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TheRealMasterTyvokka , Tim Mossholder Report

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I'm 32 years out from my liver transplant and one of the rare few to have been successfully weaned off immunosuppressants.

Final score:

400points

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BetterBitterButter 1 year ago

Wow!!! Have a great life OP!!

62points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special On a sour note, I have multiple sclerosis. On a sweet note, I'm one of the rare cases where daily treatments have seemed to almost make my brain lesions disapear in my scans now. They went from very large to barely there, and some have even completely gone away. I'll still always have the condition and will still always need to live life on the low and slow/chill so as not to bring on a relapse, but so far I count myself blessed given how things can be with this disease.

Spuzzle91 , Daniel Xavier Report

Final score:

352points

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Betsy Ray 1 year ago

Excellent!

41points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special My blood is both O- and CMV- meaning I can donate universally to both adults and babies.

_incredigirl_ , LuAnn Hunt Report

Final score:

344points

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Alethea Wiesner 1 year ago (edited)

Me too! Only 2% of the population are in this category - it means our blood usually goes to the premature baby ward.

121points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I'm a survivor of human trafficking. Roughly .5% of the population is currently trafficked.

Reddittttor123 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

302points

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LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

I'm so sorry for the unspeakable pain and trauma this individual had to endure. I truly hope that they have found peace.

20points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I am a Black woman (product of two Black parents) and I have both green eyes and blonde hair. Those dormant massa genes show up all over me!

Bubbly-End-6156 , Ono Kosuki Report

Final score:

283points

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Crystal Spencer 1 year ago (edited)

It took me a second to realize what "massa genes" meant... I'm sorry your ancestor went through that while also being enslaved. People suck often times when they think they have power over others.

98points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special Only 1% of couples experience recurrent miscarriages (3 or more). We are in that 1%!

On a positive note, we had a baby last year.

RecordHuman3660 , Leah Kelley Report

Final score:

269points

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Mis Stake she/her 🇫🇮🇬🇧 1 year ago

Congratulations!

61points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special My hair started going grey at 13. By the time I was 23 it was completely white.

Sweaty_Entertainer78 , Phil S Report

Final score:

245points

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Alexander Elliott 1 year ago

This actually sounds quite cool, if it was making you feel bad. You look like a grandmaster from an anime, and you can just go 'The lecturer is over there. I'm the student', when people approach you.

73points

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I was in foster care and graduated law school. Foster children are statistically less represented then any race group or disability group in college, let alone law school.

ipse_dixit11 , Unseen Studio Report

Final score:

244points

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Gregory Nathaniel Kirkwood 1 year ago

I spent most of my childhood in foster care from 6 to 18 years old. My foster home was in the ghetto in Milwaukee (52306 area code). I earned a BA Degree and MDIV Degree...

93points

#10

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I’m a gay man born with no sense of style or fashion. It’s very sad.

Adcro , Godisable Jacob Report

Final score:

243points

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Oerff On Tour 1 year ago

I'm a gay man, and I simply don't "do" fashion. Also, I'm totally into cars/autosports and aviation. Femininity? Not a chance! I break all the stereotypes about gays.

112points

intents_like_camping , Joshua Brown Report

#11

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I've never bought anything from Amazon.

Final score:

225points

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Yvonne Blau 1 year ago

I made my first purchase on amazon when they were only selling books... god I'm so old o_O

22points

#12

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I have 20/10 vision. Almost 50% better than 20/20 and in the top .05% of people. I actually have incredibly accurate night vision as well.

s1ayerzer0 , Skyler Ewing Report

Final score:

218points

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Mis Stake she/her 🇫🇮🇬🇧 1 year ago

Just a little jelly

103points

#13

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I was slimed on Nickelodeon when I was a kid. I have never met another person in real life who can say this.

JuicyCiwa , nick.tv Report

Final score:

204points

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Orbital 1 year ago

Please don't downvote me, but can someone explain this?

50points

weenertron , José Martín Ramírez Carrasco Report

#14

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I have prosopagnosia (faceblindness), a mild form. I think this is actually more common than people think, but some people don't know they have it. I didn't figure it out until I was like, 35. You just go through your life thinking you're a dumdum who's not paying attention, or not realizing that other people can recognize faces well.

I was also the first woman in the world to do my specific job.

Final score:

185points

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Alexander Elliott 1 year ago

I have the same and also struggle with names. I tend to memorise details (facial hair, accents or hairstyles) to get anywhere. Luckily, people are supportive.

