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50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Mine's pretty godawful. I have 2 uteruses.

Edit: lot of people asking why I put up with it till I was around 33. *I* *didn't* *know* . Because doctors don't listen to women complaining of menstrual issues, is why. The endless pain and bleeding? Suck it up, take 3 Advil not two (holla). Starting at age 12. Till I lucked into a rare empathetic gynecologist who, since I'd always known I was uninterested in parenting, offered me a minimally invasive (just removes the top of the uterus, the rest of me stayed there) hysterectomy to stop the pain and hemorrhaging. And in doing the surgery, he discovered what no other doctor had cared enough to find.

I love that guy!

N.B. in the States, it is rare and usually extraordinarily difficult for a young woman who has not borne children to get a voluntary hysterectomy. Criminal.

therookling , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

201points

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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 2 weeks ago (edited)

US needs better women's rights. A lot of surgeries that have to do with the uterus are refused for one stupid reason or another.

123points

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I have a double gene mutation that makes me highly resistant or even immune to the HIV virus.

Som12H8 , Google DeepMind Report

Final score:

167points

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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 2 weeks ago

I've been reading a lot of books on HIV for an essay recently. This is an amazing trait to have.

45points

I fell off a 100 foot cliff and landed head first on rocks.

Broke my neck and back. Smashed up a lot of my body. Had to travel about a mile to find help immediately after the fall. Doctor said I caused more damage by trying to walk for help, but would have bled out if I stayed where I fell. 15 months later, I am power lifting and ran a half marathon. Should not be alive, much less be able to walk.

EDIT:
How: Camping on a mountain. Found a spot to lay down and observe the stars. Had to pee, stepped into woods, lost my footing. Geronimo.

Injuries: Head was scalped. Huge piece of flesh was just hanging off my head. Must have been a sight to the folks who's door I knocked on in the middle of the night for help. Neck was broken and had to wear an immobilizing neck brace for many months 24/7, as they were concerned surgery may cause more damage. Initially a had a loss of sensation in my hands. Multiple vertebrae were broken, one had broken into over a dozen pieces. The neurosurgeon figures at impact my body folded in half causing that one to essentially explode. I had to have spinal fusion and relearn how to walk after. Multiple ribs broken.

Recovery: At first I essentially lived in one of those geriatric chairs that lift you up to stand. I could barely get around with a walker. Sitting on the toilet was the most excruciating thing. At some point it turned into laxative use and stand in the shower. I couldn't bend or care for myself much in any way. Some of my friends think that being a Marine made me tough enough to survive this, but I credit an inherent stubbornness to never give up. I constantly pushed through the pain to get myself to the next level. From walker, to cane, to walking sticks. The neurosurgeon told me the best thing I could do for physical therapy was walk, so boy did I. At first I could barely make it to the end of the block and back, then a quarter mile, then on and on. Every hard effort day required a day or two of sitting in the chair and suffering through the pain. Got off meds the moment that I could stand to. 5 months after the accident I got on a treadmill and tried to run. The impacts were excruciating, but I kept coming back for more and more. At 10 months I was able to race in a 5K on memorial day in honor of a fallen veteran. I raced my heart out and was able to run it in less than 30 minutes. I immediately began half marathon training and at 14 months was able to finish at about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Started back to lifting serious weights at about 11 months and here I am in month 16 about to become a member of the 1000 pound club. (Bench press, deadlift, and squat all totaling 1000 pounds.) I still deal with pain regularly and I have a lot of discomfort that makes sleep challenging. I've still got a couple of months until the bones reached 100% of their healing potential.

It's been quite a journey. Never give up my friends!

Rauglothgor Report

Final score:

162points

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Dusty's mom 2 weeks ago

Yow!

28points

Chefs. I have earned a Michelin star.

phroney Report

Final score:

145points

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nottheactualphoto 2 weeks ago

This is a big deal. Congrats!

63points

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I’m one of only @200 deaf pilots in the world and one of only four (that are commonly known of) in the world with Commercial & Instrument training.

I’m also one of the only deaf people who hold both a pilots license and a commercial drivers license.

deafaviator , Kelly Report

Final score:

133points

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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 2 weeks ago

So I just learned something new because of this post. I was under the impression that in order to hold a commercial driver's license CDL, one has to pass a hearing exam, but in 2013 a law was passed allowing deaf people to apply for a hearing waiver which includes other documents. This is awesome for all those in the non hearing community.

69points

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Only 2% of pregnant women experience 2 miscarriages in a row. Only 1% of women experience 3 miscarriages is a row. I have had 5 miscarriages in a row and I fully hate any type of statistics now. Statistics used to make me feel safe. Now I just know how easy it is to be on the wrong side of them.

Edit: Thank you for sharing your support and your stories. I feel for so many of you that also make up the 1% (or less than 1% I guess). Sending all the love and healing your way if you’re in this same sucky boat as me.

hedgehug17 , Leah Newhouse Report

Final score:

124points

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BeesEelsAndPups 2 weeks ago

This is so awful. I know from experience how dismissive doctors can be of women who've just experienced a miscarriage. In general, as a male person, I feel like women got the sh*t end of the stick in most things in our society. I don't know why people as educated as doctors have to pile onto the trauma (speaking from personal experience of two miscarriages)

73points

Intentionally_unseen Report

Survival. I fell 25 feet out of a window when I was about 2 years old. I’ve also been hit by a car that was traveling over 50mph/80.4kmh. I’ve had two near drownings. I was also held hostage at gun point for over three hours. All if these things happened before my 14th birthday.

Final score:

116points

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Rosie 2 weeks ago

If you were my friend I would never stand too close to you.

