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Human beings are a bit of a puzzle. There’s a paradoxical desire for connection with others while also staying unique. On the one hand, each and every single one of us has unrepeatable life experiences and relationships. On the other hand, there’s nothing new under the sun. There are tons of commonalities to be found between us and the people living all over Earth, from our similar wants and needs to psychology and biology.

However, some people have such bizarre genetics and medical histories that they feel like anomalies. Today, we’re featuring some internet users’ stories about some of the things that make them statistically rare, including niche allergies, biological quirks, and surviving against the odds. Scroll down to have a read.

#1

Person with a shaved head wearing a purple jacket, standing outside in an autumn park, showcasing unique rare statistics. I’m an 18 month survivor of Stage 3 pancreatic cancer and currently in complete remission.

Bamajoe34 , Antoni Shkraba/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Shark Lady
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11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow that's amazing. Pancreatic cancer has a roughly 5% recovery rate.

Beachbum
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9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is truly amazing. From the time we found out my mom had it, we had about 30 days till she passed

L Norton
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11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Congratulations. That is awesome.

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    #2

    Dimly lit room with a small barred window, capturing unique atmosphere with rare lighting contrast. I'm not part of the 77% of felons that went back to prison within 3 years of getting out. 7.5 years and going strong.

    thatvixenivy , Jimmy Chan/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    S Mi
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Excellent work! I hope things are going better for you, OP

    XenoMurph
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the statistic in the US. More modern systems who use rehabilitation rather than imprisonment are MUCH lower. UK has a reoffending rate of 25% after 5 years. Neither prison nor death penalty are deterrants.

    Helena
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the biggest struggle is not being able to work after incarceration. Like what are we expecting them to do? Whither and die?

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    Hosteshumanigeneris
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here! Not going back! 4 years for me

    Michael Largey
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps some of the 23% who did not return stayed out because they were never guilty in the first place.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prisons run for profit have a large disincentive to rehabilitate their inmates.

    Jaya
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those statistics really depend on the country. In some countries you only get thrown in jail and let out, without receiving any help in how to not do it again. In other countries you get therapy and a lot of guidance to prevent you from making the same choices. That probably has quite an effect on the statistics.

    Der Kommissar
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    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that 77% is called "model repeat offenders"

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    #3

    30 Things That Make People Statistical Anomalies, And It Shows How Bizarre Biology Can Be I lost 110 lbs, it's been 20 years now and I've not gained any back.

    saverity40 , Curated Lifestyle/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    HangryHangryHippo
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's amazing! Shredding the extra weight is hard, but keeping it off is harder! Chapeau to OP

    Thomas Ewing
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Congrats! I've known overweight people who claim to be trying to lose weight, but pile on the food at every meal like they may never see food again. Just reduce intake! There is no competition to win. Your reserves will last weeks!

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost a hundred pounds when I got divorced.

    Devin Schmitt
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, I think I may have found some of those pounds.

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    Pollen, dust, animal, and certain food allergies (e.g., to nuts, shellfish, and dairy) are fairly common. But their severity has a huge range. You probably know someone who has hay fever (hey!) or can’t be around cats or dogs for a long while without sneezing (hi again!). Or you may have a person in your life who has to carry around an EpiPen in case they get stung by a bee or accidentally ingest food that has traces of nuts.

    Other allergies are incredibly rare. So rare, in fact, that you may not even have heard of them before. According to Penn Medicine Becker ENT & Allergy, some of the most uncommon allergies known to medical science include water allergy, also known as aquagenic urticaria. In short, people who suffer from it develop itchy and painful hives when their skin comes into contact with water. So, they have to limit their exposure as much as possible.

    #4

    Smiling man in a blue shirt, representing unique rare statistics insights. According to my grandma I’m the smartest young man alive.

    anon , Italo Melo/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Papa
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably the best looking one too.

    Janet Graham
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All grandmas say that, but you are in her eyes and that is what counts.

    Sordatos
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist: the grandma is surrounded the ppl that are as dumb as wood

    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The last time I talked to my grandmother (video call from JPN to US) "My lord Lost Panda, you got old" (Only been 2 years since I saw her in person last XD)

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    #5

    Man with a light blue shirt smiling slightly, representing unique rare statistics theme. I am born on the same date as my dad and great grandpa.

    D0z3rD04 , Игорь Коняга/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Elladine DesIsles
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a teen I used to babysit for a family with three kids. First their eldest, a daughter, was born on her grandmother's birthday. Three years later, they had fraternal twins also born on the same date.

    ElfVibratorGlitter
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10 months after a significant date maybe? Like their anniversary or the parents birthday? Or a blizzard? 😇

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    Israel Martinez
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born on the same date as my father and maternal grandmother ... so technically, I was a birthday present ...

    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you're all the same age. Got it.

    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother was born on the same day as Woody Allen. I was born on the same date as Robert Downey Jr and Graham Norton.

    #6

    Baby's tiny feet in a white onesie on a soft, patterned blanket, highlighting the idea of unique and rare attributes. Survived premature birth without any defects

    Edit: For all those wondering I was born 4 months early at 1 pound 6 ounces.