50points

Resident-Mortgage-85 , Frame Kings Report

#15

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I can bench 405lbs naturally with no support or spotter or same but 315 for 10.

Please don't downvote, I know it feels braggy but I'm so proud of this.

Edit to add, I weigh 200lbs.

Final score:

183points

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microwaved mcdonalds fries 1 year ago

can we have a gym bro translate this pls?

70points

#16

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I have a family member who was a 9/11 first responder. He is listed among the fallen, having developed an inoperable brain tumor secondary to exposure to the toxic materials.

farrenkm , Documerica Report

Final score:

169points

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RedRose 1 year ago

I have mixed feelings about this one. I’m so grateful for the first responders, and I do cry for losses as well

61points

Ceddy722 , Filip Rankovic Grobgaard Report

#17

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special Myself and my dad both have/had 3 sets of teeth. Baby teeth and then two sets of adult teeth.

Final score:

164points

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SkyBlueandBlack 1 year ago

I... I'm imagining the skull.... h1bip00htwy31.jpg

53points

#18

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I have Aphantasia, the inability to picture things in my mind.

LostNTheNoise , JESHOOTS.COM Report

Final score:

162points

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SarahBee 1 year ago

This is much more common than we realize. Evidently, 3% of all people in the world have this.

53points

#19

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I’ve had breast cancer three times. Not recurrences.

JohnExcrement , Anna Tarazevich Report

Final score:

149points

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Red PANda (she/they) 1 year ago

F**K CANCER!!! >:D

81points

#20

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I'm in my 60s and climb trees for a living.

theisntist , andriusm Report

Final score:

147points

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Eva Kašu 1 year ago

you´re a very successful monkey :)

74points

#21

Not me but my dad. He got the same cancer twice after a full bone marrow transplant and the doctor told him that was impossible. There’s definitely a case study about him as patient K.

kroxti Report

Final score:

143points

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Luke Branwen 1 year ago

Nothing is impossible. The chance may be low, but never zero.

37points

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

#22

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I’m ambidextrous. And have heterochromia. One green eye, one brown eye

pal_tech13 , wikimedia Report

Final score:

138points

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EmBree 1 year ago

My son has partial heterochromia, green eyes with a large brown spot on each iris. My cousin has central heterochromia, a blue center, and a brown outer ring.

34points

#23

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I basically have no circadian rhythm. It’s called irregular sleep-wake phase and is mostly present in people who are blind or have brain damage. I have the sleep habits of a newborn baby - my life is a series of naps, and I sleep when I sleep and I’m awake when I’m awake and it has no connection to day or night. It also means I’m always tired. I’m also bipolar so the amount of sleep I manage to get in a day is inconsistent.

EDIT: I just remembered another one. I have duck feet that are caused by femoral retroversion (the angle of my femur and hip bones is off, which means my legs are rotated further out than normal), which is a pretty rare cause for duck feet. It also causes very bad flexibility issues in my ankles and hips.

ToBeReadOutLoud , Jamie Street Report

Final score:

137points

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Laughing otter 1 year ago

That's a terrible condition to have along with bipolar disorder. Irregular sleep is known for triggering manic episodes. (I learned this the hard way.)

54points

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

#24

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special Allergic to fermented alcohol (wine, beer, cider).

kripjewell , Wil Stewart Report

Final score:

121points

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Khavrinen 1 year ago

My Dad is allergic to alcohol, found out when he was in the hospital with meningitis. This was back in the '50s, and because his fever was so high, the doctor recommended an alcohol rubdown to try to reduce his temperature. Dad quickly started puffing up and having difficulty breathing, so they immediately washed it off, but the doctor told him if he hadn't already been in a hospital, he might not have made it to one. ( This was long before EpiPens were a thing. )

44points

#25

I've clinically died twice.

Chrischendo Report

Final score:

119points

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Littlemiss 1 year ago

3rd times a charm?

92points

#26

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I have retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction.

Meaning, I am physically unable to burp.

naughtydismutase , Sander Sammy Report

Final score:

118points

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SobyKay 1 year ago

I would hate this. I was a celebrated, gifted belcher in university (am a petite female, it was both disgusting and hilarious)

61points

bottomlesspi , Polina Tankilevitch Report

#27

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special When I was 15, I got the measles - my county hadn't seen it in over 30 years. And yes, I had my MMR vax.

Final score:

111points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

I had the MMR and still got mumps. It's not foolproof

26points

DeathSpiral321 , Amanda Dalbjörn Report

#28

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I can shoot water out of the corner of my left eye.