106points

Genetics. A red head with ab- blood and hazel eyes. I’m a walking recessive gene.

WhiskeyTangoFoxy Report

Final score:

109points

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Sinclair13 2 weeks ago (edited)

I have blonde hair, ab- blood, and green eyes. My second toe is also longer than my first toe.

19points

#10

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I’ve been in 2 helicopter crashes and 1 plane crash. There is only a small group of people who have survived that many crashes. I’m also not a pilot.

No1uNo_Nakana , Rafael Cosquiere Report

Final score:

103points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

Don't take this the wrong way, but I am not getting on a flight with you.

193points

#11

I suffer from a relatively harmless “phenomenon” called “Aphantasia”.

I am incapable of conjuring images inside my head. I “know” what object or thing I’m supposed to think about but all I see is nothing.

When I dream, I know what’s happening and what I’m supposed to see but it’s just a whole lot of nothingness. I guess you could say I’m “blind” in my mind.

Apparently around 1% of the population suffer from this weird condition.

Must be nice having a screen in your head that shows anything you can imagine :/.

temuulen10 Report

Final score:

97points

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Hugh Crawford 2 weeks ago

Meh, it's mostly reruns of most embarrassing moments and boobies

125points

#12

I can make my eyes shake (voluntary nystagmus) and I can wiggle my ears.

It was a lot more impressive when I was 7.

halo-wolff Report

Final score:

93points

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Traveling Lady Railfan 2 weeks ago

Hey, me too! My brothers as well! It was fun as a kid to tell others "hey, look at my eyes" ....then they vibrate back and forth like a paint mixer and freak people out! Lol!! I don't bother with it anymore.

34points

#13

Cancer survivor. Think that’s 5%. I had it 3 f*****g times.

JankyJk Report

Final score:

85points

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Beth Wheeler 2 weeks ago

WOW, you have kicked it's butt!!!

31points

TheFairyingForest , cottonbro studio Report

#14

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Far less than 1% of people make their living creating crossword puzzles. I've also written five novels, three of which were published.

Final score:

82points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

What's the answer to 12 across then?

40points

#15

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population According to my step counter, walking.

Not even kidding, I manage a warehouse and walk 10-15 miles a day at work. Apparently this is more than 99.3% of users.

Turns out the one thing I'm exceptional at is the one thing almost everyone can do. Yay.

FastWalkingShortGuy , cosmindoro Report

Final score:

81points

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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 2 weeks ago

I'm curious about how big this warehouse is?

15points

#16

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Not me but my dad.

He was born with a backwards heart and didn’t find out till his heart attack a few years ago and it actually saved his life.

His doctor later told him that after being a doctor for over 30 years he’d never seen someone with a backwards heart and that apparently 1% of people on the planet have it.

SaphireJames , Steshka Willems Report

Final score:

78points

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Stephanie Did It 2 weeks ago

Does that mean the heart is on the opposite side of the body than normal, or that the heart is in the usual place but facing towards his back?

27points

#17

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I’m naturally ambidextrous. Apparently that’s something only 1% of people naturally are. I can use both right and left hands ably for any task. For example, I often switch which hand I write with based on how I’m sitting.

(It’s worth noting _natural_ ambidexterity is not the same as _learned_ or _acquired_ ambidexterity. For example, left handed people often have to use things designed for right handed people but otherwise are left handed.).

Stormaen , John Diez Report

Final score:

76points

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Dusty's mom 2 weeks ago

You and Leonardo DaVinci!

16points

#18

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Typing in my PC.. I can type up to 170 WPM sometimes, and in the human benchmark site that's 1%.

anon , Cytonn Photography Report

Final score:

75points

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The Announcer 2 weeks ago

That's faster than my brain can think!

32points

#19

Surviving a crossbow to the head. Directly between the eyes. Only one other person has been documented in surviving a crossbow head impact, and they became brain dead. Not only did I survive, but I still have enough brain function to type this out and even go to work on a daily basis. I'm very blessed to be here, and I do my best to not take it for granted.

Edit: apparently more people have survived this than I originally knew, and that's kinda cool to know!!

Edit 2: holy crap I did not expect this to blow up so much!!! Thank you all so much for the kind words and awards!!! I'm not going to reply to everyone just because there's so many comments, but if you have a question feel free to ask and I'll do my best to respond!!

Tayaradga Report

Final score:

75points

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S Bow 2 weeks ago

Wow, I'm curious if this was a murder attempt or an accident.

22points

#20

Mirror writing:

writing the same exact thing with my left hand, except backwards and to the left, while I write it normally and with my right hand.

SuperSnoco Report

Final score:

68points

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Dusty's mom 2 weeks ago

Another Leonardo DaVinci!

19points

No_Understanding162 Report

#21

I’m an American of North Korean descent

Final score:

67points

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Lorraine R 2 weeks ago

Wow. Stay safe.

39points

#22

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population My actual name. My last name is one of the rarest in the country and I am the only person with my name out of the entire population.

anon , Mathias Reding Report

Final score:

65points

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MrsFettesVette 2 weeks ago

This is also true for me! I actually didn't think it was that rare. If you have an unusual last name it's gotta be pretty common to be the only "you".

17points

#23

I'm albino.

anon Report

Final score:

60points

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Steve Robert 2 weeks ago

Hi, I'm Steve ( and obviously a Dad)

47points

#24

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population So apparently my left eye is 32mm. The average size is 21-27mm. My eye doctor said it was neat.

sumtinfunny , Mahmoud Yahyaoui Report

Final score:

57points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

What big eyes you have! Said Red Riding Hood.

