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Human beings are awesome. And the closer you look at them, the more intriguing surprises you’re bound to find. What’s especially interesting are our genes and how they’re expressed. You might not even know it, but your genetics might make you rarer than you might think! Let's have a look at some of these rare traits.

Florida-based video content creator Lexi Slaven, who also goes by her internet pseudonym Yolkfather, has created a whole bunch of videos that are as educational as they are entertaining. In her ‘How rare are you?’ TikTok video series, she examines how rare certain genetic traits really are. Starting from the basics like red hair and blue eyes and moving on to jaw-dropping things like actually being able to sneeze with your eyes open. (Now that’s a superpower we might be interested in if it turns out we can’t actually fly!)

Check out some of Lexi’s most captivating rare facts about human beings and upvote the ones that left you surprised, Pandas. Oh, and we’d love to hear if you’ve got any of these traits or can do anything mentioned in this list. For instance, I’ve got blue eyes and that means that I’m part of barely 8 percent of the entire population of the world with that fact alone!

Bored Panda reached out to Lexi to learn more about her videos and herself as a content creator. Scroll down for the full interview.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 30% of the population can raise one eyebrow.

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I was very curious to learn more about the inspiration behind the super popular 'How rare are you?' videos. "My inspiration behind this series was to try to get people to embrace what makes them unique!" Lexi told Bored Panda. "I think it resonated with so many people because I tried to include many different things so that hopefully whoever was watching would be able to find something that they could relate to," she said she was as inclusive as she could be.

Bored Panda was interested to hear a bit about what it's like to have such a large following on TikTok. Lexi opened up that it's been a life-changing experience. "It has changed my life! It still shocks me that there are so many people who love and support me and care about what I have to say. It’s given me confidence in who I am and has made me a better person because I know that I have younger fans who look up to me and I want to be a good role model for them."

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 35% of the population has no wisdom teeth. And I'm jealous of you guys because you never have to go through the pain.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have wisdom teeth, but I'm the only person I know who not only has all four of them, but had them come through perfectly straight with no pain. So I'm lucky in a different way I guess. :)

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Lexi explained that she followed in the footsteps of her favorite creators and wanted to become a positive role model for others. "When I was younger, I watched a lot of YouTube videos and I had creators that I looked up to. Sometimes if I was having a bad day these videos were like an escape for me and they would cheer me up. I want to be that person for someone else," she said.

"My followers always suggest topics for me to make videos on and I try to listen to them as much as I can!"

Lexi is a force to be reckoned with on TikTok. She has a whopping 2.4 million followers on the platform. Meanwhile, she’s collected just shy of 100 million (that’s right!) likes on TikTok. That just goes to show that the content she creates and her personality shine through in the endless stream of videos on the platform.

The TikToker creates videos about fun facts (that's where her videos about genetic traits come in), does storytimes, shares various theories, and does a bit of everything else.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Heterochromia which means having two different colored eyes is found in less than 1% of the population.

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Brandy Dor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ex husband was left handed, red headed, and had heterochromia, basically a unicorn....and as we all know unicorns are arseholes!

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Only 10% of the world's population is left-handed.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 30% of people can flare their nostrils on command.

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According to World Atlas, the vast majority of the world’s population has brown eyes. However, it’s incredibly difficult to pinpoint the exact number. The best guess is that anywhere from 70 to 79 percent of human beings have brown eyes. Meanwhile, from 8 to 10 percent of people have blue eyes.

Even rarer than blue eyes are hazel and amber eyes, with around 5 percent of the global population (that’s 1 in 20 people on the street) having them. Gray eyes make up barely 3 percent of the total while green ones make up only 2 percent. The rarest eye color is red/violet, with less than a single percent of people having such eyes. Similarly, less than 1 percent of people have heterochromia which means that both of your eyes are different colors.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 20% of the population sneezes when they go outside in the sun.

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smugdruggler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's called ACHOO syndrome. Autosomal-dominant Compulsive Helio Opthalmic Outburst syndrome. Someone worked hard on that acronym lol.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Blue eyes, only 8% of the world population.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? I know so many people with blue eyes but then I guess the biggest populations are southern hemisphere so it makes sense the blues would be outnumbered.

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The field of genetics continues to advance. Even facts that we took for granted (remember those biology lessons back at school) are now being updated and revised. For instance, scientists used to think that your eye color was determined by only two genes, one from each parent. You’re likely to remember doing some exercises in class where you’d see what color eyes a child would have if one parent has e.g. two dominant brown-eyed genes and one has recessive blue-eyed genes.

However, Healthline points out that we’re now aware that things are far more complicated. “Your eye color is determined by several genes that control melanin production in your iris. Darker eyes have a lot of melanin, while light eyes have only a little.”

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Gray eyes, only 1% of the population. Side note, some people say that gray eyes are just a form of blue eyes, but I respectfully disagree.

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10% of the world's population has something called Morton's toe, which is where your second toe is longer than your big toe.

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Healthline explains that brown eyes look dark to us because they have a lot of light-absorbing melanin. Meanwhile, blue eyes have the least amount of melanin, so they reflect the most light. What this means is that reality isn’t as simple as what a lot of us were used to during biology class.

“Because you inherit genes from your parents, it’s likely that your eyes will be similar in color to one or both of your parents. But it’s also possible for you to have brown eyes, even if both of your parents have blue eyes.”

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Only 35% of people have perfect vision without glasses.