Final score:

104points

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Petro Roos 1 year ago

My sister can blow bubbles out of both her eyes (obviously while submerged in water, not like she's she's blowing bubbles while just casually walking down the street.)

48points

#29

I survived a cardiac arrest.

72cuda Report

Final score:

97points

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Eva Kašu 1 year ago (edited)

Someone arrested your heart? Sounds like a great country song, tho...

25points

The Original Bruno 1 year ago

Not funny. A cardiac arrest means your heart stops.

13points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

It does!

10points

Taibhse Sealgair 1 year ago

Not sure if it's "great", but it is a country song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEdGrvTOQ0

5points

Horosho Bodka 1 year ago

an achy-breaky, arrested heart!

5points

Iron Penguin 1 year ago

Dog done broke down, truck done left me, heart done got arrested...

1point

mcborge1 1 year ago

I survived two at birth.

10points

DarkViolet 1 year ago

😳

6points

Devil'sAdvocate 1 year ago

Alright, Eva's comment might not have been meaningful, but let's upvote her. It's nothing to downvote really.

10points

Bienlunée 1 year ago

Upvote for your kindness!

2points

John Brazier 1 year ago

Me too! Dropped Dead in the company bathroom, if it were not for a file clerk who came in a few moments later and gave me CPR I would 100% be dead.....2 days later open heart surgery. BTW - at the time I was cycling about 100+ miles week....

9points

Jan Dunn 1 year ago

A lot of people survive cardiac arrest.

4points

Lee Stone 1 year ago

Approximately 10% if it's witnessed.

6points

Jennie Brown 1 year ago

My cousin was running a marathon type race (I forget exactly what it was) and he collapsed due to a massive heart attack and likely only survived because he was running near a cardiac nurse. He has had several more mini events since the big one and broke the record in our family for youngest to have a heart attack (my family genes in my mum's side f*****g suck so I'm praying my dad's side with his family's long a*s lifespan have taken over in me, I'm roughly a decade away from the "kick of" age for the issues that have occurred with my mum's cousins and family, little scary)

2points

Nancy Bania 1 year ago

Me too - twice.

1point

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

#30

I had shingles while pregnant, which is very rare. Lucky for me, pregnancy turns down the intensity, I was able to avoid painkillers altogether, but still had open wounds on my back.

ConfettiBowl Report

Final score:

95points

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Manic Mama 1 year ago

Shingles hurt. I'm 55 and have lost count of how many times I've had shingles. My go-to technique to manage them is to cover the blisters if possible, with those adhesive dressings that stay on for a week - stops clothing etc from rubbing & hurting.

31points

JustAnotherAviatrix , Sergey Chetvertnykh Report

#31

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special I have a Bifid Uvula, aka the little flap in the back of my mouth is split so it looks like there are two of them.

Final score:

92points

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OnlyMyOpinion 1 year ago

....goes straight to Google for pics....

34points

#32

I have Anisocoria. That means i have very differently sized pupils.

AncientAshtray Report

Final score:

89points

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Eva Kašu 1 year ago (edited)

Didn´t David Bowie have this too?

26points

#33

34 People Who Are Part Of A Rare Statistic Share What Makes Them Special Not really a statistic, but I use my mouse backwards. Like facing the wrong way sorta thing. My mother taught me when I was young and I didn't realize it was wrong until like, middle school.

SirNickoBello , Frankie Report

Final score:

88points

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Mis Stake she/her 🇫🇮🇬🇧 1 year ago

So do you click the buttons with your palm?

33points

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

#34

My daughter and I have the same birthday.

Rooftop_Astronaut Report

Final score:

86points

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FeelingFrisky 1 year ago

My sister and her daughter and granddaughter... all born on December 31. 20 & 40 years apart. No c-sections.

61points

Howdy, I'm Adelaide! I'm originally from Texas, but after graduating from university with an acting degree, I relocated to sunny Los Angeles for a while. I then got a serious bite from the travel bug and found myself moving to Sweden and England before settling in Lithuania about two years ago. I'm passionate about animal welfare, sustainability and eating delicious food. But as you can see, I cover a wide range of topics including drama, internet trends and hilarious memes. I can easily be won over with a Seinfeld reference, vegan pastry or glass of fresh cold brew. And during my free time, I can usually be seen strolling through a park, playing tennis or baking something tasty.