    Semour9 , Ignacio Campo/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Dog Mom to Zoe
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dated a guy who was a premie and he grew to be 6' tall.

    meow point1
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same! (I mean, I am autistic with seasonal allergies, but those are genetic and unrelated to being a preemie).

    lindsaygerring
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me.too I was 6 month amd.weighed a big if auger here in UK 22 cms.from.head to toe I as in hospital.for 9 months ironically before I could go home

    L Norton
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a coworker years ago, his daughter was a premie. When he and his wife had to file for medical bankruptcy, due to over a million dollars in medical bills. He said she was their million dollar baby and worth ten times that. Last I heard, he and his wife went through some rough financial times. But have gotten back on their financial feet. @#$ing insurance companies 🤬🤬

    Sinclair13
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was 4 lbs no defects either and born in 76

    Big Chungus
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom was born almost 4 months early in the 1950s and some how survived.

    Another very rare allergy is sun allergy, aka polymorphous light eruption (PMLE). Similar to aquagenic urticaria, PMLE means that people’s skin develops hives, but this time when exposed to sunlight, not water. People with PMLE have to avoid exposing large areas of their bodies to the sun and manage their symptoms with the help of sunscreen and antihistamines.

    Some other rare allergies include cold urticaria (allergy to cold temperatures, whether that’s air, water, food, or beverages) and exercise-induced anaphylaxis (allergy to exercise which means you may need to have emergency adrenaline shots if you’re too physically active). And in some cases, you can find individuals who have cholinergic urticaria (sweat allergy) and nickel allergy (essentially, an allergy to coins).

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    #7

    X-ray image held by a person, showcasing unique lung structure. I was cured of Stage 3b lung cancer.

    Catzenpudl , cottonbro studio/Unsplash (Not the actual photo) Report

    Helena
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I can't afford it. Any cancer that isn't a single solid tumor that can be removed easily by surgery, I'm just giving it up to the cancer.

    DJ B
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother was cured of Stage 4. And he’s kind of a jerk.

    #8

    30 Things That Make People Statistical Anomalies, And It Shows How Bizarre Biology Can Be I actually had an allergic reaction to a vaccine as a kid. I passed out and stopped breathing. I almost died. I had a speech impediment as a kid that was probably a result of lack of oxygen to my brain during the incident. True allergic reactions like this are one in a million.

    I couldn’t finish my vaccines and can’t get boosters shots because the chance of another reaction is higher than the chance of me actually contracting anything we vaccinate against. Or it was, until we starting losing our herd immunity. If I had kids I’d still vaccinate them.

    kittenmittens4865 , Allison Saeng/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    smugdruggler
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is exactly the kind of person that mass vaccination produced herd immunity protects.

    Kelly Scott
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vaccines are all about the other people. Ant-vaxxers are all about only themselves. Anti-vaxxers are extremely selfish.

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    Jane Hower
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering what we now know about so called 'vaccines', that are just SHOTS that have not be well tested, I'd NEVER get another one nor have my kids get them. TOO RISKY!! The side effects are GOD AWFUL!! Look it up before you do something stupid.

    Sheila Simonson
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's funny how some can claim my body my choice, but not others.

    Rusty
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why the rest of us needs to be vaccinated.

    L Norton
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    @smudgdruggler is exactly correct

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    #9

    Two children playing with toys in a colorful room, focused on organizing their playthings. I was one of the few Romanian orphans to receive a good life.

    djentrify , Kindel Media/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Kallen Kneeland
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was such a horrifying chapter in world history - I'm glad you've made it!

    Angela Corvaia
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just researched it....wow.

    Janet Graham
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would hope that most who were brought out of Romania have lived a good life.

    What makes you a statistical rarity or total anomaly, dear Pandas? Do you have any bizarre allergies? Were you born with any genetic quirks? Have you ever been in a million-to-one situation?

    How have all of these niche experiences affected your life? Would you rather be one-of-a-kind or have more things in common with everyone else? Let us know in the comments!

    #10

    Woman with unique hairstyle in a sunlit room, highlighting her rare features. I'm an Asian and also a natural ginger.

    averageredditcuck , cottonbro studio/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Leoninus Fate
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am albino Asian {japanese fyi} I Lost my birth mother to people who saw "albinoism" as "demonic", Im in a good place now, and 39, it happened over 30 years ago..

    lindsaygerring
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this look..must be so beautiful

    Whoopdeedoo
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I was naturally ginger so bad

    YDNinja
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a comment to wandaluzt: Your account is at -531 points. Downvotes DO matter.

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    Keith Lancaster
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Similar thing. It's quite common for Scottish men to have black or very dark hair but have a ginger beard.

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    #11

    A woman in a striped shirt making a bed beside a large mirror, showcasing unique rare statistics in a serene bedroom setting. I can fold a fitted sheet.

    asmuchasievercould , Kübra Arslaner/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Papa
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can too, but I'm not proud of the results.

    Mihai Mara
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can too. But i wouldn't call it "folding"

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    Eevi
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What! Teach us, master!

    Jen Hart
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just stuff the whole set into one of the pillow cases!

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    Eugene the Jeep
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's easy, you just start from the middle and whatever happens to the corners, that's their tough luck.

    Rae Reyn
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband can fold fitted sheets. I think he might be a witch.

    Simon Chen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can too. It is really not so much witchcraft. There are youtube videos how to do it, it takes some trying but then it is easy. I am a middle aged man and that makes me apparently somewhat weird but i can not have my fitted sheets not lining up with the duvet cover and pillow cases, it makes me mad 😡

    Bret Sander
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're either a liar or a witch.