39points

#25

I am a super recogniser. Super recogniser is a term coined in 2009 by Harvard researchers for people with significantly better-than-average face recognition ability. I am not in 1 percent to be precise actually, it is around 2% but wanted to share anyways.

There is a free online test for you to check if you are one as well.

gokhansan97 Report

Final score:

56points

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Hugh Crawford 2 weeks ago

I am better than average non-recognizer...

75points

Roni Stone 2 weeks ago

We must be related. I'm pretty awesome at the non-recognizing thing myself.

7points

quentariel 2 weeks ago

I can remember that I've seem a person before, but not where or who they are. It's especially weird having a customer service job and commuting to work every day, so half of the city feels distantly familiar.

3points

Kitty 🥀 2 weeks ago

I have mild facial blindness; I’d love to take some of that off your hands. I have to meet or see someone several times in order to recognize them. If a coworker at a new job sits at their same desk, I’ll obvi recognize them my second day on the job. But if I run into them in the bathroom it would take me a few moments to place them. I’d probably recognize them at the grocery store after a few/several weeks. I can do a half-decent job of placing someone if they at all resemble a famous actor, though. That’s my personal trick.

0points

Steve Robert 2 weeks ago

On the other hand, I'm so bad at facial recognition, that if someone commits a crime in front of me, there are no eye witnesses.

16points

Savahax 2 weeks ago

Same here man. "Can you describe the murderer" -"no"

7points

Savahax 2 weeks ago

I'm the opposite. Exactly opposite. Borderline facial blindness. Here's a recent true story: I started to watch Game of Thrones a few weeks ago and it's just impossible to flow. I thought Robb Stark And Theon Greyjoy were the same person for WAY too long. Didn't make any sense. I need -weeks- to learn new faces

6points

Anikulapo 2 weeks ago

For me it’s the 2 old wizards in LOTR. Also last night I watched a Korean movie. Wish they’d wear name tags.

3points

jean48thompson 2 weeks ago

Now that street cameras are used so extensively to fight crime, you would be very valuable to the police, to watch crowd videos to recognize persistent offenders. A new career for you?

6points

ADJ 2 weeks ago

I am somewhere on the other side of that spectrum.

2points

Liz Siemens 2 weeks ago

I just took the test and am also a super recognizer... now what to do with this new found skill?

2points

Bartlet for World Domination 2 weeks ago

Guard your anonymity on the internet and offer your services to local law enforcement.

1point

Otto Katz 2 weeks ago

Took a quiz, excellent, but not super. I'll take it.

0points

Otto Katz 2 weeks ago

And you couldn't find it in you to post the link?

0points

shankShaw deReemer 2 weeks ago

Keep up the great work!

0points

shankShaw deReemer 2 weeks ago

Sorry...I meant this for the prior one, the STEM school student!

0points

Beach Bum 2 weeks ago

in the cambridge face recognition test i got 69/72

0points

Alex Mosby 2 weeks ago

And then there is me, who can't remember what I'm currently wearing without looking.

0points

Laura Osborne 2 weeks ago

What if you recognise the face but not remember the name? I would guess at 'normal' or something that nmany people do!

0points

Cooking Panda 2 weeks ago

Do you renember their names, though? 😏

0points

Dana AlZarouni 2 weeks ago

I did it and got recognizer

0points

StumblingThroughLife 2 weeks ago

I always recognise faces .... but rarely remember their names, haha.

0points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 weeks ago

I think im the opposite

0points

Zoe's Mom 2 weeks ago

I suck at remembering names, but I rarely forget a face.

0points

#26

If you make 40k a year and have no debt... Wealth, globally speaking.

anon Report

Final score:

56points

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Zoe's Mom 2 weeks ago

That's fabulous!

14points

#27

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Eyesight. I have 20/10 vision, turns out only about 1% of people have better than normal 20/20 vision.

Skumbob , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

53points

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BrunoVI 2 weeks ago

My Dad was a big Ted Williams fan. The best hitting non-Yankee in baseball history, and it was largely due to having freakishly sharp vision. The guy could read the stitches on the ball coming at him (which would tell him which way the pitch was going to bend or not bend). Never topped many career milestones because he served as a bomber in WW2 for three years, and went right back and served another two in Korea.... he thought he owed it to his country to put his eyesight to the best service possible.

35points

#28

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I'm a totally in the 0.2% of something. People who have a rather nasty reaction to the blood thinner, Heparin. Lost half my toes because of how lucky I am.

Snoo_87426 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

52points

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Chihuahua Mama 2 weeks ago

That's terrifying!

12points

#29

Grandmaster in league of legends (0.02%) 😎, this results in not having a social life or girlfriend so don’t recommend.

fatlips7 Report

Final score:

52points

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_-DungeonKeeper-_ 2 weeks ago

It's OK I don't have a social life or any romantic interest in anyone whatsoever anyway

16points

#30

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Degrees. I have a BA, MA, JD and two PhD's. If I'm not mistaken, less than 1% of the world has that many (and neither should I).

anon , Emily Ranquist Report

Final score:

49points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

Did you hear about the man with 360 degrees? His education went full circle.

100points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#31

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I can stop my hiccups on command.

mcrfreak78 , Nathan Cowley Report

Final score:

48points

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RaisedByCats 2 weeks ago

My husband can too and cannot fathom why other people can't control it ("you just tighten the muscle at the top of your stomach")

24points

#32

Birth control. 99% effective right? I'm living proof of the 1% XD.

(It's cool though, my parents never acted like they didn't want me.).

Evil_Weevill Report

Final score:

48points

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Cin 2 weeks ago

Typical. I was on birth control & he used a condom. She's about to be 21.