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I'm a visual editor at Bored Panda. I kickstart my day with a mug of coffee bigger than my head, ready to tackle Photoshop. I navigate through the digital jungle with finesse, fueled by bamboo breaks and caffeine kicks. When the workday winds down, you might catch me devouring bamboo snacks while binging on the latest TV show, gaming or I could be out in nature, soaking up the tranquility and communing with my inner panda.

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motherbanana 1 year ago

I'm an identical twin and me and my twinsister gave birth on the same day.

26points

Stardust she/her 1 year ago

I have 4 to 5 forms of synesthesia and one of them only occurs in 1-4 % of the population

14points

Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago

Ooh, that sounds cool! Could you elaborate for me? Can you, like, see sounds, or associate certain things with certain colours?

4points

Isaac Nemo 1 year ago

I never knew there were multiple types!

2points

Omiyaru 1 year ago (edited)

I have ideaesthesia, Imy thoughts often come in the form of feelings,(as in I understand the form of the thought, like building a phisical structure in my mind, and like if I can't figure out what's next or anything I can't fully understand breaks downmn into a amorphous shifting blob of angles, fog, liquid, or something, (best way I can put it into words) when listening to music I often can feel the sensation of a concept I also have some sort of mirror touch synesthesia, I can feel other people's sensationseven when it's on TV, once I saw in a TV show someone get their fist stabbed with a fork, my hand still aches from that, every so often., wasn't even my hand

1point

Kira Okah 1 year ago

I have cross-dominance, which is a 1% prevalence. Very commonly mistaken for ambidexterity, it is where you have different hand dominance for different tasks. I used to be ambidextrous in my writing but my primary school forced me to use one or the other because I was confusing the teachers. I now use a pen left handed but a mouse right handed. I use a fork right handed but chopsticks left handed. To go to the fun point, I use a longbow left handed and a sword right handed, so if I have to switch to sword I have to drop the bow because it's in my right hand =.=

11points

Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

I'm not sure what the difference is between the two is. I'm left-handed and right-footed. My left hand is for fine motor skills like writing, drawing, knitting, etc. My right hand/arm is for things requiring strength. And there are some things I can do with either hand, like ironing or stirring.

2points

Frost the Icewing 1 year ago

I have that too I draw and write with my right hand and I prefer to type with my left.

1point

Yer a witch 1 year ago

Same, and I just recently found out it had a name. Funny thing is that, in my family, there are two right handed, one left handed, one ambidiextrous and me.

0points

Unnamed Hooman 1 year ago

I have that too! I write and draw with my left, but whenever I play sports that involve holding something, always left handed. When I play hockey, I switch hands whenever I turn around

0points

Lara M 1 year ago

I have perfect pitch.

4points

Unnamed Hooman 1 year ago

Lucky you! As a singer, I wish I could have it

1point

Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

I was wondering if someone would mention synesthesia. My childhood friend and I would talk about what colors numbers and letters had. I don't actually see the colors, I just know what they are. Also, numbers have relationships with each other, and rudimentary personalities.. 1 and 2 are the children, 4 is the mom, 5 is the dad, 6 is a friend, and so on. Number 9 is a bossy pain in the butt. It can get annoying when the antics of the numbers and letters conflict with the real world. Google for a test to see where you are on the synesthesia spectrum.

3points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

I have a couple of things. The double row of eyelashes which isn’t that rare but saves me from mascara. And I metabolise medication supremely fast. Local anaesthetic is noticeably fast. As in my dentist has to readminister 3 or 4 times for one filling, my dermatologist 3 times for a mole removal. Most of my family (maternal) are the same. But it doesn’t work with weight. I wish!

3points

saltywaterenthusiast 1 year ago

i also have distichiasis!

0points

Jill Pulcifer 1 year ago

One side of my body is dramatically smaller than the other. My right leg is about 2 inches shorter, my right arm is closer to 3 inches shorter, right down to my hands and feet. Weirdest thing is that no one noticed until I was nearly 40, (aside from the hands, and feet which I noticed) even though I have always had a strange walking gate and burned thru shoes like crazy.

3points

Doodles1983 1 year ago

Google Poland’s Syndrome. My little sister has it.

1point

Jennifer Smith 1 year ago

My kidneys face the wrong way

3points

EnbyEnvy 1 year ago

Not me but a close family friend has brain cancer. A tumour formed in her brain but a second tumour appeared and stopped the first one from progressing. Not sure how rare it is but it’s enough for her name to start getting popular in the neuroscience space

2points

Unnamed Hooman 1 year ago

I have Cold Urticaria, along with Chronic hives which make it worse. I don’t exactly have dermatographia, if I get scratched or hit then I get hives lol

2points

Ankylosarus Wrecks 1 year ago

I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, an autoimmune disease less than 1% of the population has. It's a chronic progressive systemic inflammatory disease. Basically it causes extreme arthritis and tendonitis in the spine and large joints with many other peripheral symptoms that just ruin your life. The only treatment makes it get worse slower.