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Eseri Akullu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's other factors. When I was in school in a rural area, absolutely no one had eye defects even after medical checkups. Then I moved to another school in an urban area and 75% of the class has a eye defect of some sort

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14% of the population can whistle.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? Seems like a lot more than that. Maybe higher if only adults are included?

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Freckles, 5% of the population.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Only 14% of the population can make cloverleaf shape with their tongue.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Only 2% of the world's population has naturally blond hair.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was born with very blonde hair and had it all the way till I gave birth and then it started getting darker.

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Gabby M
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Started as a Tow head (white) to bright blond to golden blond then BAM kids!! Now it's what my mother used to call "dishwater blond" Still yellow brows though.

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Lou Cam
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's normal for many children in Western Europe to be born blond and then darken around puberty. My whole family were like this. I have medium brown hair now no hint I was ever blond. Blond being natural to childhood is one reason why a lot.of people dye their hair this colour to look younger.

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went blonde for a while when my hair grew back after chemo. My eyebrows are still mostly blonde!

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J.L. Martin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My blond hair darkened as I entered my teens. My two children have remained blond their whole lives.

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Nightshade1972
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was 12 yo I became best friends with a guy whose blond hair was nearly white. As we got older, it got darker. Last time I saw him, in our mid 20s, it was definitely more yellow, and leaning towards darker than that.

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Cin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me and my sister were born blonde, but both ended up brunettes.

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Ed Kramer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are varying degrees of blondness. Dark blond, ash blond etc.

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Deep One
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Both of my sisters have blonde hair. One very light (it WAS natural when she was younger :) ) my other sister has a very dark blonde hair.

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Al Marzian
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a strawberry blond at birth, later it became brown, but with sprinklings of different colors.

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Jaybird3939
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was white blonde as a kid. As an adult, I have brown/black hair.

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Susan Callihan
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Meee. Naturally blonde and now naturally blonde-silver. My hair was white in my much younger years, then darkened to blonde, got a bit darker in my 40s, then began going silver-blonde in my 60s.

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Susan Williams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does it count if your red hair turns golden blonde instead of the normal gray as you age?

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Erica Cochrane
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i know this family who all has very blonde hair naturally, then one girl was born with a head of black hair. the whole family was baffled! but as she got older, it got paler and paler, and now she's blonde

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

believable because the other 98% is constantly trying to be special lol

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BookCrazyTeen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister’s hair is slowly getting darker, she had golden/really light blonde when she was younger and now it’s closer to dirty blonde, still quite blonde though

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Ellie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine is blond and red. What's the percentage for that? lol

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Judo Flipped By Nobody
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was born with brown hair, now its almost white cuz the blond color is so light. Im 13.

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abby smink
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blonde hair, blue eyes, and a supposedly rare connective tissue disorder that I think isn't actually that rare.

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Chxrm
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can see that some people had blonde hair but it became darker and darker

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Tim S
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait, you're saying that blonde hair is practically as rare as red hair? That seems way off.

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Lady of the Mountains
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes and this lady is not one of them, see how she has eyebrows & it's growing out

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Hollie Marie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had bright blonde hair until I was 13 and the hormones got me then it went really dark for a while but as I've gotten older it has lightened up again into a blonde/brown

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was born with blonde hair and blue eyes, but by the time I was six or seven it settled into brown hair and hazel eyes.

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Susan Reid Smith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many that someone with naturally blonde hair can get lost in the crowd. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm always really confused about my hair colour. It's like a gold, but a blondish gold. So idk if my hairs is light brown, blonde, or smth else

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was born with black hair, all of which fell out (except my eyebrows and eyelashes), then I had platinum blonde hair. But as I've gotten older, it's gotten darker... and more red! There are redheads in my family, so not totally out of the realm of possibility.

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Mari
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was blonde until the age of six. My mother had blonde hair until the age of 65, then it became greyish-blond

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Lola
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like this number is wrong even if I take out the wanna be blondes from the equation.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m part of the 2%, though it’s starting to darken

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had brigjt golden blond hair as a kid but it has faded to like a dull copper kind of color. Been told it is because i have spent a lot of my time indoors. Not sure how true that is. Both my mom and dad were blond but after dad had his head shaved in bootcamp his hair grew back black

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They were white blonde when I was a kid and are continously getting darker. Now it's pretty default

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I don't believe this. As one the few brunettes in a mostly blonde family I feel like this number should be higher.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No it makes sense if you look at the whole world. Asians do not have naturally blond hair. Black people do not have naturally blond hair. Most Latinos do not have naturally blond hair. It's primarily a small percentage of Caucasians that have it, and Caucasians are not the most prominent race.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 22% of people can wiggle their ears, but only around 18% of people can wiggle both of them.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Only around 25% of the population has dimples.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a dimple on my right cheek, my husband has one on his left cheek. And our daughter has dimples on both cheeks :)

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 32% of people have something called a Hitchhiker's thumb. Where when you put your thumb up, it can actually bend backwards.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones About 1% of the population has a double line of eyelashes.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 33% of the population has a widow's peak.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 35% of the population can gleek and 1% can do it on command. If you didn't know, that's basically where you can shoot spit from underneath your tongue.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 20% of the population is double jointed.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 20% of the population has a gap between their teeth.

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Only 3% of the population has Xs on their palms. The critics of palmistry, these people are considered extremely lucky.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have an X with one line very faint. Am I kinda sorta faintly lucky? Because I sure could use some really good luck right now.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones Only 5% of the population has arched fingerprints.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, who else has checked their fingerprints after reading this? :)))

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Less than 10% of people only have one dimple.

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