45points

#33

According to Amazon, I'm in the top 1% of kindle readers. They keep track of these things and within the last couple years started sharing the info with users as seasonal "Achievements."

At the end of the Spring season, they sent out emails with the final data: from April 1st to June 31st I read:

74 days

For a total

193 hours.

I don't really have a social life. As though that wasn't clear enough from the stats

2percentright Report

Final score:

48points

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David 2 weeks ago

It's unnecessarily creepy that Amazon wants to track how many minutes you spend reading your kindle.

34points

IgDailystapler , Photo Source: Kaboompics.com Report

#34

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I’m of the .002% of people with osteopoikilosis. This freaked the s**t out of me because when I was diagnosed the first thing the doctor said was “wow I’ve never seen this in anything but textbooks before”...

Final score:

47points

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RaisedByCats 2 weeks ago

Osteopoikilosis is a benign, autosomal dominant, sclerosing (hardening) dysplasia of bone characterized by the presence of numerous bone islands in the skeleton. (Wikipedia)

50points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#35

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population I'm one of around 1% of people directly related to Swedens great king Gustav Vasa, still living. I'm one of 100k people.

s3thgecko , Mahmoud Yahyaoui Report

Final score:

47points

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Cin 2 weeks ago

Hi cousin!

9points

#36

I have AB- bloodtype. Less than 1% of the worlds population have it.

littleppdp Report

Final score:

46points

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LynzCatastrophe 2 weeks ago

Welcome the rare population! My sister and I have it. Nobody else in our family does.

13points

#37

Im the 1% of the top students in my stem high school.

anon Report

Final score:

42points

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The Announcer 2 weeks ago

Good work! Keep it up as you move into adulthood!

13points

#38

Hyperhidrosis. Excessively sweaty arm pits for no reason. I could be sitting there completely at ease and sweat rolls down my sides from my pits. I have found a product to fix the issue however I know no one else who has the same issue personally.

mushroommadam Report

Final score:

40points

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Traveling Lady Railfan 2 weeks ago

Oooh oooh!!! What product is it, PLEASE?!?

13points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#39

50 People Shared What Puts Them In The Top 1% Of The Population Not as interesting or cool as others but im in the 1% of the population that has no immunity to Rubella even though ive been vaccinated for it several time. Apparently some peoples bodies dont take to some vaccinations. Fine with everything else like mumps measels etc its just the rubella.

Ive also got type 2 duanes symdrone in my right eye. Duanes being a uncommon eye condition anyway, right eye being least common to have it in an type 2 the least common of its type out of the 3 types. Won the duanes lottery with that one.

totallythrownawaay , Polina Tankilevitch Report

Final score:

39points

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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 2 weeks ago (edited)

So I recently had to make sure all my vaccinations were current since I'm back in college and I'm in the medical field and will be starting our internship for our clinical hours, so these are mandatory requirements for most hospitals. After getting blood drawn to prove that I've already had many of these vaccines required, which would show the antibodies. Well I somehow was no longer immune to the measles but the mumps and rubella part of the MMR vaccine both came back as reactive for those antibodies, meaning I was immune to them still. I did have to get another MMR vaccine though, anyway. So I'm fully immune once again but I'm a little curious now just how long I'll stay immune this time.

18points

#40

I held a 2nd place world record for the Mushroom Gorge time trial in mariokart Wii for 15 minutes.

Edit: thanks for all the replies! Didn’t know this would touch the hearts of many!

RelativeCosmo Report

Final score:

38points

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Dnd Panda (she/they) 2 weeks ago

I aspire to be this talented

5points

#41

I am diagnosed with Visual snow syndrome. Basically seeing through static. It may not be rare as thought but I am one of very few people to be formally diagnosed.

EDIT:
1) no this isn’t normal and sorry to all the people who found out they had VVS through my stupid Reddit comment lol
2) lots of ppl asked how I was diagnosed- I was at an eye specialist for an unrelated reason and he asked if I had any other concerns. I described my sight to him and he said that’s probably VVS. He referred me to a neurologist and she diagnosed me.
3) I don’t remember not seeing flickering dots. I’ve never done psychedelics. I was unaware d***s could worsen or cause it. Thanks for the warnings though! Definitely won’t be doing psychedelics now haha.

condensemilks Report

Final score:

37points

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penguino (they/them) 2 weeks ago

lol makes ur bedroom looks like an analog tv horror show at night

11points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#42

Infertile people. The people who can’t have children after a year of trying, for whom no treatment works, have no diagnosis to explain why, and end up the 1% of the 1% and move on to surrogacy/gestational carrier.

Reepicheepee Report

Final score:

36points

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YakFactory 2 weeks ago

It took me and my husband nine years of trying to have our first child. He died at 5 weeks, and it took another 4 years until our second child was born. No, we didn't try again!

22points

#43

As a Lithuanian I belong to a nationality that makes up 0.03% of the world population.

Far-Novel-9313 Report

Final score:

34points

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WindySwede 2 weeks ago

With 8.2 billions today, it's not that difficult to be under 1% of something. Beeing a Swede is something like 0,1%..

14points

#44

Everyone is born with a space in the base of your skull, I have an enlarged space. The Dr called it an Enlarged *Cisterna Magna*.

Having it isn’t what makes me part of the 1%, it’s the fact that it hasn’t caused me any trouble or neurological issues that puts me there. It was only found when I had an MRI for migraines.

Edit: totally got the wrong wording. I’m sorry for misleading anyone, that came on the back of flu meds and little sleep.

I have stress induced migraines and hormonal ones too. Nothing to do with the lack of brain function, that just makes me a little dull 😁.

motherof2loverof1 Report

Final score:

30points

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My O My 2 weeks ago

I'm not the only one with hormonal migraines????