2points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Oh my gosh ! I just made a comment up above on the guy with the irregular sleep wake cycles that I have anklosing spondylitis with scoliosis, degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis. There is no such thing as a comfortable bed or chair. Now that my right hip has severe pain from bursitis…. All I have left to get around in the outside world is my electric wheelchair. Sorry you and I are in the same boat.

2points

CanadianDimes 1 year ago

I have a vertebral border shift so I have 6 lumbar vertebrae (lower back vertebrae) rather than 5. When working as an archaeologist relocating a cemetery, I excavated a skeleton with exactly the same condition! Most people with this doesn’t have issues, but it does cause me some lower back problems if I’m not consistent with physio exercises.

2points

Lil Potato IS BACK!!!! 1 year ago

i have a double jointed shoulder..... i know im boring

2points

Gina Babe 1 year ago

I was born with a serious brain malformation (rare), had 5/5 things against me (some scale they use to consider the severity) (more rare), has the highest dose of radiation treatment ever (at the time) (rarer), and agree 23 years of treatment, it's gone! (Extremely rare).

2points

Gina Babe 1 year ago

It also ruptured and I survived.

3points

Natalie Bohrteller 1 year ago

I can control my goosebumps. It's still not clear how rare this is.

2points

Amy S 1 year ago

I only recently learned other people cannot do this!

1point

Frost the Icewing 1 year ago

I have allodinia so my femurs are gradually twisting until it gets to a point when I can barely walk. I also can echolocate. I have yellow cones.

1point

saltywaterenthusiast 1 year ago

i have distichiasis, which means i have two rows of eyelashes. its caused from my heart condition, but i love that my eyelashes look super cute all the time.

1point

Apollo 1 year ago

I've got dimples on my shoulders, knees and elbows. My mum and I both have the same spinal deformity, our vertebrae are smaller than they should be. My mum also has an extra liver, it's half the size of a normal liver but completely functional.

1point

Honey Souza 1 year ago

I have a "tortuous colon." It's longer than normal and doesn't fit neatly inside of me, so it twists and turns. It's a literal sh*tshow in there.

1point

Attila Ángyán 1 year ago

My granddad was Born in 1924, my dad in 1954, I was in 1984 and my son in 2014. Exactly 30 years apart. In addition my son and my dad was Born on the same month and day as well.

1point

Tree P 1 year ago

My Dad graduated high school in 1964, I did in 1984 and my youngest brother did in 1994. My birthday is on 09-18, my Mom's is 09-19.

0points

Dan St John 1 year ago

Less than 1% of Americans have served in the military and of those, only about 10% have seen combat.

1point

Bryn 1 year ago

I have natural red hair & blue eyes

1point

Queen penguin 1 year ago

I have red hair and blue eyes meaning I’m part of less than 1% in the whole world!

1point

Tree sticker 1 year ago

My hair is reddish? The highlights in my hair are red and I have blue eyes!

1point

GB 1 year ago

Another oddity I have is pseudocholinesterase deficiency. It means I don't metabolize certain drugs used in anaesthesia--Succinylcholine and anything ending in "aine" as in Benzocaine, Cocaine, etc. Unfortunately we discovered this the hard way. I had been administered Succinycholine as a supposedly short-acting paralytic inorder to be intubated. But at the end of the surgery I was still paralyzed. I was extubated only to find that I was unable to breathe on my own, nor could I speak or gesture in any way. So I was totally aware that I was suffocating but unable to indicate it. Fortunately I was hooked up to machines that measure my vitals so I was quickly re-intubated. I was immediately whisked off to the ICU for observation and recovery. After I was discharged from the hospital, my anaesthesiologist called to apologize. He told me that in his 25 yrs practicing he'd never encountered it before, and that he'd probably not see it for the next 25 yrs.