    Nuku Nyara
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can because I used to help the laundry department at a hotel.

    Nuku Nyara
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's wicked to fold some at a in busy Laundromat and have people watch. People do give you the side eye as if you're a witch 😂

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    L Norton
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could make a lot of money folding people's clean fitted sheets. 🤔Do you have a YouTube video with instructions? Asking for a friend 😁

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like to watch someone fold fitted sheets for the same reason I enjoy watching a magician saw his assistant in half. I know it can't really be done, but I enjoy seeing someone create the illusion.

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    #12

    A person peeling an orange, showcasing a unique way of opening the fruit. I'm allergic to the chemical released when fresh oranges are peeled. That first spray when you open an orange will put me into anaphylactic shock. Super specific, super rare when the allergy is that severe. Bad oranges.

    itsaboatnotaboot , SHVETS production/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Michelle C
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvoted for awareness; I have a similarly uncommon allergy that could be fatal if not treated properly!

    Queeqec
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Onion allergy here. Start to get unwell just by the smell of it. Getting really sick when I am eating some. Good thing is, I taste or smell (even though my smelling sense is not very good usually) the tiniest amount hidden in any dish, so I can spit it out and won't suffer really bad. Worst thing: eating out or frozen veggie mixes, actually most frozen, canned or cooled convenience food is banned as there is always onions in it.

    ElfVibratorGlitter
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! I have this too! My first job out of calling was working in a collectiona call center for a huge credit card company and for Christmas they handed out two oranges to all 800+ employees. And about ten minutes later almost all of them were peeling them. I've never experienced that before, but couldn't breathe and barely got outside to fresh air. I honestly thought I was the only person with this random allergy.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The murderer reading that post: "Finally, the perfect murder!" 😁

    LandAhoy
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t come out in a reaction, but I *hated * when the guy across me in the call centre used to open oranges. Can’t stand to even eat one any more but used to.

    Janet Graham
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so sorry! I love that bit of freshness. Life is not fair.

    Whoopdeedoo
    Community Member
    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait so can you not eat them or is it just when it is first peeled?

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    #13

    Pregnant woman in white clothing cradling her belly, symbolizing unique statistics and personal experiences. My mother was born with an upside-down uterus. They told her it would be impossible to have a child. I was born with my umbilical chord wrapped three times around my neck, and was presumed dead. Yet here I am with no birth defects- perfectly healthy. I was paraded around the hospital as a miracle child. Having been born in a small town, everyone always told me I was going to grow up to do miraculous things.

    I feel as though I uh... have not lived up to the hype.

    Edit: wow this really blew up. Thanks for the kind words everyone. Don’t worry I’m a happy guy.

    Bonus fact: I actually had a twin brother, but there wasn’t enough food for the both of us. My chances were 50/50 from the get-go. I live my life not only to live up to the expectations set for me, but also for my brother who never got to live his own.

    VespineWings , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope they never blamed themselves for their brother!

    Leoninus Fate
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats the thing.... you do grow up to do miraculous things, everyone does, You get to grow up to be YOU, There's never going to be another YOU~

    Ephemera Image
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP already did a miraculous thing, by being born. Just live a happy life.

    lindsaygerring
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are just a gift 🎁 lovely human

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    #14

    A person with unique rare traits wearing pink glasses, engaged in a craft activity with plants. I have sickle cell anemia.

    My skin is white.

    Ive had doctors ask me ‘are you sure you have sickle cell? Want to be retested?’ This has happened 6 times that I remember. Ive never seen my mom angrier lol.

    anon , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    DowntownStevieB
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People may not know how rare this is. Trust me, it's very VERY rare.

    Leoninus Fate
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im albino and have Anemia I'm surprised i didn't have a sickle cell as at times My hair and skin blend {actually color in my eyebrows cause if I didn't, I would look like they were shaved }

    DJ B
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it’s not common in light-skinned folks. So it’s not really a surprise, is it?

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    Anne Jones
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t understand. Do white skinned people not get this?

    My O My
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a genetic disorder most widely spread in the african regions where malaria is common

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    Peet
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from northern Europe and have Thalassaemia...no southern genes involved. Every time I get a blood count the doctors are panicking.

    Angela Corvaia
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the best post - I have learned so much. Thanks for all the info

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    #15

    Smiling child with blue eyes and a red shirt, embodying unique rare statistics in a natural outdoor setting. Being reasonably well-adjusted despite spending years as a foster kid where some of the homes were abusive.

    anon , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Seán Baron
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I was in care, moved around 11 times in 13 years, abusive parents, foster parents, lived in care homes etc, and I seem quite level headed. I mean, I’m depressed to buggery, and have mental health issues, but I’ve coped.

    Leoninus Fate
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS IS WHY I ADOPT, I have had so many kids that came from abusive foster homes... It's sad.... some times I only get them as they're almost 18..... I treat them as if I were their birthfather, I don't care if they live with me a bit before heading to the world, I make sure they get everything to start, and the younger ones....... I just see every abused kid or adult as one of my own kids~

    lindsaygerring
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must of been so difficult some.kids dont get chance to be kids

    Keith Lancaster
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This post makes me both angry and sad at the same time. I have a male friend who had a similar childhood.