1point

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#45

Being deaf.

Only 0.22% (roughly 600k people) across all age groups in the US are deaf. More than half are over the age of 65. I've been profoundly deaf since birth, so I'm in an even smaller percent than 0.22%. Lmao

[Source](https://www.gallaudet.edu/office-of-international-affairs/demographics/deaf-employment-reports/).

Multicolored_Squares Report

Final score:

27points

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The Starsong Princess 2 weeks ago

There’s significantly fewer deaf and blind people now that children are vaccinated against measles.

35points

#46

Distance runners. My marathon PR is faster than 99% of marathon finishers world wide. That said, the distance from my time to the world record is about the same as from the 70th percentile to me.

[deleted] Report

Final score:

26points

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Pandemonium 2 weeks ago

That's a humbling way to look at the record-holder

7points

#47

According to the census, my town is 1% black. So that means it's just me.

Edit: Woodstock, CT POP: 8221 The racial makeup of the town was 97.2% White, 0.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.000001% Pacific Islander, 0.4% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races.

Xcavor Report

Final score:

25points

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Steve Sharpe 2 weeks ago

In a town with 8,221 people, one person is not one percent of the population... and I'm also curious about the Pacific Islander resident, because unless they're an amoeba something has gone spectacularly wrong!

7points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#48

Technically this is 2% but I have curly blonde hair I don’t really have a trait that’s 1%.

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20points

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tabitha donnelly 2 weeks ago

My sister has that? I don't think it's that rare. I have curly ginger hair and green eyes I don't know how rare that is.

4points

#49

Top 1% of sellers on Etsy.

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20points

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Elchinero 2 weeks ago

Top 1% of buyers on Etsy.

24points

#50

Fewer than 1% of Americans have completed a full marathon, I have completed 10.

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16points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 weeks ago

This statistic is getting smaller every year, ever since they renamed the marathon chocolate bar to snickers.

24points

Hi there, fellow pandas! As a person (over)educated both in social sciences and literature, I'm most interested in how we connect and behave online (and sometimes in real life too.) The human experience is weird, so I try my best to put its peculiarities in writing. As a person who grew up chronically online, I now try to marry two sides of myself: the one who knows too much about MySpace, and the one who can't settle and needs to see every corner of the world.

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Hey there! I'm Shelly, a Visual Editor at Bored Panda. When I'm not working, you'll often find me immersed in creativity, whether it's creating animations, 3D and traditional art, writing, or making music.I've been drawing since I was little, and my passion for visual storytelling really took off after I finished a 2-year Film Academy. It ignited my existing spark for bringing stories to life through visuals. Since then, I've been diving deeper into art and tech, always exploring new ways to tell compelling stories.

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Kat 2 weeks ago

I'm the only me, in the whole world. 🥁

35points

WindySwede 2 weeks ago

Approximately 0,0000000121951219512195% according to Excel

9points

"Disembodied voice" 2 weeks ago

I've survived cpr outside of the hospital, also in the hospital but that's not as remarkable.

15points

Sky Render 2 weeks ago

I've mentioned my biggest rarity before often, but... I was born with XX/XY chimerism, and also with a double genital tubercle. Both are very rare, but both simultaneously is so rare that there's no records of it ever happening. As an unusual side-effect of the chimerism, the two sets are different sexes, and both are fully functional. The doctors tried to seal away the female parts with a skin graft, likely believing that the parts would just "go away" somehow; they did not and that skin graft just gives me zero direct access to my female anatomy plus regular issues during periods.

13points

AKA AKA 2 weeks ago

do u identify as a guy or a girl?

1point

nancthetank 2 weeks ago

Sorry that they gave you trouble! Why couldn’t they have left you alone?!

0points

yourfavoriteunjew 2 weeks ago

I'm really sorry they did that to you, Sky. It makes me mad for you.

0points

shankShaw deReemer 2 weeks ago

Interesting! I'm curious if you're interested in males or females or both?

0points

My O My 2 weeks ago

Ok, I may come off as weird but it's worth it. If you have two funktioning sets, you could technically impregnate yourself? How very fascinating! You could me a real Mini-You

0points

BrunoVI 2 weeks ago

My kid has an extremely rare neurodegenerative disorder that has many different types, one of those that's so rare that they aren't even looking for a cure. So they tested him to see which type he has. He has two different types.

9points

Isaac Harvey 2 weeks ago

My name was misspelled on my first AAA insurance card as "IAFAC HARVEY."

3points

ॐBoyGanesh 2 weeks ago

I’m a homosexual with heterochromia, have a form of synesthesia called “chromesthesia” and am fully ambidextrous. I’m one of the few Americans with duel citizenship and less than 1000 people worldwide have my specific job. None of these things enhance or highlight my flippant character or irreverent personality.

2points

Justin Tyme 2 weeks ago

My me it is the combination of unusual events. I completed eight college degrees. I have been trapped in two malfunctioning elevators. I have been on five volcanoes while they were erupting. I have been bitten by two rattlesnakes, stuck in quicksand, struck by lightning, run over by a van, and had an anaphylactic allergic reaction to a bee sting. I have been in five car crashes, two motorcycle crashes, and one helicopter crash. I got shot once and stabbed twice. I have broken nine bones, one at a time. I have had 32 jobs.

2points

char 2 weeks ago

are you f****n Indiana Jones??

3points

AKA AKA 2 weeks ago

top 1% of points on boredpanda this yr :-)

2points

Roan The Demon Kitty 2 weeks ago

me too, though my all time rank out of all users is 125,... but i guess when you consider the site probably has thousands, is still a bit impressive xD

2points

T 2 weeks ago

It's more like 2-4% of the population, but I'm pretty sure I have lexical-gustatory (LG) synesthesia, which is a long way of saying I taste words.