1point

GB 1 year ago

Since I was a child, I've had neural seizures where I'm suddenly overcome with the perception and sensation of opposites simultaneously. It's very difficult to explain but I'll try. The most frequent episode is the simultaneous sensations of "far-ness" and "close-ness". There's no "object" in this sensation; ie I'm not perceiving a thing seen far away and up close. I'm experiencing the absolute essence of these opposites. Sometimes my seizures involve texture, as in "soft-ness" and "hard-ness", or "small-ness" and "large-ness". When these occur, they only last about 20-30 seconds. It feels like my brain is swimming in chemicals, and my tongue gets sort of warm and buzzy...Like I said, it's really hard to explain.

1point

Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

I remember when I was a kid and had a fever, I would experience something that sounds like that.

2points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

When I was young and stupid and mad at the world in my 20s, I was exposed to a highly communicable disease many times. By all means I should have gotten it. After I smartened up and went to get tested, I assumed it would be positive and I was ready for it. The test was negative and has been ever since. I asked my doctor how that could be possible and he said there is a very small percentage of people who are immune to it and I am one of them. I won't test that theory though. I just know it's next to impossible for me to have not gotten it based on how many times I was exposed over the course of a few years.

1point

xolitaire 1 year ago (edited)

The discrepancy between the vision in my left and right eye is so big that only the right eye (the better one) sends information to the brain. My left eye does help to broaden my field of vision a bit, but thats basically all it does. My ophthalmologist loves to call my left eye "decoration", because that's basically all its good for

1point

Laughing otter 1 year ago

What does that do to your depth perception?

2points

Carole G. 1 year ago

I have green eyes. Only 2% of the population have green eyes.

0points

alithenewmc 1 year ago

Not really rare, but most people don't seem to know it's a thing- I have reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder (so I get depressed in the summer vs the winter). My grandmother also has it. And while my husband and children don't have SAD, they also much prefer the winter months. My husband and I hate the beach (it's boring as well as hot), and I spend the 10:00am-7:00pm summer inside with the A/C running (which makes it hard to get all my gardening done). The heat of the day can make me physically ill very quickly...dizzy, seeing spots, nauseated...That being said, I could spend all day outside in the winter and have had a nap lying in the snow on a nice day before. Of course, fall and spring are always nice too, when the weather is what it's "supposed" to be at that time of year.

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Dawnieangel76 1 year ago

I gave myself whiplash as a teenager from having a nightmare. I waited until I was vomiting & pooping blood to go to the ER, found out I had botulism & should have died. I had 2 periods a month for 20-odd years & no doctor could figure out why. Those are the biggest weird ones.

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

My blood type is A- and also Dd negative, which I'm told is quite rare. When I needed blood after surgery, they had to scramble some to find it. Also, the blood bank used to call me on occasion.

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Rick Seiden 1 year ago

I have a simian crease in both hands. One is very pronounce, and one barely is. (I have one line straight across the palm, instead of one going up and one going down.) I have a form of spina bifida occulta. (The last vertebrae of my spine is fused to my pelvic bone, and it's at a slight angle, so I've had minor back pain/issues my whole life.) I was the last reported case of Smallpox in New Jersey. (I got it from the vaccine--I'm very pro-vaccine, though.) I'm dyslexic. (Dyslexia is a learning disability that comes in many forms and severities--for me it's mostly trouble spelling and poor memory, but I'm very successful and most people are surprised when they find out.)

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Rick Seiden 1 year ago

OH! And before I started losing my hair and going grey, I was a redhead!

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David Paterson 1 year ago

I have a unique genetic disorder. A balanced translocation. I have seen a statistic about people with unique genetic disorders. If I remember correctly, one in 400 people.

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Omiyaru 1 year ago (edited)

when my siblings and I turned 10, we were IN a Disney parade.

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Sarah Luna 1 year ago

I survived a grade 5 brain aneurysm that caused an ischemic stroke when I was 44 years old. It was a hard recovery but I made it! But now I'm back in a wheelchair (forever this time) because I have MS and COVID accelerated the progression. Oh, and I found out in January that I've been living with untreated bipolar disorder since I was a teenager. My whole life is weird story.

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TK 421 1 year ago

I read a case study from Europe a few years ago about a patient who has a total immunity to opiates. Zero physiological response to many time the lethal dose. Not only did it not stop their pain, but they had no change in pulse or blood pressure in addition to other factors. The study concluded that approximately .2% of the world population has this trait. Most commonly, those of Nordic descent.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

I'm one of the 0.1% of people who have had a severe reaction to the COVID booster. My first booster gave me a 105.5F fever. I probably should have gone to the hospital instead of taking tylenol and going back to bed. Second booster was only 103.5F. Third was 103+ but with four hours of vomiting and dry heaving. Can't wait to get my next one this fall. Statistics say this puts me in the sub 0.1% club.