    #16

    A baby in bright yellow clothes, showcasing unique rare statistics with a heart sticker on their cheek. I’m chimeric, except, I have two twins. I’m walking around with my fraternal twin brothers DNA and identical twin sisters spinal tube next to my spinal tube. I was supposed to be three individuals.

    hhh1978 , Anna Shvets/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    T'Mar of Vulcan
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not two twins. One of triplets.

    Ace
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weird one, but the fact that one set of twins was identical and one non-identical (fraternal) means the description is accurate.

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    LB
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Paragon?

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    #17

    Woman with sunglasses and a stylish outfit posing, illustrating unique rare statistics. I found out I had synesthesia the first time I got into an argument about how Wednesday is green.

    manlikerealities , Following NYC/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Ana Klekijeva
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have it with a certain shade of blue. I tastes like rusty iron and wallpaint.

    Red_panda
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not doubting you, I'm just really curious how you know what rusty iron and wallpaint taste like?

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    SlothyK8
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wednesday is NOT green. It's brown. I said what I said. ;)

    Debby Keir
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wednesdays are definitely green, but Fridays are brown. Monday's red, Tuesday a very light sunny green. Saturday's white and Sundays are naturally yellow.

    Carla Olavarría
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1 is yellow, 2 red, 4 and 8 are blue, 6 is green , 7 is purple, etc

    OnlyMe
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because Wednesday IS green. And Friday is black, Saturday is brown, Sunday is grey, Monday is yellow, Tuesday is blue.

    LandAhoy
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, Wednesday is definitely green though. Monday is a sloth orange-ish red, Tuesday is pale sky blue, Thursday is a pastel pinkish purple, Saturday is bright yellow, and Sunday is orange-yellow.

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    Jan Olsen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assume you mean the word wednesday?

    chamomile tea
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1: yellow, 2: apple green, 3: red, 4: indigo, 5: also red, 6: lavender, 7: yellow but different yellow. I could go on but I don’t really want to.

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    #18

    Woman with vibrant red hair in a teal jacket standing in a snowy landscape, showcasing unique statistics. I’m naturally a redheaded, blue eyed, left handed human and the only one in my family with those characteristics.

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    11 months ago

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    DowntownStevieB
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Less than 1% of people have that combination.

    Mother of Giants
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My partner is also a natural redhead, with blue eyes and is left handed. He had no idea that is was as rare as it is. (per google: According to current estimates, only around 0.17% of the world population are natural redheads with blue eyes and left-handed, making it a very rare combination; this is because both red hair and blue eyes are considered recessive traits, and left-handedness also falls into that category, meaning the odds of having all three together are significantly low.)

    L Norton
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Irish milkman or mailman😁

    Lilybdcsa
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister is a blue-eyed, left-handed ginger. But there are gingers going back many generations.

    Jnausicaa
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What are your other superpowers?

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    #19

    A child in a plaid shirt stands joyfully in a sunlit orchard, illustrating unique rare statistics. I am a leap day baby! Coming up on 6 years old. :).

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    dee renwick
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I married on Leap Year's day and lost my husband a few months before our 7th anniversary. He was really good at remembering and only forgot once every four years

    Daniel Gómez
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a cousin born on a leap day as well. Chronologically, 44 YO, but in teory 11 YO.

    LadySparre
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went to school with a guy and both he and his 4 years older sister are leap day babies. None of them were supposed to be though. His sister was born 2 weeks overdue and he was born 8 weeks prematurely.

    ZuriLovesYou
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leap years are so confusing.

    The Darkest Timeline
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adding a day to the calendar every four years is confusing?

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    #20

    30 Things That Make People Statistical Anomalies, And It Shows How Bizarre Biology Can Be For exactly 2 years, I served as the trashman for the International Space Station.

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    Melissa Harris
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really want to know more. High HO! Wikipedia AWAY!

    Skogsrået
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Speaking of Wikipedia, read that Musk is after it now. We need to donate or we will loose Wikipedia.

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    Steve Robert
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you think you have a long commute to your job.

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    #21

    30 Things That Make People Statistical Anomalies, And It Shows How Bizarre Biology Can Be I suffered a stillbirth last year... which is sadly not that rare.

    But the autopsy discovered the cause was a disseminated herpes infection which I contracted from my partner.

    Intrauterine herpes infection is very rare. For it to cause death is very rare. Neither of my two OBs, the perinatologist, nor the pathologist has ever seen a case of it. Not only that, I had no symptoms at all - never experienced an outbreak, had normal CBC, etc. The pathologist could only find cases where the mother also had a disseminated infection which passed to the baby.

    My doctor said it’s the medical equivalent of being struck by lightning.

    The good news is that this did not put future pregnancies at risk, since this typically only happens during a primary infection. I am now 36 weeks with another baby boy and other than being on preventative acyclovir, they are not concerned for him.

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    Kirsten Kerkhof
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m on it now, I got herpes virus infection in my eye. *le sigh*

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    Panda Kicki
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost a stillborn to GBS infection. Everone said that was not dangerous as it couldnt enter the fetal sac. It could.

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    #22

    30 Things That Make People Statistical Anomalies, And It Shows How Bizarre Biology Can Be Hmmm... There are a few things... I have centralized heterochromia, which is a mutation of a mutation... Of a mutation. On top of that, it's hereditary and not linked to any horrific condition that's normally linked to hereditary centralized heterochromia.