2points

CanadianDimes 2 weeks ago

Oh that’s really cool! What do your favourite words taste like?

4points

Darth Kittius 2 weeks ago

I have green eyes, that technically counts, right?

2points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 weeks ago

My feet swear so badly I can't wear flip flops or any kind of rubber or plastic sandal without socks.

2points

Auntriarch 2 weeks ago

I know it's just a typo, but it made me laugh to imagine your feet effing and blinding so much that you have to muffle the sound with socks....

17points

Anthorn 2 weeks ago

Ooo, this is where I shine. I have minor piebaldism (some white hair, blue eyes, vitiligo), I can wiggle my ears and my eyes, and I also have Stahl's! So I'm an elf! :)

1point

Anthorn 2 weeks ago

Who the heck downvoted these...I'm not an elf, that was a joke...bc Stahl's gives you pointy ears...geez

2points

Carrie de Luka 2 weeks ago

I have camptodactyly in both hands... meant to be less than one percent of the population. Affected more than just my little finger so that's also a bit more unusual.

1point

Lsai Aeon 2 weeks ago

I have 6 autoimmune diseases. Celiac, Meniere's (in both ears, super rare), Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Hidradenitis suppurativa, Diabetes 1.5.

1point

Barry 2 weeks ago (edited)

I have voluntary pulsatile tinnitus. That means I can hear my blood rushing through in my ears, but only voluntarily, i.e. by flexing a muscle in my head in a way I can't possibly explain. It's not even a good party trick because I'm the only one that can hear it.

1point

Marti J 2 weeks ago

I can do that too. It's weird right?

0points

Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 2 weeks ago

I'm in the well under 1 percent of women/girls diagnosed with autism! Hopefully that'll change as female autism is underdiagnosed.

1point

Roan The Demon Kitty 2 weeks ago

ditto, though I never realised how few girls/women are actually diagnosed with autism, given a heck of a lot of (at least biologically) female people online say they are autistic or "neuro-divergent" as the new term apparently is.

0points

Dancing Armadillo 2 weeks ago

I am one of 1.2 % people of the world that have bear tracks in my eyes. Eye doctors get really excited when they see it. I don’t find it extremely exciting but I guess in the world of Optometry it is.. lol.

1point

Marti J 2 weeks ago

What does it look like? Does it affect your sight?

0points

Lace Neil 2 weeks ago

I can lucid dream. I taught myself how from a book. I also have two coloured eyes; my eyes are blue with a golden ring around the iris.

1point

CanadianDimes 2 weeks ago

What was the book?

2points

Tempest 2 weeks ago (edited)

I have a rare heart disease. The disease is already rare (0.2% - 0.7% worldwide) but it has further subtypes and I have a less common one. So I just Googled the stats for the specific subtype and realised that it’s super rare. - “1 to 3 out of every 100,000 babies are born with the condition”. Was born with it but never had issues and it was only detected incidentally when I had to do a scan for a normal check-up in my early 20s. I’m mostly asymptomatic except for occasional palpitations & 1 episode of difficulty breathing at a very high altitude during the dead winter. I had the opportunity to get surgery at a leading hospital but opted out because I don’t want a midline chest scar at my age, lol. Being a med student I realised that even most doctors don’t know the condition (unless they’re in cardiology or cardiac surgery) cause it’s rarely studied about. I don’t really care much about it but I do love telling those closest to me that I have a broken heart 😆 (Scimitar syndrome is the name)

1point

Kitty 🥀 2 weeks ago

I’m so proud of myself for not completely doxing myself on this page. 😂

0points

August 2 weeks ago

Did 9-12 grade work in reading in 5th grade, and was reading at a 5th grade level in kindergarten.(Really gifted in reading! I'm super happy about it!!! :D)

0points

August 5 days ago

I also have double jointed thumbs, so thats another thing, although not that rare.

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August 2 weeks ago

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Big Chungus 2 weeks ago

My parents are kind 1% people...My dad survived three out of hospital heart attacks, two being widow makers and my mom survived sudden cardiac death syndrome and is now the proud owner of a new heart

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Otto Katz 2 weeks ago

I'm 1% top posters on BoredPanda! Screenshot...61-png.jpg

0points

August 5 days ago

Oh... Wow.. O:

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Kaeda 2 weeks ago (edited)

I have natural auburn hair and blue eyes. It is supposedly a rarity to have both. 🥳 I also have talocalcaneal coalition, which affects about 3% to 5% of the world population, but mine occurs in both feet, which is only half of that 3-5%. EDIT: Added "of the" before "population".

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Pablo Ramos 2 weeks ago

The percentage of people in the world with my IQ or higher is about 1.3%

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Marti J 2 weeks ago

I have a couple. 1) I have AB- blood type which is very rare and the workers at the blood bank get very excited when they see this. Yes, I do try to donate, but my iron is usually to low. 2) when I was 3 I stumbled across a large wasps nest that was in some tall grass. I couldn't move as I was in shock as hundreds of wasps started swarming and stinging me. My mom can running and grabbed me and ran to the car to get me to the hospital. She was stung multiple times on her arms. The closest hospital was almost an hour away. I was covered in wasp stingers and this would have been the first time I'd ever gotten stung. I did swell up, but I didn't go into anaphylactic shock. They kept me and had to scrape all the stingers off. I later in life actually developed a severe allergic reaction to bees and wasp' stings and I have to carry an epi-pen just in case I get stung again. Very thankful I didn't react that first time