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Pam Rauen 1 year ago

I was born with a rare congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It happens in .04% of the population a year (1 in 2,500).

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Duolingobird 1 year ago

Isn’t that special but I’m taller than 80% of people my age.

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Kirsten Kerkhof 1 year ago (edited)

I seem to be incapable of getting injured through exercise. I never do warming-ups or stretches, it feels best to just go full whack from zero. I can also just stop whatever exercise I do and just go home. Sore muscles are alien to me. I used to be a World level dancer in my 20s and had no injuries, despite training 20+ hours a week for 3 years. Now I am 47 and even though I have lost some strength and flexibility, and no longer compete, I can still dance as much as the young dancers.

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Tree sticker 1 year ago

I only have 3 wisdom teeth!

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Leslie Harris 1 year ago

I don't think what I have is all that lucky, but it is incredibly rare, I have a trigeminal schwannoma. They are benign brain tumors. Trigeminal schwannomas are rare accounting for 0.07–0.3% of all intracranial tumors and 0.8%–5% of intracranial schwannomas.

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James S 1 year ago

I am 1 of about 400 people in the UK with Diabetes Insipidus that isn't caused by a tumour.

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Chris Ulm 1 year ago

Due to not getting chicken pox as a child and not being immune, I am on the older end of the vaccinated population and will be a Guinea pig when it comes to whether vaccinated people are susceptible to shingles. My son has a birth defect in the growth plates in his legs that multiple specialists have never seen before.

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Kady LaHaie 1 year ago

Also I've never had a prescription or been to a bar.

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Lia Joseph 1 year ago

I have anhidrosis. It's a disease were you don't sweat or just sweat in certain places. I have a rare form of anhidrosis were I don't have sweat glands

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Laughing otter 1 year ago

It seems like hot weather could be dangerous for you.

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Frost the Icewing 1 year ago

Me and my sister have hyperhydrosis which is basically the opposite. We sweat a lot.

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Notme 1 year ago

Like Randy Andy

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Enlee Jones 1 year ago

I’m an adult recovering from croup.

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Death’s Entropy 1 year ago

I have a natural immunity to smallpox and poison Ivy, ignored by mosquitoes, and the only time I’ve been ill in my entire life was when my roommate gave me covid-19.

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Gina Babe 1 year ago

Me too! And chicken pox!

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EmBree 1 year ago

I'm the only case with my illness in my country. My husband is one of 302 known cases in the world that has his illness. Getting proper medical care is difficult.

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James016 1 year ago

I cannot wink with my right eye. It is physically impossible for me to do that.

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Lil Potato IS BACK!!!! 1 year ago

i trained myself to wink in both eyes

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Kady LaHaie 1 year ago

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motherbanana 1 year ago

I'm an identical twin and me and my twinsister gave birth on the same day.

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

I have 4 to 5 forms of synesthesia and one of them only occurs in 1-4 % of the population

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Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago

Ooh, that sounds cool! Could you elaborate for me? Can you, like, see sounds, or associate certain things with certain colours?

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Isaac Nemo 1 year ago

I never knew there were multiple types!

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Omiyaru 1 year ago (edited)

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Kira Okah 1 year ago

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Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

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Frost the Icewing 1 year ago

I have that too I draw and write with my right hand and I prefer to type with my left.

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Yer a witch 1 year ago

Same, and I just recently found out it had a name. Funny thing is that, in my family, there are two right handed, one left handed, one ambidiextrous and me.

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Unnamed Hooman 1 year ago

I have that too! I write and draw with my left, but whenever I play sports that involve holding something, always left handed. When I play hockey, I switch hands whenever I turn around

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Lara M 1 year ago

I have perfect pitch.

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Unnamed Hooman 1 year ago

Lucky you! As a singer, I wish I could have it

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Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

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Doodles1983 1 year ago

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saltywaterenthusiast 1 year ago

i also have distichiasis!

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Jill Pulcifer 1 year ago

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Doodles1983 1 year ago

Google Poland’s Syndrome. My little sister has it.

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Jennifer Smith 1 year ago

My kidneys face the wrong way

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EnbyEnvy 1 year ago

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Unnamed Hooman 1 year ago

I have Cold Urticaria, along with Chronic hives which make it worse. I don’t exactly have dermatographia, if I get scratched or hit then I get hives lol

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Ankylosarus Wrecks 1 year ago

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

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CanadianDimes 1 year ago

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Lil Potato IS BACK!!!! 1 year ago

i have a double jointed shoulder..... i know im boring

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Gina Babe 1 year ago

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Gina Babe 1 year ago

It also ruptured and I survived.

