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

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

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

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

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

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cb !!!
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my proudest achievement is being able to raise an eyebrow... on either side! i can look inquisitive on the right or left :)

Johanna
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Shelly Thibodeau
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do this when I am displeased. The children refer to it as "the eyebrow." :)

Kathryn Baylis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me again, taught myself to do it in high school because I liked its effect.

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

Blue eyes, ambidextrous, can whistle, raise either eyebrow, wiggle my ears, flare my nostrils, have a few freckles, and… I lost track.

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

When I was a kid I'd practice my Spock look in the mirror. I also use to be able to wiggle my ears and I don't mean a little. I could c**k one or both ears forward and could get them to move back and forth quite a bit but can barely get them to move now. (Difference between being a kid and almost 60.)

LisaBru2
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can only raise one, I can't do the other one without raising both. LOL

Maria Mendez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But how many can make them dance like wiggly caterpillars? (my daughter can)

Eliyahu Rooff
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And with few exceptions, it's just one eyebrow that they can raise.

Gretchen Esquilin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can do both simultaneously to the beat of any song. LMAO I can also clap 1-handed, but not as well as my sister.

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

I really didn’t know it’s so hard! I have very expressive eyebrows.

Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I doubt it's just 30 %. A lot of my friends can do it, and I actually learned to do it by holding down one eyebrow and pulling up the other (with facial muscles, of course) and once I had finished figuring out the muscle-movement, I could do it (and still can) without my fingers.

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

I can raise both of mine one at a time like a teeter totter. When I was a child I had a huge crush on Lee Majors & taugbt myself to raise my eyebrow like him.

Edda Kamphues
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, I can raise one eyebrow, have no wisdom teeth and have a condition called "synesthesia". Hmmm...

Natalie Oleander
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought everyone could! Hmm makes sense now why people always point out my eyebrow raise.

Ash Bash
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can and can also move one ear up and down on the same side

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

I used to be able to, now I can't even raise both at the same time without doing it weirdly

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

I didn't used to be able to do this and my cousin could. He teased and taunted me as only a bratty cousin could. (We were around 9-10yrs old) At the time our families would have a joint weekly roast dinner. One week I was determined to make him eat his words the following Sunday, so starting Monday I spent a few hours each day I'm front of a mirror, practicing my arch. Stg, by Thursday I had it down pat! Point being, you can apparently learn the skill

Tiny Dynamine
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's more than I thought. I can do it and most people I've known can't.

Mike Loux
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But can they raise EITHER eyebrow? Is that a different subset? (I can, FWIW, and I love being able to do so)

Caiman 94920
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was 14, decided one day to see if I could learn to lift my right eyebrow...it was summer and not much to do, so sat in front of a mirror and concentrated on figuring out which muscle worked that eyebrow. And I did... then I tried to wiggle my ears like my cousins could do, but that didn't work out

marianne eliza
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And you can train yourself to do it rather easily. Just hold down one and lift the other. Repeat and repeat until your muscles can do it without holding down one side. Muscle memory. I can still do it 35 years after teaching myself.

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

My recently deceased brother could raise both eyebrows separately

Helen Haley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is my default facial expression apparently. Not getting crows feet, not getting laugh lines. Just getting lines on one side of my forehead. From this.

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

I'm amazed so few people can? I thought everyone could do this. I can only do it on my right side though.

Ana Felix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can do this, and I can also freak out people when I raise the highbrows alternatively… 😂

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

I didn't know this was anything special. I can raise either of my eyebrows at will.

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

i can through lots of hard work and practice. working on the other one

Shelby P
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this can be learned... at least I worked on it...

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

I've done it way to much over the last couple years and now I have a wrinkle.

Lord Mysticlaw
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this the same 30% who can flare their nostrils? Maybe it's just that 30% of people have better control over their facial muscles than the other 70%?

Kona Pake
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like your mama said, “ you keep doing that and it will stay that way“.

Daniel (ShadowDrakken)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can only lift my left eyebrow independently and it took years of practice XD

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

Dear USA. Please vote for this guy as your next president. He can intimidate people just with the eyebrow thing (instead of armies).

Jo Choto
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that's something I taught myself to do years ago. I can waggle both of them up and down. But I can't look as cool as the Rock.

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

I taught myself to do it when I was at school. Can raise and lower both eyebrows independently. It's an awesome way to give someone 'The Look'!

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

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

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

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Katie Lutesinger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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14% of the population can whistle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Kathryn Baylis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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

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

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Less than 10% of people only have one dimple.

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16% of the population is taller than six feet.

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10% of the population can touch their tongue to their nose.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones This muscle in your wrist used to be used by our ancestors to help them climb trees. And some people still have it. To check it, put your thumb and pinky together and bend your hand.

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14% of the population can fold their tongue in half.

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 1% of people have a tiny hole above their ear.

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

Everyone who read this immediately started feeling around their ears. Well, I did anyway. :p

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“How Rare Are You?”: Woman Shares Random But Interesting Genetic Facts About Humans And Here're 30 Of The Best Ones 1% of the population can actually sneeze with their eyes open.

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The rarest Zodiac sign is Aquarius. Taking up only around 6.3% of the population.

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

Which suggests the April/May period has fewer people having sex? (that's 9 months before being born as Aquarius)

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Less than 1% of the population has a birthday on leap day. Meaning their birthday technically only comes around once every four years.

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#41

12% of people only dream in black and white.

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Most people have little hair swirl that goes clockwise. 8.4% of the population has when that goes counter-clockwise and it's more common than people who are left-handed .

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

I had one and now its not as noticeable since i cut my hair short

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Everyone has one of these little hair whirls on the back of their head, but 5% of the population actually has two of them.

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#45

Only 10% of adults have an "outtie" belly button.

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

I thought this was dependent on the way the doctors clamped or cut the umbilical cords

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