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Kombatbunni 2 weeks ago (edited)

I was one of only 40 adults in the world that were diagnosed in 2016, with an arterio-venous malformation that wasn’t in the brain or internally in the body but in my left hand. Apparently it’s not very common in adults and certainly not that common to occur in an extremity like mine was. It’s where the arteries and veins get tangled up somehow and can either cause delayed circulation or increased circulation (mine was increased) so I had to have it removed. I now have a skin graft and a scar that runs from the base of my left thumb, to 3/4 of the way up my forearm. Friend of mine calls it my shark bite 😁

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SkippityBoppityBoo 2 weeks ago

Medically? I'm a bit of an anomaly! 😄 I've a rare capsicum allergy, as in highly allergic. I've had TB, Covid, diagnosed with Lupus... I'm now disabled. I've had more things happen to me than you could shake a stick at!!! And yet I'm still somehow surviving! Although... My life expectancy is now maybe 10yrs after numerous tests, blood tests, MRIs etc... There's something wrong with my body but they don't know what it is. Whether it's genetic or whatever... It was hard to deal with with that when I got the news, that and when I was told I'm never going to walk freely again because of spinal bruising... But? I'm the goddamn person who they also first told that I was going to possibly be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. I learnt to walk again, albeit with crutches and calipers but I bloody well did it. Don't ever tell me that I'll never achieve or accomplish something because I'll turn around and do it. Just... To... Pish... You... Off! Including living forever!!! 😁😜😁

0points

V 2 weeks ago

I had to take a spacial awareness test as part of a job interview a few years back run by a third company. According to the company I was applying for a job at I scored in the top 1% of anyone who has taken that test. But if I have no hand/eye coordination so it's very much wasted on me, lol.

0points

Roan The Demon Kitty 2 weeks ago

Green Eyes makes me one of 2%. Ginger hair? (well, before it came back blonde from chemo) 1-2%... Schizophrenia? 1%, DID? 1-1.5% my surname? Porphyria? idk exactly but I hear its rare. e_e Fibromyalgia? 2-4% of the population... Peritoneal cancer? Fewer than 7 per 1 million people are diagnosed per year. and lastly i can think of... absense siezures, which normally effect kids at around 1-4 people per 100 thousand. Yet are much less common in adults like me. I'm rare af, but maybe not in a good way lmao

0points

Susical 2 weeks ago

I didn't know until recently that my having gray eyes is rare. It's around 3%.

0points

G SJ 2 weeks ago

You do you, and I'll do me 👌

0points

Leebo13 2 weeks ago (edited)

I saw a psychologist in my late teens at the turn of the century and he tested my IQ, he said that I was in the top 5%, I'm still not entirely sure it's right.

0points

EmJay 2 weeks ago

My great uncle was born with a heart upsidown and backwards. didn't survive sadly

0points

YDNinja 2 weeks ago

I'm surprised no one said "I'm Jewish"

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Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 2 weeks ago

0.2 percent! But we're mostly in the US (2 percent of American population) and Israel (majority of the Israeli population) so we might have a skewed view. Or we might worry about saying we're Jewish.

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Upstaged75 2 weeks ago

I'm in the top 1% on Bored Panda! :) (According to the stats at the top of my page) So I guess I'm really good at wasting time here when I should be doing other things?

0points

Justin Tyme 2 weeks ago

It says that for everybody. Somehow all Bored Panda users are in the top one percent.

0points

CanadianDimes 2 weeks ago

I have music anhedonia, which about 5% of people have. The reward centres of my brain aren’t activated by music the way most people’s are. It’s a spectrum, not an either-or condition though I’m two standard deviations below the mean. You can take a great online test from the scientists who originally defined music anhedonia by googling it. Knowing this made my life so much better because I understood why music would made me tense and stressed. And before anyone offers me their sympathies - as far as I’m concerned, I’m not missing anything. I can’t love music, so I’ve not lost something I used to have. To me, it would be like mourning the fact that I don’t speak Spanish, even though I’ve never been able to speak Spanish.

0points

Zoe's Mom 2 weeks ago

I have 7 different experiences that could have ended my life starting at 2 up until I was 27. I figure I'm here for a reason. I just hope when my time comes, it's an easy death. Don't we all?

0points

Apatheist Account2 2 weeks ago

You have two lives left.

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Lyoness 2 weeks ago

Our son has an extremely rare chromosome disorder. There are 12 other known cases in the world, making him 1 in about 500,000,000. His Mum also has central heterochromia (rings of different colours around the iris in your eyes). There's a ring of gold around my iris, then a ring of green, then of blue. And the two conditions are not related. 😁

0points

Chris Ulm 2 weeks ago

My son has a birth defect multiple doctors had never seen nor heard of. As of now it’s not causing any issues but it may when his growth plates fuse; we have no idea.

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michael reid 2 weeks ago

I have an iq in the top 1% and I also have double y chromosome which is also about 1%

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Kat 2 weeks ago

I'm the only me, in the whole world. 🥁

35points

WindySwede 2 weeks ago

Approximately 0,0000000121951219512195% according to Excel

9points

"Disembodied voice" 2 weeks ago

I've survived cpr outside of the hospital, also in the hospital but that's not as remarkable.

15points

Sky Render 2 weeks ago

13points

AKA AKA 2 weeks ago

do u identify as a guy or a girl?

1point

nancthetank 2 weeks ago

Sorry that they gave you trouble! Why couldn’t they have left you alone?!

0points

yourfavoriteunjew 2 weeks ago

I'm really sorry they did that to you, Sky. It makes me mad for you.

0points

shankShaw deReemer 2 weeks ago

Interesting! I'm curious if you're interested in males or females or both?