    However, if you want incredibly rare...

    My wife is alcohol intolerant. I didn't learn about it until she recounted a tale about her grandmother trying to calm her down as a baby by putting whiskey on her gums. Yeah, she calmed down alright... Then her face turned blue and she wasn't breathing. This anomaly is rather rare. But what makes this crazy? My dad is allergic to alcohol, which is very similar but just as rare! Not just grain alcohol, he's allergic to isopropyl as well. He can't even have it on his skin for too long, otherwise it will start burning. There was even a malpractice suite because a doctor didn't believe him when he said he was allergic. Her words were, "It's not possible to be allergic to alcohol." I won't go into details, but the doctor almost fainted and my dad has an insane scar because of it.

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    Leoninus Fate
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This with chocolate for me, Not just chocolate, but the actual Cocoa bean so even the slightest touch of chocolate, or anything that uses any of the cocoa tree/bean I burn like a demon with holy water..... {doesnt stop my stepmom from sending me tons... she once tried to kill me and left me for dead bleeding out, so sadly this is her only way to "try" claiming "I'm old I forgot"!}

    Corrine Sherratt
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also have central heterochromia. My eyes are blue but they have a ring of gold around the iris. What makes me super rare is that I'm the only one in my entire family.

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    #23

    A person with red curly hair and a nose piercing wearing a blue shirt, representing unique rare statistics. I'm a colorblind woman. Apparently, it's 8x rarer in women than in men.

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    WindySwede
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks to the XX with more genetical redundancy 👍

    Rusty
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, us men are more fragile that way. 😔

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    Steve Robert
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm only color blind when it comes to people.

    Keith Lancaster
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My (male) partner was colour blind and it also caused him to not be able to tell left from right. One of his Grandfathers was so colour blind that he grew up thinking the world was just shades of grey.

    leendadll
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't realize it was rare in women till a doc made me look at the card about 20x before telling me. My color blind range is small... all "baby barf gold" colors to me.

    #24

    View from the deck of a large battleship with flags, stationed at a harbor with mountains in the background. I was present the two times the US was attacked on American soil. I lived in Pearl City, Hawaii just outside of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on 12/7//1941,. I worked in the Pentagon when a missile strruck it on 9/11/2001.

    Edit: To all those correcting me, yes it was a plane and not a missile. In my very old age I get confused sometimes. When I evacuated the Pentagon as ordered, I could see the part of the plane that was sticking out of the side of the Pentagon. Took me a hell of a long time to get home because of the incredible traffic jam that occurred in the aftermath.

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    williamszita
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm glad you survived both times....but please never come to my house

    Apatheist Account2
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the Japanese bloke (Tsutomu Yamaguchi) who was in Hiroshima when the first bomb dropped, and survived; then went home to his family in Nagasaki in time for the second one.. He died in 2010 aged 93.

    Papa
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess OP forgot about Japan attacking Alaska during World War 2.

    Jan Rosier
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe because OP was not present there?

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    Hellcaste's Wife
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I drove into work on 9/11 having just left the Pentagon for a new position a week before. Traffic was insane and I didn't have a cell phone to call anyone. Three days later I was finally able to get a call out to my mother to let her know I didn't work there anymore. She was frantic. I still remember the drive home from work that afternoon. It was a ghost town on the Beltway...never seen anything like it! It was eerie!

    Benign Human
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't it an American Airline flight 77 passenger plane that was highjacked by Muslims and purposely flown into the Pentagon kil*ing 184 people

    E. Hamilton
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only a grumpy old man would complain about traffic after a suicide plane crashes into a building.

    Sand Ers
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He didn't complain about it. He mentioned it.

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    #25

    Man exercising in gym, wearing a black tank top, surrounded by fitness machines and weights, showcasing unique fitness routine. Instead of sweating I just get really really cold when working out. So far no health problems just a cool way to freak out my friends.

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    Seán Baron
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you serve in the Falklands War?

    Anne Jones
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you ask? I’m genuinely interested.

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    Jaya
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got a bit better, but I used to never sweat n'either, despite almost passing out from a heat stroke, my brain just ... doesn't tell my body to start sweating? Very debilitating. And when I get extremely overheated, I start to actually feel really cold. Super weird. I quickly learned during summer that when I'm hot and all of a sudden get really cold, I need to take immediate action because a few minutes later I'll be so ill that won't be able to think or speak or walk anymore. It really sucks.

    HTakeover
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch out for heat stroke. Seriously, that's one of the signs. Inability to cool self while overheating internally = gonna have a bad time. Also maybe look at blood pressure & iron levels.

    Mari
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I don't sweat and I have to be careful.

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    Keith Lancaster
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My partner could not sweat. It meant that when he became hot he was likely to pass out.

    DowntownStevieB
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, like the blood and warmth goes to your core? Do you have a hard time building muscle?

    Tommy DePaul
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a client in Phoenix who didn't sweat.

    WindySwede
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that even possible?🙀

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    #26

    Tablet displaying brain scans showcasing unique rare statistics. Benign brain tumor that may have been sitting there my whole life.

    my doctors say lots of people could be walking around and not even know it so who knows how rare it is.