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Natalie Bohrteller 1 year ago

I can control my goosebumps. It's still not clear how rare this is.

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Amy S 1 year ago

I only recently learned other people cannot do this!

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Frost the Icewing 1 year ago

I have allodinia so my femurs are gradually twisting until it gets to a point when I can barely walk. I also can echolocate. I have yellow cones.

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saltywaterenthusiast 1 year ago

i have distichiasis, which means i have two rows of eyelashes. its caused from my heart condition, but i love that my eyelashes look super cute all the time.

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Apollo 1 year ago

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Honey Souza 1 year ago

I have a "tortuous colon." It's longer than normal and doesn't fit neatly inside of me, so it twists and turns. It's a literal sh*tshow in there.

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Attila Ángyán 1 year ago

My granddad was Born in 1924, my dad in 1954, I was in 1984 and my son in 2014. Exactly 30 years apart. In addition my son and my dad was Born on the same month and day as well.

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Tree P 1 year ago

My Dad graduated high school in 1964, I did in 1984 and my youngest brother did in 1994. My birthday is on 09-18, my Mom's is 09-19.

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Dan St John 1 year ago

Less than 1% of Americans have served in the military and of those, only about 10% have seen combat.

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Bryn 1 year ago

I have natural red hair & blue eyes

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Queen penguin 1 year ago

I have red hair and blue eyes meaning I’m part of less than 1% in the whole world!

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Tree sticker 1 year ago

My hair is reddish? The highlights in my hair are red and I have blue eyes!

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GB 1 year ago

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GB 1 year ago

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Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

I remember when I was a kid and had a fever, I would experience something that sounds like that.

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Rocco MZ 1 year ago

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xolitaire 1 year ago (edited)

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Laughing otter 1 year ago

What does that do to your depth perception?

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Carole G. 1 year ago

I have green eyes. Only 2% of the population have green eyes.

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alithenewmc 1 year ago

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Dawnieangel76 1 year ago

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

My blood type is A- and also Dd negative, which I'm told is quite rare. When I needed blood after surgery, they had to scramble some to find it. Also, the blood bank used to call me on occasion.

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Rick Seiden 1 year ago

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Rick Seiden 1 year ago

OH! And before I started losing my hair and going grey, I was a redhead!

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David Paterson 1 year ago

I have a unique genetic disorder. A balanced translocation. I have seen a statistic about people with unique genetic disorders. If I remember correctly, one in 400 people.

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Omiyaru 1 year ago (edited)

when my siblings and I turned 10, we were IN a Disney parade.

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Sarah Luna 1 year ago

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TK 421 1 year ago

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

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Pam Rauen 1 year ago

I was born with a rare congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It happens in .04% of the population a year (1 in 2,500).

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Duolingobird 1 year ago

Isn’t that special but I’m taller than 80% of people my age.

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Kirsten Kerkhof 1 year ago (edited)

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Tree sticker 1 year ago

I only have 3 wisdom teeth!

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Leslie Harris 1 year ago

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James S 1 year ago

I am 1 of about 400 people in the UK with Diabetes Insipidus that isn't caused by a tumour.

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Chris Ulm 1 year ago

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Kady LaHaie 1 year ago

Also I've never had a prescription or been to a bar.

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Lia Joseph 1 year ago

I have anhidrosis. It's a disease were you don't sweat or just sweat in certain places. I have a rare form of anhidrosis were I don't have sweat glands

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Laughing otter 1 year ago

It seems like hot weather could be dangerous for you.

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Frost the Icewing 1 year ago

Me and my sister have hyperhydrosis which is basically the opposite. We sweat a lot.

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Notme 1 year ago

Like Randy Andy

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Enlee Jones 1 year ago

I’m an adult recovering from croup.

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Death’s Entropy 1 year ago

I have a natural immunity to smallpox and poison Ivy, ignored by mosquitoes, and the only time I’ve been ill in my entire life was when my roommate gave me covid-19.

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Gina Babe 1 year ago

Me too! And chicken pox!

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EmBree 1 year ago

I'm the only case with my illness in my country. My husband is one of 302 known cases in the world that has his illness. Getting proper medical care is difficult.

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James016 1 year ago

I cannot wink with my right eye. It is physically impossible for me to do that.

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Lil Potato IS BACK!!!! 1 year ago

i trained myself to wink in both eyes

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