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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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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 Red hair, less than 2% of the population.

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

I've seen redheads in different natural shades with brown or green eyes and no abundance of freckles.

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

I have a left handed son with red hair. A red haired blue eyed son and I have red hair and I am a colour blind woman which is apparently very rare and is also hereditary I got it from my dad who only realised he was colour blind when he tried to join the navy and failed a test they did until then he thought everybody saw the same thing as him. I can also roll my tongue which is also hereditary which I got from my dad too.

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

Mom's whole side, and my brother, but me?!?! Nope! But I've been dying it red for 30 dang years!! Mom said she would have done anything if I'd have been the red head instead of my brother....so, yeah, I dyed it (not because of her comment, don't worry :))

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

I know the feeling! Mom, sister, grandmas and a grandpa (and now my son). I got mousy brown. I dye it red a lot. But I also dye it blonde, purple, pink, blue, green, RED, etc

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

I have red hair and green eyes, and due to a broken arm, am now ambidextrous. Why aren't I doing better in life?

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Hungry Purple Beagle
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7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Redhead here. Sadly, we’ll go extinct eventually. Such a beautiful trait that will be lost to time

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

My favorite hair color. I love dark red hair, like wood stained red mahogany, with natural copper high lights where some of the individual strands shine like polished copper when the sun hits it. (I also think freckles are super sexy).

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

I am really a redhead. But, I experimented. One year I was a dark brunette, another year a blonde. As a single female, I found that men were most attracted to me as a blonde, but they were more romantically serious with me as a brunette. As a redhead, I had the least interest.

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

I think that red hair is amazing and beautiful (no, I don't have red hair.)

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

I'm a natural brunette and I was shocked when I saw photo of me as a toddler with a head like Mike Hucknall. Apparently it lasted only a few months. Used to have really curly hair too and now it's straight. I'd love to be ginger.

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

Hmm, what percentage of redheads have blue eyes? I bet it’s 50% or more.

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

May I just say RED HAIR IS GORGEOUS I love red hair absolutely stunning 🥰

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

I HAD red hair, but I also inherited male pattern baldness, and I'm old. But what hell, right? Woot!

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

however, in tv sitcoms often stars at least one blond, one brunette and one redhead. Usually their hair is long, but if there is short hair, its usually the brunette. The men have similar color hair, but one has a mustache, one beard, one shaved head, one Afro or dreads.

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

Both of my husband's English and Scottish grandmothers were redheads as was his father and one uncle, but none since thru 4 generations, just reddish and gingery beards among some of the males.

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

I’m the only redhead in my family. My brother used to love telling me I was adopted when we were kids. (I’m not - I look just like a mixture of my mum and dad but with red hair!)

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

I have a major soft spot for red headed people! 💕😍

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

My mom is in this category. She also has the attitude to go with it!

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

Only 2%? I have dark red hair but my mother, grandmother, grand Aunt, Aunt, sister and one of my brothers' all have ginger hair. Many more aunts who have auburn hair.

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

Oh dear, and then red hair and left handed at the same time? There are quite a dew of those in my family.....

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

My son, mom, sister, both grandmas and one grandpa all redheads. My dad had jet black hair. I got dull brown :(

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

Care to share your source? Because if it's just who you see, hair dye is a thing. My hair has been dyed red a lot of my life. I got the right skin tone for it so people think it's natural

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

My husband has red hair (well, it's more grey now) and I so hoped our kid would get that from him, nope, somehow their hair is dark brown (my hair is a light brown)

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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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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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“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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