0points

My O My 2 weeks ago

Ok, I may come off as weird but it's worth it. If you have two funktioning sets, you could technically impregnate yourself? How very fascinating! You could me a real Mini-You

0points

BrunoVI 2 weeks ago

9points

Isaac Harvey 2 weeks ago

My name was misspelled on my first AAA insurance card as "IAFAC HARVEY."

3points

ॐBoyGanesh 2 weeks ago

2points

Justin Tyme 2 weeks ago

2points

char 2 weeks ago

are you f****n Indiana Jones??

3points

AKA AKA 2 weeks ago

top 1% of points on boredpanda this yr :-)

2points

Roan The Demon Kitty 2 weeks ago

me too, though my all time rank out of all users is 125,... but i guess when you consider the site probably has thousands, is still a bit impressive xD

2points

T 2 weeks ago

It's more like 2-4% of the population, but I'm pretty sure I have lexical-gustatory (LG) synesthesia, which is a long way of saying I taste words.

2points

CanadianDimes 2 weeks ago

Oh that’s really cool! What do your favourite words taste like?

4points

Darth Kittius 2 weeks ago

I have green eyes, that technically counts, right?

2points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 weeks ago

My feet swear so badly I can't wear flip flops or any kind of rubber or plastic sandal without socks.

2points

Auntriarch 2 weeks ago

I know it's just a typo, but it made me laugh to imagine your feet effing and blinding so much that you have to muffle the sound with socks....

17points

Anthorn 2 weeks ago

Ooo, this is where I shine. I have minor piebaldism (some white hair, blue eyes, vitiligo), I can wiggle my ears and my eyes, and I also have Stahl's! So I'm an elf! :)

1point

Anthorn 2 weeks ago

Who the heck downvoted these...I'm not an elf, that was a joke...bc Stahl's gives you pointy ears...geez

2points

Carrie de Luka 2 weeks ago

I have camptodactyly in both hands... meant to be less than one percent of the population. Affected more than just my little finger so that's also a bit more unusual.

1point

Lsai Aeon 2 weeks ago

I have 6 autoimmune diseases. Celiac, Meniere's (in both ears, super rare), Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Hidradenitis suppurativa, Diabetes 1.5.

1point

Barry 2 weeks ago (edited)

1point

Marti J 2 weeks ago

I can do that too. It's weird right?

0points

Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 2 weeks ago

I'm in the well under 1 percent of women/girls diagnosed with autism! Hopefully that'll change as female autism is underdiagnosed.

1point

Roan The Demon Kitty 2 weeks ago

0points

Dancing Armadillo 2 weeks ago

1point

Marti J 2 weeks ago

What does it look like? Does it affect your sight?

0points

Lace Neil 2 weeks ago

I can lucid dream. I taught myself how from a book. I also have two coloured eyes; my eyes are blue with a golden ring around the iris.

1point

CanadianDimes 2 weeks ago

What was the book?

2points

Tempest 2 weeks ago (edited)

1point

Kitty 🥀 2 weeks ago

I’m so proud of myself for not completely doxing myself on this page. 😂

0points

August 2 weeks ago

Did 9-12 grade work in reading in 5th grade, and was reading at a 5th grade level in kindergarten.(Really gifted in reading! I'm super happy about it!!! :D)

0points

August 5 days ago

I also have double jointed thumbs, so thats another thing, although not that rare.

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August 2 weeks ago

This comment has been deleted.

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Big Chungus 2 weeks ago

My parents are kind 1% people...My dad survived three out of hospital heart attacks, two being widow makers and my mom survived sudden cardiac death syndrome and is now the proud owner of a new heart

0points

Otto Katz 2 weeks ago

I'm 1% top posters on BoredPanda! Screenshot...61-png.jpg

0points

August 5 days ago

Oh... Wow.. O:

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Kaeda 2 weeks ago (edited)

0points

Pablo Ramos 2 weeks ago

The percentage of people in the world with my IQ or higher is about 1.3%

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Marti J 2 weeks ago

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Kombatbunni 2 weeks ago (edited)

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SkippityBoppityBoo 2 weeks ago

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V 2 weeks ago

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Roan The Demon Kitty 2 weeks ago

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Susical 2 weeks ago

I didn't know until recently that my having gray eyes is rare. It's around 3%.

0points

G SJ 2 weeks ago

You do you, and I'll do me 👌

0points

Leebo13 2 weeks ago (edited)

I saw a psychologist in my late teens at the turn of the century and he tested my IQ, he said that I was in the top 5%, I'm still not entirely sure it's right.

0points

EmJay 2 weeks ago

My great uncle was born with a heart upsidown and backwards. didn't survive sadly

0points

YDNinja 2 weeks ago

I'm surprised no one said "I'm Jewish"

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Evagating Beewolf (she/they) 2 weeks ago

0.2 percent! But we're mostly in the US (2 percent of American population) and Israel (majority of the Israeli population) so we might have a skewed view. Or we might worry about saying we're Jewish.

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Upstaged75 2 weeks ago

I'm in the top 1% on Bored Panda! :) (According to the stats at the top of my page) So I guess I'm really good at wasting time here when I should be doing other things?

0points

Justin Tyme 2 weeks ago

It says that for everybody. Somehow all Bored Panda users are in the top one percent.

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CanadianDimes 2 weeks ago

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Zoe's Mom 2 weeks ago

I have 7 different experiences that could have ended my life starting at 2 up until I was 27. I figure I'm here for a reason. I just hope when my time comes, it's an easy death. Don't we all?

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Apatheist Account2 2 weeks ago

You have two lives left.

0points