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    Xenia Harley
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think this is that rare. I had a stroke, and due to having an MRI, brain tumor was discovered. I also have a friend who had a benign tumor near her ear that did start to grow. She had to have it removed. She said it is more rare that doctors have to treat it than having a tumor.

    The Starsong Princess
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    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad has a brain tumor. It may have been there all his life. If it is growing, it is very slow. He’s 83 and his current plan is to die of something else before it becomes a problem that interferes with his golf game.

    SolitaryIntrovert
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an MRI of my head once. They didn't find anything.🤔🤔🤔

    ROSESARERED
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister had a tumour in her brain, bigger than a golf ball. 9½hours of surgery to Tickle it away from her brain. She still with us, still her, which is a miracle after such intense brain surgery, and no more issues. It would have exploded and killed her if it wasn't found. Only symptoms was a tight neck and head

    Julie Powell
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have one of those too - and a tumour in my liver. Both benign and probably been there since birth.

    #27

    30 Things That Make People Statistical Anomalies, And It Shows How Bizarre Biology Can Be My height. I'm around 6ft, which isn't that amazing, except that I have just turned 13.

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    A girl
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hit 6 foot in 5th grade. That'd be 11. I'm a girl. I was 5'2" in 3rd grade. I did top out at 6. Shall we speak of growing pains?

    HTakeover
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yikes, I can't even imagine that kind of pain! Both physical and emotional.

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    Leoninus Fate
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I was just under 6 feet at 13, Considering I'm now 7'4 {sadly it comes with weak bones and I can bearly walk without a cane or wheelchair}

    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And i thought utana yona was bad! Please share your height with us vertically challenged folks

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    Steve Robert
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure hope you can make three pointers!

    Michael Largey
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 6th grade, I was 6 feet tall and 120 pounds.

    sandrabmorison
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 2 sons were both 6ft when they went UK high school at 13 now 6ft 6

    Hassel Davidhoff
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was 6 ft in the 6th grade. That was many, many years ago. I am still 6 ft. This fact would disappoint 6th grade me because he assumed I would keep growing and growing and be like Giant Man at this age. Alas, this was not to be.

    Laura Mortensen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a boy in my middle school who was 7' tall.

    SolitaryIntrovert
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    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 14 year old Nephew is about 6 feet tall.

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    #28

    Close-up of a person's back, showcasing unique rare body features. I have a 34th vertebrae in my spine normally there is only 33.

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    Leoninus Fate
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister has this, sadly she has bad back problems from it

    Uncle Schmickle
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    I think your mathematics is a bit off.

    HTakeover
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, it's fine, though 34 at birth is uncommon but not rare. People are born with 33 but 9 of them fuse at the bottom as we grow older - down in the coccyx and sacrum. In adulthood it's not uncommon to have one or two not fuse properly, and why it's not too difficult to break a piece of the tailbone off in a broken butt accident.

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    #29

    Person sketching in a journal, highlighting their unique rare statistics with creative expression. Left handed, dyspraxic and coeliac!

    I’m like the unicorn nobody asked for.

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    tracy black
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i dont know what dyspraxic or coeliac mean

    OneHappyPuppy
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well coeliac is the autoimmune disease when people can't eat gluten and dyspraxia is according to my greek something to do with not being able to do things? Some sort of coordination issue

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    Jnausicaa
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left-handedness is a superpower.

    Julia Ford
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dyspraxia is a rare disorder of basically clumsiness.

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    L Norton
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tracy Black..... Google 😁

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    #30

    Close-up of a human eye with rare green and brown hues, highlighting unique statistics that make people special. One of my eyes is sectorally heterochromatic. That's rare enough on its own, but I figure that the color combination and position on the iris makes it absolutely unique on Earth.

    EDIT: Wow, this blew up! For those asking, [I'm Hazel with a chunk of brown.](https://i.imgur.com/5TgPutS.jpg).

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    Leslie Seitz
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. Except I have green eyes and my left eye is a quarter brown

    Warren Peece
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a guy in my home town that has it in both eyes.

    Spittnimage
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The picture above is what you get for copy and pasting the link.

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    #31

    Child with unique spots on face being treated, highlighting unique rare statistics. I've had chicken pox twice.

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    JP callaghan
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too when I was 6 and then 9

    Tim Douglass
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife has had chicken pox 6 times, and seems to be allergic to the shingles vaccine.

    #32

    Person in a medical setting preparing for a blood test, highlighting unique rare statistics in health. O negative blood. Universal donor.

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    Curbz81
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too!! Here in Canada its not that rare, buy in certain parts of the world its every rare.

    Victoria
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do Power Red twice a year as I'm O- too. Half the reason is I want to help out, the other half is that if I ever need blood someone O- has to have donated. So kinda paying it forward for me!

    Scott Rackley
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    O negative, CMV negative, so they put a special sticker on it for newborns and blood marrow transfusion patients. The nurses say it's rare but I don't know how much.

    sweissh
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay google just said only 7%, so I guess it's rarer than I thought!!

    sweissh
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm O-neg as well, I don't think it's particularly rare though?

    Beef Brisket
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AB+ blood here. Universal recipient.

    tracy black
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so do i my ex and all four of my children and grandchildren so not sure how rare it is

    שני מוריק
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you have ab negative that is rare

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    #33

    I'm Asian and I'm absolute garbage at math.

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    Vered Dar
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How are your driving skills?

