
#53
The Difference In My Pointer Fingers Because Of An Injury Almost 15-Years-Ago
#54
The Color Difference In My Hands After Donating Blood
#55
Recently Came Down With Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease. The Rashes On My Fingers Follow My Fingerprints
Sara Frazer 3 days ago
Before I read the caption my brain jumped straight to those blasted old car lighters...
#56
My Knee Spontaneously Doubled In Size
Debby Keir 3 days ago
Housemaid's knee. *Housemaid's knee, or prepatellar bursitis, is inflammation of the fluid-filled sac (bursa) in front of the kneecap, causing swelling, pain, and tenderness. Common causes include prolonged kneeling, direct trauma, or infections. Treatment usually involves rest, ice, and pain relief, with symptoms generally improving within a few weeks.*
#57
Recently Dislocated And Broke My Ankle. While Healing, The Leg With The Injury Is Growing Significantly More Hair
#58
Roots vs. Ends Of My Uncolored Hair
Debby Keir 3 days ago
That's the sun. I've had long white hair for years, but when in the sun, the bottom part tends to go blonde, (yellowish) rather than white
#59
I Irritated My Eye Yesterday Evening And Now I Have A Weird Square On My Eye
#60
Had A Bath, Both Hands Were In For The Same Amount Of Time. Yet The Arm In The Sling Is Far More Wrinkled
#61
The Mosquito Bites On My Neck Formed An "S" Shape
#62
Left: Blister From A Candle Burn. Right: Blister From Frostbite 2 Days Later
#63
My Baby Has Tan Lines Because The Creases In The Arm-Rolls Get Less Sun
#64
Red Spot Shows Up On My Arm After Every Shower I Take
#65
My Right Calf Really Picked Up The Slack Following A Leg Surgery- Two Months Of Non-Weight-Bearing
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