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    #34

    I was born even though my mom had her tubes clamped and was in her 40s.

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    ElfVibratorGlitter
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the mom of my baby daddy (my daughters grandma) had her tubes tied after her first. And proceeded to have 3 more babies.

    Geekymummy
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here! My mum was sterilised 10 years before I was born. Then I was due on Christmas day, born on Christmas eve. She was 38. I was born deprived of oxygen so was apparently navy blue. I'm a relatively normal colour now.

    #35

    Close-up of a person's eye with long eyelashes, highlighting unique features and rare statistics. I have visual snow (you see tiny flickering dots everywhere).

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    The Mediterranean Fruit
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom calls those floaters. I think it's common as you get older.

    Tropical Tarot
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    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, floaters are like a clear hair on the top of your eye. They don't flicker.

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    #36

    Person in dental chair getting teeth examined, showcasing unique rare statistics in dentistry. I had 5 wisdom teeth.

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    Ian Webling
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had only three. And each erupted a decade apart.

    FluffButt Central
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had two wisdom teeth. In the same spot, five years apart.

    Mother of Giants
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was born with zero wisdom teeth. After seeing what my youngest went through when he had his removed, I'm very thankful that I have never had to and never will have to deal with wisdom teeth.

    Alison Hobbs
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have only 3 too but, my son has 6. He made the dentist very happy to have seen it

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    #37

    I'm ambidextrous but some things do prefer one hand to the other. As an example: I am a right handed swordsman and a left handed archer. I'd be useless in battle.

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    Jihana
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does not matter if you are right or left handed in archery, it depends on the dominant eye.

    HTakeover
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's firearms, though firearms are more forgiving on that front. In archery, it's hand dominance. Source: I'm both a USAA instructor and a firearms safety & marksmanship instructor.

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    Apatheist Account2
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the same. My mother was left-handed, so I credit her. It comes in handy using a screwdriver on the right side round a corner.

    #38

    My sister is color blind. My two brothers and I (I’m also a boy) are not.

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    Hugo
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see that that's genetically possible. Is she only a half-sister?

    Huddo's sister
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister can't distinguish between blue and purple, but none of my other siblings or I have any colour blindness.

    #39

    I’ve got Morning Glory Syndrome/Anomaly, a birth defect, in one of my eyes. Basically, optic nerve isn’t fully formed, so not only can’t I see out of it, my eye can’t absorb the flash when taking a picture and instead reflects the light. In pictures, my eye looks like a Morning Glory flower, hence the name.

    Ocpobwd_ Report

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    #40

    Green eyes only 7% pop. Lefties 10%. Combined features, idk.

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    Jnausicaa
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    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    7% x 10%. So 0.007. There's about 56,000,000 of your type if the planet has a population of 8,000,000,000, and we are getting close to that. BTW, my daughters are green eyed, redheaded lefties born on February 29th

    Ace
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    7 percent of 10 percent is 0.7 percent.

    Robin
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not sure that would work without understanding the stats, what if a higher percentage of lefties have been eyes? 😁

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    #41

    I have a double crown. Makes it difficult to cut my hair well so it's good practice for my friend training to be a hairdresser.

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    Curbz81
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend's son has this and thankfully its almost perfectly symmetrical. He is constantly rocking a fauxhawk

    Ian Webling
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have multiple crowns, a cow's lick and hair which angle forward on one side of my head and backwards on the other. More noticeable because my hair is dead straight.

    Alison Hobbs
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hair grows every which way

    #42

    I’m left handed but play every sport right handed.

    Edit: I thought I was rare but it seems there are quite a few of us confused people out there. I’m happy to hear it.

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    Scott Rackley
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left handed but can play anything right. Prefer right in golf. Comes from not having equipment and borrowing righty's stuff.

    Display_Name
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a dominate lefty. But I was taught how to play sports by a normal person. I just copied his stance and method. I bat, throw, bowl with my right hand.

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    11 months ago

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    Disco Cat
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, left handed but can only write left handed, everything else I do is right handed

    Khavrinen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On one of his marksmanship tests when he was in the Army, my Dad completed it shooting left-handed because his eyesight was better in his left eye. When he was signing the paperwork at the end, the officer running it noticed he was writing right-handed, and made him go back and do the whole thing over, because a right-handed person shooting left-handed "didn't count".

    Bored Sailor
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me I was the same way write right handed shoot left. I know why for me is back in the day left handed was not accepted, so when I entered school I was forced to learn to use my right hand, but still left dominant.

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    Huddo's sister
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a mix. I kick a Aussie Rules football better googly (left) but not a soccer ball. I also catch and throw with my right hand, meaning I can't really play baseball (which is fine because I don't like it). I am right handed for writing but use a knife in my left hand and fork in my right, unless I'm spreading something, then I switch the knife to my right!

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s because we have had to adapt in a world designed for right handed people.

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    #43

    I had an extra bone in my foot called an accessory navicular. I had to get it removed because of the pain is was causing me while walking. Apparently like 5% of the world has it or gets it taken out.

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    Robin
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My lame super power is I grow extra bones. Had 3 removed from my right knee 2 in my left, one in my left hand and one from my left shoulder. It's not all bad it comes packaged with higher pain tolerance and bone density.

    #44

    Close-up of a woman's ear wearing a unique teardrop earring with floral design. I can move my ears, eyebrows and I sweat doing nothing.

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    StrangeOne
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can do all this, too. Can't a lot of people?

    TheStormIRide
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nope. Especially if you can move them independently (i can)

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    #45

    I have a tongue-tie. About 5% of newborns have one and often they naturally go away over time, or have to be snipped to help with breastfeeding or speech, which makes them pretty uncommon in adults. But I still have mine, and so does my sister. My dentist (who's fairly young, in fairness) said he'd never seen one before he saw mine.

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    Nonbinary Reptile
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My child had the tongue tie clip at 6 days due to a congenital craniofacial condition.

    OneHappyPuppy
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know what that is but I had my tongue snipped as a baby because it was stuck to my gums and I couldn't feed

    StrangeOne
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's actually about 25% of kids have tongue ties. I have one and both lips have a tie. I thought it was just a normal thing everyone has.

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    #46

    I can rumble my ears.

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    Warren Peece
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can do that too. I can do one ear at a time or both together.

    Daune Tullina
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. There's a reddit sub for us

    My O My
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. It usually happend unvolontarily when I'm stressed and trying to calm down

    Probably Aoife
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this and have been trying to figure out what the heck it is

    Khavrinen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people can make a sound that only they can hear, by tensing muscles inside their ears. ( I'm one of them, too. ) Here's a video that explains the phenomenon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1j7dQxJxgA

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    StrangeOne
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure, but I can do it, too. Maybe some people believe something about themselves is not normal because they came across the odd person who told them it's not normal.

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    #47

    I have 3 separate learning disabilities and I have a masters degree. Most people with the leaning problems I have only obtain a HS diploma.

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    StrangeOne
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Note, there's different types of learning disabilities and all have varying levels of severity to mild. With the right supports and tutoring post secondary achievements can be a possibility.

    Warren Peece
    Community Member
    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "leaning problems" So you have problems with balance too?

    #48

    I have red hair and blue eyes, which is the rarest combination of hair and eyes.

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    Simon Chen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So rare that i read it the third time in this list

    ElfVibratorGlitter
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, it's red hair and green eyes ... But not that uncommon because. Well me.

    tracy black
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my daughter in law is red headed and blue eyed

    The Mediterranean Fruit
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do too, but I don't count as I dye my hair.

    Maikku
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too, and two of my kids too.

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    #49

    I have three nipples.

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    tracy black
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i was born with 3 my mom had one removed when i was a baby im still pissed about that i think as long as it was harmless it wouldve been a great way to freak out boyfriends lol

    #50

    My middle name is Matrix.

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    Sinclair13
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    11 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my friends gave her son the middle name Danger.

    Seán Baron
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope that Danger is followed by Will and Robinson!

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    WindySwede
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    6 persones in sweden have that name! 😮

    #51

    A woman in a gray sweater holds a device to her forehead, highlighting unique rare statistics. My body temperature is slightly above average.

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    Ace
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thing with averages is that exactly 50% will be higher, and exactly 50% lower, than the average, if you measure precisely enough ;-)

    Apatheist Account2
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends whether one uses the mean, median or mode.

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    Enuya
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is slightly below average. When it gets to 36.6 C I feel pretty bad. Makes going to the doctor even more annoying, as they don't believe that my temperature is NOT healthy

    Jnausicaa
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is 98.8

    Hugo
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    37.1° sounds pretty normal to me. Julia's is only 36.1°.

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    Julia Ford
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is regularly low: 97 degrees.

    Queeqec
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine is below, so what?

    #52

    I have no arch on my foot.

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    #53

    I’m a featherless biped.

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    sweissh
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do they allow answers that don't fit the topic? Being a featherless bipedal is literally the opposite of a rare anomaly. Why bother posting it and why do they bother allowing it?

    #54

    I'm 6'7".

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    Mother of Giants
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kids are extremely tall also. I (49F) am 5'10", their dad (46M,deceased) was 6'3". My oldest giant (27M) is 7'1" and my youngest giant (25M) is 6'10". All I know for sure is that their extreme height comes from somewhere in my bloodline, as there is no record of anyone being over 6'4" on their fathers side. Unfortunately, I was adopted as an infant, in a closed adoption, in Los Angeles, in the mid-70's, so getting any information about my birth parents (or any blood relatives for that matter) has been extremely difficult.

    Carrie B
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    User name checks out lol

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    #55

    I’m allergic to water! yay fun times.

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    Laura Mortensen
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had issues with water t/as a child. My skin reacted to water so badly that I had to be cleaned using some sort of wipes. It was really bad eczema for me. I have never taken baths, only showers. I put cream on my hands at night and then socks so I wouldn't scratch myself. Fortunately I mostly grew out of these issues as an adult.

    Cat_King
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But.... You're 70% Water. I'm confused.

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    He/ she does not. This is BS. Op would be dead allready

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    #56

    I was born from my mum on the 17th November, idk anyone else who she gave birth to at that time.

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    sweissh
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this a rare anomaly?

    Apatheist Account2
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a joke. All single births are unique to the mother on a given day.

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    #57

    I’ve never met anyone else who has 540 degrees of rotation in their wrists.

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    Jihana
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does that even mean?

    Papa
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    11 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I checked the reddit post. It means OP doesn't understand geometry.

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    #58

    I was born.

    1 in however many million or billion whatever it is.

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